A GROUP hopes to raise more than £12,000 to buy a new vehicle for the community.

Tetbury Lions Club is looking to fund a new wheelchair accessible adapted car that anyone in the town can hire, providing they have a valid driving license.

The old vehicle has served the town for more than 12 years but is now showing its years and the Lions Club is appealing for residents in Tetbury to rally together to buy a new one by early 2017.

A club spokesman said fundraising had got off to a good start, telling the Standard: “Working together with the Volunteer Bureau, we hope to supplement this by possible grant donations to a total that will allow the purchase of a good quality, low mileage used vehicle.

“With the strong support we enjoy from the people of Tetbury, we are confident we can achieve this goal.”

To find out more go to tetburylions.co.uk or email president@tetburylions.co.uk.