Knighton and District Community Support

Knighton and District Community Support This page is for the Trustees of KDCS to make announcements and to give regular bulletin updates. Any forthcoming events etc will be put on here.

To book transport please phone 01547 520653. For the Furniture Barn, please phone 01547 520444

12/08/2025

Please share this as much as possible.
After further consultation with all our Trustees we have decided to accept Annie England’s kind offer of holding the forthcoming meeting in the Community Centre.
I phoned Annie direct this morning and we had a positive conversation.
The Trustees look forward to welcoming you all on Monday and updating everyone on the current situation.
Social media hasn’t been kind on occasions this past week,but I can promise you that we care about our volunteer drivers,clients and customers who patronise the Furniture Barn and the community as a whole,as well as our staff and volunteers in the Furniture Barn.
We want the service we’ve provided to continue as
much as anyone else.
We welcome anyone wishing to become a Trustee to please come forward.
The meeting is 6pm Monday look forward to
seeing you all there.
Meeting 6pm Monday at The Community Centre
Regards,
Yvonne
For and behalf of Trustees KDCS

11/08/2025

Following meetings today and consultations with third party organisations over the past week, the Trustees are pleased to confirm that the transport service has been extended until 29 August 2025. This extension aims to provide sufficient time for the new volunteer group to establish operations or for new trustees to be appointed who are willing to continue the running of the Charity.

We understand that this is an anxious time for those affected by the Charity’s potential closure. However, we kindly request that all communication with Trustees remains respectful and ask that you refrain from sending private messages, commenting, or tagging Trustees on social media, as this can be distressing. One Trustee has been contacted numerous times this morning on a social media platform with an ultimatum demanding information. The Charity maintains a strict zero tolerance policy for abuse, and we ask for your support in upholding this standard.

Our Trustees, many of whom have dedicated countless hours to the Charity over many years, are deeply saddened by the Charity’s current predicament. With heavy hearts, they took the decision to cease all charitable activities, and the reasons for this decision will be fully explained at the public meeting.

A lot of misinformation has been circulating over the past week, so we ask anyone who is interested in supporting the Charity to attend the public meeting, Monday, 18 August 2025, at 6:00 p.m, hear what the Trustees have to say and consider standing as a Trustee.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support.

08/08/2025

The Trustees confirm that a public meeting will be held on Monday, 18 August 2025, at 6 p.m. The meeting will take place at the Furniture Barn, Knighton. Should public interest exceed the venue’s capacity, we shall arrange a larger venue and communicate the updated location in due course.

We invite you all to attend this meeting, where the Trustees shall provide an update on the Charity’s financial situation and future plans. This will be an opportunity to address your questions and discuss the challenges facing the Charity.

05/08/2025

Given that the previous post was not sent on behalf of the Trustees and does not provide a complete picture, it is essential to clarify several points.

Firstly, it is not only the transport side that is under threat, but the Charity as a whole. The Trustees have been exploring options to continue the services that the Charity currently offers for the past few months, but the reality is that the Charity will soon be unable to meet its creditors. The transport side of the Charity has always been subsidised by the income from the furniture barn, but unfortunately, this has not been generating the income it once did.

At last year’s AGM, we advised that the Charity’s finances would experience a downturn and cited the drop in income and the ending of a lottery grant, which had sustained the Charity for the previous two years. The world is a very different place compared to the period before COVID-19, and the Charity is another victim of this change.

We have sought donations via this page, the Trustees’ own social media pages, published in the Powys County Times, and established a GoFundMe page. Unfortunately, the level of funding that the transport side requires far exceeds what we have been able to raise, and we do not anticipate being able to raise sufficient funds going forward. Even the furniture barn is currently unable to sustain itself.

The Trustees did not intend this news to be announced over social media, as such a platform is not the appropriate forum for providing such information and facilitating informed discussions. Therefore, the Trustees will be convening a Special General Meeting within the next two weeks to provide further information and a comprehensive overview of the situation. Time and date to follow.

Once the meeting has taken place and you are all fully informed of the predicament the Charity finds itself in, if anyone wishes to attempt to continue the operation of the Charity, whether the transport side, the barn, or both, they are, of course, free to stand as Trustees.

We hope that you understand that this is a last resort, and it is the last thing we wish to do, but we see no viable alternative. The Charity has been at the heart of the community for many years, and we will always be grateful to those involved for their dedicated service.

04/08/2025

Date : Monday 4th August 2025

It is with the deepest sadness, we have to inform you that the ‘Transport’ side of the charity, Knighton & District Community Support, is closing down.

With effect from Friday 15th August 2025, there will be no further Town Connection / in town transport service.
This includes Lunch club, doctors, dentist & Knighton hospital appointments, as well as any shopping & prescription collection / delivery.

The ‘Community cars’ (using our volunteer drivers) for hospital only transport, will continue ONLY FOR THE ALREADY ACCEPTED transport requests. This means that there will be no further bookings accepted.

This, as I’m sure you can appreciate, has come at a great shock to us all. We have tried over the last 6 months to obtain any long term financial assistance, however with the economic climate, no one was able to assist us.

We thank all clients, past & present for their support, any previous & existing Trustees, as well as our much loved volunteer drivers for their time giving, sympathetic ear & the long hours they have given..... & our chairperson, Yvonne Moses - whom has given the charity 10 years.

Note : just to make things clear, the above is for the TRANSPORT side of the charity. This does not include the Furniture Barn.

Address

21 BROAD Street
Knighton
LD71EN

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 3pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 3pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 3pm
Thursday 8:30am - 3pm
Friday 8:30am - 3pm

Telephone

+441547520653

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