Driving change through licence support

The process of getting a driver’s licence can be stressful, expensive and time consuming – for some those things prove too high a barrier.
Former Police officer Matt Wickens set up a course with Coast Community Trust this year to support people of all ages through that process. 
Demand for that help was so high that it soon outstripped what volunteers could do, so the Trust partnered with the Ministry of Social Development, which is funding the course for six months.
Coast Community Trust community programmes manager, Caitlin Watson, says the help needed includes funding for ID documents ...