We're really sorry, but the government has decided that, nationally, these schemes will no longer receive funding, and because of the very high cost of keeping the motor scooters on the road, we can't continue without this support.

As a charity we can't make political comments, and government and its departments must make their own decisions about expenditure. All we can say is that we felt that we had really helped a number of young people access education and employment opportunities that would otherwise have been out of reach, and we're sad that this can't continue.

If we ever reach the happy stage of making some of our other activities consistently profitable, then we may be able to look at running a similar scheme again.