A DAWLISH charity has thanked a resident who created pin badges for the organisation to sell to boost its finances. 

Dawlish Community Transport was rocked last year when an arson attack destroyed some of its vehicles used to take elderly and disabled people to medical appointments and on trips. 

Now, Richard Hayward, who has made badges for other local organisations including the Royal British Legion, has created one for DCT.

Having benefited from the charity’s car scheme, Richard was keen to help and funded the badges himself, using the charity’s logo. He has donated 100 badges to DCT.

Office manager Sally Preston described Richard as a ‘kind gent’. 

She said: ‘Having benefited from the good work of Dawlish Community Transport, Richard took his idea of having our logo printed onto a badge.

‘Now we can sell them to raise funds and keep our wheels turning in the community.

‘We can’t thank him enough for doing this for us.’