About Us

Our History

Community Transport originated in Birmingham in the early 1960s, when Rev Bryan Scrivener found his ex-Army Land Rover in high demand for removals work; storing donated items in his front room and distributing them to families on low incomes.

The organisation was registered as a charity in 1966 and passenger services for voluntary groups using minibuses quickly followed. Community Transport or “CT” is the original Community Transport, a pioneer in door-to-door services for people with physical disabilities and developed ring and ride services in Greater Manchester. The charities’ divisions are CT Passenger, CT Furniture and CT Training services. Each division offers services at affordable and competitive prices.

CT Passenger provides a caring specialist transport service to improve people’s quality of life, delivering services in several local authority areas.

Minibus hire is also available to community organisations looking to hire accessible and non-accessible minibuses for group travel arrangements.

CT Furniture collects, sells and delivers second-hand furniture to individuals on low incomes and at transitional stages in their lives. The Charity aims to encourage recycling and reduce fly-tipping, by collecting donated furniture and electrical items, free of charge from residents. Furniture is available to purchase across stores in Birmingham, Bilston, Blyth, Newcastle, Peterlee and West Bromwich and online.

CT Training provides support to organisations and their staff by delivering quality transport training to enable them to achieve certifications and deliver quality transport to their own service users.

The Charity aims to bring people and opportunities together to transform lives, build better communities, and build a sustainable and enterprising organisation that works with local communities to meet local needs.

At CT, a significant proportion of our workforce are volunteers, which means we are helping many individuals increase their confidence and skill so they can gain the experience needed to find employment in the future, as well as help individuals to socialise and interact with others daily.

We work with a variety of individuals and partners to ensure we deliver services to a high quality consistently.

What we do

Community Transport is a charity that brings people and opportunities together to help transform lives and build better communities.

The Charity has been established since 1966 and consists of the following three divisions:

CT Passenger is our transport service that delivers contracts for local education, health, and third sector organisations. Our minibuses are available for hire to local community, public and third sector organisations, with or without a driver.

CT Furniture collects and sells secondhand donated items at stores across the North East. We help individuals with low incomes find affordable, quality furniture for their homes.

We encourage recycling and helping the environment by offering a furniture collection service that allows individuals, families, communities, and businesses to donate unused domestic and office furniture items.

CT Training delivers transport-related training to private, public and third sector organisations, to upskill individuals and staff and ensure they are working safely and in line with current health and safety transport regulations.

Where we work

Community Transport has expanded its operations across the North East since it’s humble beginnings, which began at Rev Bryan Scrivener’s house in Kings Heath Birmingham.
National Office
Our National Office is located in Croft Myl, West Parade, West Yorkshire, HX1 2EQ, where the core administration for all services take place.

Our CEO, Human Resource, Finance, and Corporate Service team are all located at our National Office and are contactable on 01484 977 226.

For service and National Office enquiries email info@communitytransport.org

North East site locations:

We currently have CT Passenger and CT Furniture sites located in the Newcastle and Blyth area.

Our CT Passenger site is situated at Heaton Terrace site and covers the North East area.

To find out more details for our Passenger Service Offices, visit ‘Our Passenger Offices’

Our CT Furniture stores are located in Newcastle, Blyth, Gateshead.

To find out more details for our Furniture stores in the North East, visit ‘Our Furniture Stores’

Transport training is carried out across Newcastle and the surrounding areas.