Dewsbury taxi firm offering free journeys for elderly and most vulnerable

Mohammed Adeel, director of Star Airport Travel, is offering the elderly and vulnerable free-of-charge transport for a two-hour period starting at noon.

His company also offers upto 25% off for all key workers, care workers and NHS workers to show appreciation for all their hard work during this difficult time.

He said: "Whether it's taking them shopping or taking them to the medical centre to collect prescriptions we've been offering our support to those in need during these testing times.

"The NHS and Keyworker Discount Scheme is a non-profitable idea.

"The fares that we're collecting are all being saved into a small box which we'll be donating to charity as a gesture of kindness.

"There are many people in and around the world that require these funds more than we do whether its providing food for the less fortunate or supporting the affected families during this time as a team we're more than happy to help.

The NHS and Keyworker Discount Travel scheme was set up and launched just a over a week ago.

"It's a great success and we transported many key workers and NHS staff to and from work with the help of our drivers and the community who shared our posts," said Mr Adeel.

On Monday, the firm donated £142 to Loving Hands Outreach Team, a registered charity helping the effected people by providing food parcels.

Mr Adeel said: "I believe we've done extremely well to help the community although we could have been greedy and taken the money ourselves.

"We believe that's wrong as there are many people who are less fortunate who are struggling financially and we wanted to fulfil our wish to support these people.

"Whenever I saw my drivers, they were always happy and smiling even though they weren''t making any profit from this scheme they were still happy to help.

"We're still working and the scheme is still active, we'll not stop this gesture until this is over as we want to help as many people as possible during these testing times."