THE successful Colchester SOS and Community bus was due to make its first daylight outing.
Since its launch about six weeks ago, the bus has been helping the drunk, the cold, the needy and the unwell in the town centre on a Saturday night.
It is a partnership project, run by Open Road, and organised by Colchester police, Colchester Council, and the Colchester Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership.
Almost 40 pubs, clubs and takeaway restaurants in and around the town centre have all donated funds towards the running of the bus.
The vehicle has only been seen by late-night revellers until now, and so organisers are driving it to Leisure World, off Cowdray Avenue, to show it off today.
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