BUS BUDDIES
Project's objective
Helping vulnerable people or people with special needs to travel by bus.
Project's description
Bus Buddies service consits of volunteers –who can receive some benefits, e.g. free bus passes- who help people who need it to use the bus service: accompanying during the trip, information about bus stops, organising trips…fostering intergenerational social relationships as a way to prevent social isolation and loneliness.
Responsible entities
Intercity Transit (a subsidiary of the public Intercity Transit Authority).
Project's files
MOAI Labs
Laboratório transnacional dedicado à investigação e inovação aberta no âmbito do isolamento social e da solidão das pessoas idosas.