Community transport - making an impact in Greater Manchester

Welcome to the GMCTF web site.

Here, you can find out more about community transport, its impact and the services it provides to Greater Manchester residents.

Community transport

Often referred to by its acronym – CT - community transport began over three decades ago.

CT operators are community-based not-for-profit businesses.

They provide accessible, safe, affordable and professional transport services to local communities, often using minibuses, but also with vehicles both smaller (such as people carriers) and larger (such as coaches).

Community transport was fighting Social Exclusion in local communities over twenty years before the term entered popular parlance.

CT in Greater Manchester

Operators work away, mostly in the background, providing jobs and services for local people.

Not many people are aware of the real impact CT makes, both socially, economically and environmentally.

In the last financial year, CT operators in Greater Manchester:

Greater Manchester Community Transport Forum

The Greater Manchester Community Transport Forum is the trade association for the CT sector in Greater Manchester.

As well as promoting high standards and representing & supporting our members, we work in close partnership with GMPTE to ensure CT contributes to delivering strategic transport objectives as part of an integrated county-wide transport system.

Find out more about CT in Greater Manchester by clicking on the links at the left hand side of the page.

Find your local community transport service.