2007 Annual Review

Community Transport

is a National Registered Charity and a company limited by guarantee. The Charity operates 11 transport-related projects countrywide (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Prison Visiting Transport Service, Manchester, Newcastle (West End & East End), Oldham,Salford, Sandwell, Solihull, and Wolverhampton).

The charity has over 130 paid employees, and a pool of some 300 volunteers and New Deal trainees. Since 2001/2 the company has developed 3 new projects and turnover has jumped by over 40% to £2.4m, of which over 50% is "earned", as opposed to grant aid. We recognise that our communities consist of a diversity of people and work on the assumption that an available, adaptable and cost effective transport scheme plays a pivotal role in the move towards equality and social inclusion.

Our projects deliver 3 kinds of services:

Our passenger transport services are focused on other voluntary and community sector groups and individuals facing barriers to conventional services. The fleet consists of 65 (mostly wheelchair accessible) minibuses. Our services enable local people to participate fully in their chosen activity, interest and/or social travel needs. We are especially keen on working in partnership with other agencies to promote social inclusion by pioneering new transport services creating access to work, education, health and social care and leisure.

The charity also manages furniture recycling services in Birmingham, Coventry, Newcastle, Salford, Sandwell and Wolverhampton. This involves the low cost distribution of donated second hand furniture through a fleet of 15 goods vans. This is often combined with low cost removals and other goods transport work for socially excluded individuals and families.

In addition to our two core services, we are actively developing a role in providing specialist training and other support services to local partners in the voluntary and statutory sectors.

Please click on our Project links to obtain details of the services available, contact details and opening times. Should you have a general enquiry or if you would like to make any suggestions as to what other informaton you would like to see on our website, please click on the link below, submit your query/suggestion and we will endeavour to get back to you within 24 hours General