Thank you for joining us at Aintree Racecourse, home of the world-famous Grand National, to celebrate 30 years of safe, legal and comfortable journeys with MiDAS. 

Community Transport Association and Hampshire County Council are delighted to welcome you for a day of insightful panel talks, presentations, and the all important awards ceremony, and to check out the exhibition stands, network and explore the vehicles we have on site.

On this page you will find today's agenda, information about our fantastic event sponsors, awards categories and more.

CTA manage a national programme of quality-assured education and training for the CT sector and beyond, ensuring that organisations are able to deliver safe, legal and comfortable journeys. 

Through our training, workshops and webinars we help our members enhance their skills and knowledge on transport services, regulatory frameworks, safety and customer service. 

Rather than accessing MiDAS through an existing provider, you may want to be able to deliver MiDAS yourselves. This can be a good option particularly if you have a large number of people requiring training or if you struggle to find an existing provider close to you. It also allows you to deliver MiDAS to other organisations in your area. You can find out more about the steps involved with becoming a MiDAS Driver Assessor below.

Step 1 – Understand the responsibilities

In order to deliver MiDAS, your organisation must:

As well as ensuring that drivers can provide safe, legal and comfortable journeys to passengers, there are lots of other benefits of MiDAS.

There are a number of courses under the MiDAS umbrella.

Here you can find a list of organisations who can deliver PATS, Car and MPV or 5 STEPS across the UK. We recommend contacting a few different providers in your area as availability and costs can vary. Prices can vary depending on the number of people being trained, the modules required and your location. All of the details and arrangements for your course will be organised directly with your chosen provider.  

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Register with MiDAS to join a community of thousands of organisations who are commited to delivering safe, legal and comfortable journeys.

MiDAS is the Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme, which has been the gold standard for enhancing the safety and care of passengers for nearly 30 years. The scheme provides a nationally recognised standard for the assessment and training of drivers to ensure that they have the skills and knowledge to provide safe, legal and comfortable journeys to passengers.