Stagecoach South Wales is working with Age Cymru on an initiative to help older people get out and about. The Grand Day Out initiative enables groups aged 60 and over, travelling free on their older persons’ concessionary travel cards, to visit places of interest accompanied by an Age Cymru representative.
The aim is to boost the confidence of older people to explore the region by bus, enabling them to visit places they might not otherwise see, combat social isolation and loneliness and improve health and well-being. The first Grand Day Out saw a party of 20 from Brecon – all members of an Age Cymru Nordic walking group – visit Cyfarthfa Park and Castle in Merthyr Tydfil. They travelled on the Stagecoach T14 service to Merthyr where the bus company laid on a coach to Cyfarthfa for a tour of the art gallery and museum. Stagecoach also provided lunch in the tearoom.
Cyfarthfa Park, covering 65 acres, is one of the most frequently visited free tourist attractions in Wales. It provides a backdrop to the Grade-I listed Cyfarthfa Castle, former home of the Crawshay family, who played a major role in the industrial revolution.
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