A Penarth-based community transport charity has condemned an act of vandalism which saw windows on one of its vehicles smashed.

East Vale Community Transport (EVCT) provides accessible minibus transport for the community of the eastern Vale, both groups and individuals.

It has been operating in the area over five decades and its volunteer drivers have offered a door-to-door service that has taken people shopping, to meetings, on expeditions and visits when they might otherwise be unable to get out. 

Lately it has operated an invaluable service, taking local residents to get their covid jabs and other medication.

But at the weekend, while one of the min-buses was parked at Cemetery Approach in Barry, someone smashed a window.

The charity, which operates from West House Cottage, behind the Penarth Town Council offices in Stanwell Road, says: "The knock on effect from this mindless act of is cancellation of people going for their autumn boosters, no transport for those attending much needed day centres & social isolation and a cost to us as a small charity for replacement glass."