National Liftshare Week in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

If you saw a petrol station advertising fuel for 69p a litre, you’d stop and buy some, wouldn’t you? Well if you’re currently driving alone on your commute to work, you can indeed halve your fuel costs – simply by sharing your car with other people. That’s the message from Nottinghamshire County Council which is urging people to give car sharing a go as part of National Liftshare Week, taking place from 7^th - 11^th October.

Car sharing – where two or more people travel together – allows people to benefit from the convenience of the car, whilst alleviating the associated problems of congestion and pollution. The County Council uses the nationwide Liftshare website to host its own car-sharing scheme which is free to join and use and already has 2,189 members in Nottinghamshire.

Under the scheme residents – both drivers and passengers – can register and search for potential car sharing partners in their area. You can share a car for any journey: getting to and from work, doing the weekly shop, taking the children to school, going to the match at the weekend, travelling to a festival, event or show, getting to or from university, visiting friends or getting to the airport – the choice is yours!

To join the Nottinghamshare car share scheme for free, visit www.nottinghamshare.com

To join the Derbyshire scheme visit: https://derbyshire.liftshare.com/