More Than a Minibus: diversity and impact of Community Transport in Scotland
Community Transport Association and Transport Scotland
13 September 2022
Report mapping and analysing Scotland’s Community Transport sector. As well as presenting information on the community transport sector, the report makes a number of recommendations for the sector and its funders including: fair, adequate and multi-year funding ; procurement strategies to prioritise not-for-profit providers, build community wealth and deliver social value in service commissioning; tackling driver shortages by investing in drivers, and paying Living Wage; investing in volunteers; closing the Net Zero funding gap; and investing in health and social care related transport.
Key Findings
- In 2021, CTA had 166 members in Scotland delivering a wide range of community-led, not- for-profit transport services with accessibility, inclusivity and sustainability at their heart
- 37% are primary purpose operators, 63% have community transport as a secondary purpose
- 1,131 paid staff
- 2000+ volunteers
An interactive map of providers has also been produced.
Last modified on 13 September 2022
