TV motoring expert Quentin Willson gives fuel efficiency masterclass to young people in Ringwood

Celebrity motoring expert, Quentin Willson was in Ringwood on Saturday 1^st October to host a fuel efficiency master class with youngsters of the ‘Word On The Street’ project. WOTS is a mobile youth project that supports and engages with young people in the Ringwood area. The event taught numerous youngsters from the project, smarter driving techniques in a fun and interactive way right at the beginning of their driving career and by the expert himself Quentin Willson.

Speaking of the event Quentin said “It was great to meet the kids of the WOTS project. They were really enthusiastic and it was amazing to see their reaction to the Shell FuelSave tips. Not only can they now practise these easy tips when they start to drive themselves, but they can also educate their parents and friends about the importance of fuel efficient driving.”

Whatever a driver’s age, the cost of fuel is a major concern and adopting smarter driving techniques from the start will help people understand how they can save fuel and cut their motoring costs. Quentin was joined by local man Len Doyle, a retired Dentist who is chair of the WOTS project and was also recently announced as being part of the first ever Shell FuelSave team. As part of this campaign, Len and the rest of the team, are on a mission to educate the country on how to cut motoring costs. The team of four from across the UK have been working with Quentin Willson to learn to drive fuel efficiently and will be taking part in a Global Gunnies World Record on the 15^th October for the ‘World’s Largest Fuel Efficiency Lesson’ in Potters Fields Park, London.

For more information, log on to: www.shell.co.uk/fuelsave

As a team we’re really pleased that the WOTS bus will be going to Alderholt every Tuesday evening from September, to provide a place for local young people to go.

After a successful pilot before the summer, a brilliant new team of volunteers, lead by Lewis Pearson (Parish Community Worker) are raring to go – supporting young people who drop-in.  There is some amazing work going on in Alderholt, and we hope the WOTS bus will contribute to this.

If you’re interested in seeing the WOTS bus come to an area near you, please contact us using the contact page, or by emailing Ruth Wells (Detached Community Youth Worker) ruthwells@rocketmail.com

You can see it out and about in Ringwood on a Saturday night – 8pm onwards in the Town Centre!

The video can be viewed below (Thanks to Jim for editing and uploading it):

Well done Ann!

Make sure you come and have a look around and see what an amazing job our volunteers have done in the transformation!

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