"Wheels to Work" - Moped Scheme in New Forest

Looking for work usually involves considerable expensive travel by bus or train, for example:

• travel to interviews at employers' premises;


• regular visits to the office of Jobcentre Plus;


• visits to the nearby town's public library to job-search by on-line or in local newspapers; and,


• travel to Learn Direct or some other training establishment.

Walking up and down on the South Downs Way from Winchester in four days of blissful weather, I came upon the New Forest's "Wheels to Work" Mobed Scheme - details were given on a village notice board.

Wheels to Work enables selected young persons to have a conditional loan of a mobed and a variety of "appendages". The package might include for instance:

• the moped with lock and MOT;


• helmet and clothing;


• insurance;


• training in riding a moped; and,


• etc, etc.

For the young cash-strapped seeker of employment or training for work the scheme is a boon.

Referrals to the scheme may be made by a referring agent, such as - Jobcentre Plus, Youth Service, employer,.. self-referral is allowed. Detailed notes on the Scheme were later found (you know where). Numerous schemes are littering the countryside - see: http://www.cfnf.org.uk/ and search 'Moped'.