A meeting to discuss the future of Neyland's Dial-a-Ride service will be held at Hazelbeach Mission Hall, Llanstadwell, today, Wednesday, February 25.

The community bus service, which operates in Neyland, Rosemarket, Llanstadwell, Hill Mountain and surrounding area, needs to attract new users if it is to continue.

The service helps people who can’t drive, can’t use normal service buses, or simply don’t live on a bus route, to get where they need to go.

It is for all ages, and offers free travel to those with a valid bus pass.

But for the last 10 months, the service has been running at a loss, said Margaret Vickery, of Pembrokeshire Voluntary Transport (PVT).

Margaret said the service had ‘come to crunch time’, and that more needed to be done to safeguard this vital local resource.

A meeting will be held at between 2.30pm and 4pm, for people to find out more about the service, and hopefully help protect it for the future.

At present the bus takes people to friendship and luncheon clubs, shopping, and to other local events, but Margaret is keen to get more people of all ages to use the service regularly.

People will be able to put forward ideas on how the service can be improved, perhaps by extending the area it covers to include Milford Haven and Pembroke Dock.

Dial-a-ride services in Fishguard and St Davids, which were also funded by the RDP, are now paying for themselves, and Margaret believes Neyland could do the same.