Greater Manchester’s Community Transport Operators are funded to reach out
Greater Manchester’s community transport sector have received a big boost after securing funding from the National Lottery’s ‘Awards for All’ programme.
The funded project, titled ‘Vehicles for Success’, will enable local community transport operators to build better links with voluntary and community groups in order to provide training and support to meet their transport needs. The funding will also pay for the creation of a database of voluntary groups that hold their own vehicles, with the aim of enabling more groups to share their vehicles with others.
Neil Foley, Chair of the Greater Manchester Community Transport Forum said, “This is a timely boost for the sector as we are aware of groups that have specific transport needs and this will give us the resources to reach out to them. The database of vehicle owning groups could enable some groups to make better use of budgets and generate additional income, which I’m sure will be very welcome in these tough times. The project should also help to raise the profile of the good work being carried out by community transport operators across Greater Manchester.”
GMCTF to consult on quality standards
Consultation will shortly begin about a new Quality Framework, developed by and for Greater Manchester's CT Sector.
For more information see this page.
the consultation draft will be available to download from this site shortly.