What is the Community Transport Scheme?
Royston & District Community Transport offers door-to-door transport 7 days a week for people living in Royston, the surrounding villages of North & East ...
Royston & District Community Transport
Contact person
The Manager
#101477
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Summary
Volunteer driver of your own, or our vehicles, taking those without other means of transport to medical etc appointments. Mileage is paid.
Detailed description
We are a local charity that covers Royston, Melbourn, Meldreth and all villages surrounding Royston. Our volunteer drivers drive their own cars, or our wheelchair accessible vehicles (full training given). We take people who are unable to drive themselves or use public transport due to age, frailty, impaired mobility, or do not have the use of a car, to medical appointments, dentists, G.P. or nurse appointments, day centres etc.
Mileage is paid at 45p per mile, plus 5p for the passenger, under current HMRC rules.
Our drivers do whatever days suits them, and let us know their availability ahead of time. All our journeys are pre-booked and drivers can accept or decline any booking requests.
What volunteers need
😇 Disclosure and Barring Service
What we will provide to volunteers
💸 Reimbursement of costs
About Royston & District Community Transport
What is the Community Transport Scheme?
Royston & District Community Transport offers door-to-door transport 7 days a week for people living in Royston, the surrounding villages of North & East Hertfordshire, South Cambridgeshire, and Northwest Essex. It is for people who are unable to use conventional public transport for reasons of age, frailty, impaired mobility or the lack of public transport, and do not have the use of a car. Volunteer drivers provide transport using their own cars and the scheme also operates wheelchair-accessible minibuses and Multi-Purpose Vehicles.