Name: David Aston.

How long have you been here? Over 10 years now.

What is your role on the team? I’m the Fleet and Facilities Supervisor and I occasionally get to play bus driver around the yard. I also fill in for Roy, another member of the team, when necessary, fuelling and checking the buses. I help Roy sort out the tax and check on the insurance and MOTs.

Please write a brief version of your testimony: I grew up in a Christian family. Getting not-so-good A-Level results led to me doing a course in Computing Science with German, and a move to Congleton. I started taking our church youth group to Message ’88 and ’89 and later became a supporter of The Message. After spending some time in Germany, I started helping with the rigging at World Wide Message Tribe gigs and the rest, as they say, is history. Each step has served to lead me to where I am now.

Tags: Bus, Community Action, Manchester, young people, youth ministry