I AM writing this to let all your readers know about the TICKET & ESCORT service. This is quite the most wonderful discovery of my life since retirement. For £10 per year they will arrange to book me a seat, for which I pay the normal price, and provide a driver (who has a free seat) for up to 12 venues per year.
They cover all the "Arts about Manchester" which includes Leigh and Bolton, Oldham and Rochdale, the theatres, art galleries, concert halls and exhibitions. I only wish that I had known about it when I was fit and I would certainly have been a volunteer.
They are incredibly efficient, helpful and polite. They give those who are not able to go out alone a whole new lease of life. The sad news is that they are threatened with closure, due to lack of funds, and support.
If any of your readers have used or heard about this service, and realise the importance to the arts in this area of enabling all of us to go, please write to the this in support: Ticket & Escort Service
Arts About Manchester
23 New Mount Street, Manchester M4 4DE
F Kennedy
Bolton Old Road,
Atherton
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