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The Community Transport Association provides the UK’s only specialist advice and support service to groups and organisations delivering community-led transport in the UK. We do this by directly providing support and information on a wide range of topics, such as permits and licencing regulations, driver training, and operations, and by connecting with and signposting to other relevant agencies.
We fight for this every day by gathering evidence, engaging with politicians and conducting research which can change lives through policy, regulation and legislation.
The Community Transport Association (CTA) is a national charity and membership organisation that leads and supports thousands of local charities and community groups across the UK that deliver local transport services which fulfil a social purpose and community benefit. Together with CTA Members, we're working to achieve a vision of a world where everyone in their communities can access transport that meets their needs.
The Women in Bus and Coach (WiBC) initiative marks a significant stride towards gender equality in the UK's transport sector. In an industry historically skewed towards male dominance, WiBC emerges as a powerful advocate for change, championing a future where diversity and inclusivity are not mere ideals but tangible realities.
Having re-joined the CTA in May of this year, it has been inspirational to work closely with operators across the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) footprint. The project has been running since 2021, with Age Connects Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent Car Scheme, Community Volunteers Wales (Risca), Cornerstone Opportunities, Crickhowell Volunteer Bureau, Cymru Creations (Tredegar Community Transport), Disability Can Do, Llanwrtyd Wells Community Transport, The Parish Trust, Torfaen Community Transport being supported and receiving funding to deliver this wonderful project.
On 13th February 2023, we were notified by several CTA members of an article published in Route One magazine, containing a briefing from DVSA around the use of seatbelt ‘buckle guards’.
The article stated that ‘DVSA has highlighted to operators of coaches, buses and minibuses used to carry children that they must not fit seatbelt buckle guards.
Volunteers have always been at the heart of the community transport sector. In organisations all across the UK they’ve shown time and again what an enormous difference they make, giving up their time to support their communities. During the past year, we’ve seen volunteers work tirelessly to make a difference in incredibly difficult circumstances, some out on the road, delivering food, medicine and essential journeys, and others from home, self-isolating but still calling passengers to keep their spirits up.
With more and more organisations operating as social enterprises, we hear from Charlie Wigglesworth, Deputy CEO at Social Enterprise UK, who talks about what it means to be a social enterprise and how it fits in with the work of community transport. This article was originally published in the Spring 2019 issue of Together, CTA’s quarterly membership journal.