Welcome to the CTA’s Community Building Sessions

Running a Community Transport (CT) Organisation is rewarding, offering great chances to support communities and make an impact. We also know it can be isolated and challenging, especially when seeking advice or discussing issues and opportunities.

Our Advice & Support team run monthly Community Building sessions, holding virtual space to bring CT operators and CTA staff together once a month to discuss key topics for the sector.

Like commercial operators, community transport operators must hold a license if they are transporting passengers and receiving payment for their services. 

This requirement applies to the use of any passenger vehicle, including cars, MPVs, and minibuses.

Not-for-profit community transport operators can access S19 or S10B permits which enable you to legally operate your passenger service without having to apply for a commercial PSV Operators licence.  

The CTA team works remotely across the whole of the UK, which means we have many ways to connect with and support our members, partners and stakeholders. 

With community-led groups and organisations delivering transport and wider support services to rural, urban, and island communities across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, we are constantly evaluating and developing creative ways to connect.

We support Community Transport organisations of all different types, shapes and sizes. 

Here you will find answers to the most frequently asked questions regarding CTA membership. Please scroll down for more information. 

If you need to contact our various teams or have a general enquiry, you'll find all the relevant contact details below. 

Our Address

CTA UK, 91 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 4HT

CTA in your Area

If your query is specific to one of the four CTA countries, please contact the relevant team via the emails below.

England england@ctauk.org

Northern Ireland niteam@ctauk.org

Here you will find information about opportunities within the Community Transport sector. This includes opportunities from both CTA and CTA members. Whether you're interested in volunteering, working locally or looking for your next career step, you will find helpful information on how to apply here. 

CTA has developed commercial offers which enable commercial organisations to connect with the Community Transport sector in the UK, build their understanding and facilitate a deeper understanding of the sector’s unique challenges.  

This will enable commercial organisations to tailor their products or services to best meet the diverse needs of community transport providers.

Our Board of Trustees oversee CTA governance and strategic direction.

Meeting once a month, our Trustees are accountable for everything we do, setting the Charity’s vision, values, strategy and policies for our key activities and monitoring our progress.

Team CTA is a group of multi-skilled, highly passionate people from all walks of life. 

Our collective knowledge and experience of the charity and transports sectors spans decades and covers all aspects of community, politics, digital and advice services. Here you can see the people behind the email signatures, phone calls and newsletters at CTA and find out what makes them so driven to support you, our members.

The Community Transport Association holds a wide variety of events throughout the year.

CTA brings people and organisations together, both in person and online, with the purpose of raising awareness about community transport issues and advocating for policy changes, while learning from feedback, insights and experiences from attendees.