A Jumbulance is a unique, specially-designed coach ambulance, which provides safe and comfortable transport for travellers with disabilities and illnesses.<br /><br />Across took delivery of a new Jumbulance in 2017. Costing £400,000, this latest addition to our fleet is dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes, and joined our 2012 vehicle dedicated to Saint Bernadette.<br /><br />Our standard Jumbulances are used to transport groups from the UK to Lourdes each week between Easter and late October.<br /><br />Each vehicle will clock up to around 1 million miles during their 10 years of service. It costs £100,000 to keep one Jumbulance on the road for one year. <br /><br /><br />Across organises pilgrimages of a lifetime to the Catholic Marian Shrine of Lourdes in South West France for those needing special care.<br /><br />People who are sick and disabled (whom we call VIPs) are taken to Lourdes, accompanied by a doctor, nurses, a priest and helpers by Jumbulance: a unique vehicle with ambulance status, specially constructed to carry our VIPs.<br /><br />Priority is given to those in terminal illness, those with progressive diseases and those whose medical conditions make it impossible or impractical to use conventional means of transport.<br /><br />Across aims to enable the pilgrims to participate in a spiritual experience, while also enjoying holiday activities and the company of others in changed surroundings.
