Moniaive charity receives new cargo trike for recycling project

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Moniaive’s non-profit charity, Cairn Valley Community Transport, has received a new cargo trike for a recycling project.The green initiative will be used by volunteers within the village to collect glass for recycling.The trike, designed and built by Wheels of Fleet, was recently handed over to CVCT which already runs a minibus for the benefit of the communities within Dunscore, Glencairn and Tynron.Stephen Sparrow, chairman of CVCT, said: “We are pleased to help facilitate the purchase and use of the cargo trike.“It fits in with our objectives of providing community services to residents in need by reason of disablement, poverty or social or economic circumstances.”Initially, it will be used to collect and recycle glass from households where people are unable to access the local recycling facilities for various reasons such as mobility.Members of the community will be able to volunteer, ensuring that opportunities to engage in community support projects are opened up to young adults and also those who may not have access to motorised transport.Future uses will be determined via consultation exercises.The local youth group has already come up with a variety of suggestions such as delivering the Glencairn Gazette newspaper and groceries from the local grocer shop to elderly or vulnerable households within Moniaive.The trike purchase was part-funded by Scottish Power Renewables Wether Hill Windfarm Fund and Compassionate Neighbours, a Glencairn support network set up during the first lockdown of the Covid-19 pandemic.Wheels of Fleet co-ordinator, Dany Alderslowe, who delivered the trike, said: “Our project has evolved over the years to meet its targets of fewer journeys by car, more people engaged in active travel, with