Social welfare Charities That specialise in Community transport
Discover 593 Social welfare charities that specialise in community transport. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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Charities Administered Icw Langley Park School For Boys
Education, Social welfareWE ARE A SCHOOL WITH 1500 PUPILS THE CHARITY SUPPORTS THE STUDENTS IN EXTRA CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES AND PURCHASING AND RUNNING SCHOOL MINI-BUSES
Maybridge Keystone Club
Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure, Social welfareStructured and informal Youth activities for 8- 12 yr olds ,and 12 - 19 yrs olds evening. Children's activities including Alternative School provision, adult activities e.g Healthy exercise, Pilates, Short Mat Bowls Inclusive meeting place for the local community, Sussex Autism, Breathing Spaces, Sussex Community Transport, children with additional needs,young people and Carers
Furzefield Primary School Fund
Education, Social welfareTo provide & assist in the provision of facilities & activities not required to be provided by the LEA. To financially contribute to the school minibus. To subsidise school trips & the purchasing of other items & resources to enhance the educational experience & environment of the pupils at the school. To help pupils in financial need to enable them to take part in activities not provided by LEA.
Bexhill Community Bus Limited
Social welfareThe Charity operates a community bus service in areas where commercial operators will not do so.
The Western Dales Community Bus Service Limited
Social welfareTo provide a community transport service, including private hire, for such of the inhabitants of the Western Dales (inside and outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park) who are in need of such a service because of age, sickness or disability (mental or physical) or poverty or because of a lack of availability of adequate and safe public passenger services.
Dinas Powys Voluntary Concern
Beneficiary group, Health, Saving of lives, Social welfareDinas Powys Voluntary Concern provides a service to individuals, groups and organisations, in particular the elderly and people with disabilities. It does this by providing a community resource centre, running a wellbeing and befriending scheme, providing and maintaining a minibus-ambulance, publishing a free newsletter and community directory, offering support to local voluntary organisations.
Durham City Shopmobility
Leisure, Social welfareTO EMPOWER DISABLED PERSONS IN DURHAM CITY, BY PROVIDING THEM WITH ELECTRIC AND MANUAL WHEELCHAIRS OR SCOOTERS, TO ACCESS SHOPPING AREAS, PLACES OF INTEREST, EDUCATIONAL AND LEISURE FACILITIES, PROMOTING INDEPENDENCE, CONFIDENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND SELF ESTEEM.
Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes
Health, Social welfareTo relieve sickness and protect health by the provision of transport of urgently needed blood, drugs, human tissues and other medical requirements between hospitals and blood transfusion banks primarily but not exclusively in Yorkshire.
Bracknell Shopmobility
Social welfareThe furtherance in whatever manner and whatever means of the relief of permanently or temporarily disabled persons by improving their mobility by the provision of wheelchairs and electric scooters for hire.
Risborough Area Community Bus
Economic and community development, Social welfareProvision of rural transport for people in Princes Risborough and surrounding Villages including Chinnor.
West Vale Mobility
Animals, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Social welfareTo provide transport facilities in the Western portion of the Vale of the White Horse District Council area which is an isolated rural area with no adequate public transport facilities for those with a health or well-being related need for it. The target demographics are people who have need of such facilities ,be they elderly, poor, disabled or people with young children.
Age Concern Heathfield And District
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Social welfareACH operates in the TN21 area, and assists the elderly and disabled. We operate a minibus service for trips and outings.We also operate medical car service whereby volunteers use their own cars to transport people to any medically related appointment. We have a Men's shed for socialisation and making of wooded items.
Bury Shopmobility
Social welfareBury Shopmobility helps people with mobility problems to do their errands in central Bury.
Operation Romania Trust
Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfareThe relief of poverty by supporting families and individuals who struggle to cope with daily life through sponsorship schemes in the UK.Providing funding for children and young people to access education at school or university or provide transport to their place of education.Supplying medicines for a local doctor in Oradea which provides people with medicines who couldn't afford them.
The Tracy Trust
Arts, Social welfareProvision of welfare/medical equipment and services assistance with medical expenses. Provision of transport services, local centre, television licences, aid alarms and sundry further activities.
Uckfield And District Lions Club (cio)
Associations, Charity and VCS support, Saving of lives, Social welfareFundraising through public participation in events.Operation of a Minibus, for the public benefit, not for hire:It is available to voluntary organisation.Distribution of funds within Sussex, Surrey and Kent to:Individuals & Voluntary groups.Through our National Organisation:National and International disaster relief.
Lowestoft Shopmobility
Charitable activities, Social welfareTo provide manual and powered wheel-chairs and powered scooters for loan to people with impaired mobility enabling them to Socialise, Shop and visit local amenities, thereby promoting the Welfare and Independence of those people
Esk Moors Active LTD
Arts, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Facilities, Leisure, Social welfareWe use our community minibus to help socially isolated older people in this very rural part of the North York Moors. Public transport is sparse and not easily accessible. We run outings to lunches, shopping, cinemas, theatres, concerts, coffee mornings, garden centres and other places of interest. In addition we have weekly swimming trips. These people are thus able to be part of the community.
Vision Wimborne
Associations, Economic and community development, Social welfareThis charity provides transport for people with disablities so that they can access goods and services in the east Dorset area. The charity also co-ordinates community activities with representation from a wide range of organisations.Vision Wimborne also manages a local project which enables visitors to enjoy a stretch of the river Stour on the outskirts of town.
Staines Shopmobility.
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareStaines Shopmobility provides mobility equipment such as wheelchairs to enable people with limited mobility to fully access shops and facilities in Staines town centre. The charity also hires travel scooters and wheelchairs to enable people to visit family or go on holiday. An information service is available to provide information on services and products relevant to older or disabled people.
Food And Friendship
Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfareWe are based in Hove and provide a meal on a bi-weekly basis for elderly and isolated people and also for adults with learning disabilities. Community transport is provided if required. Food is largely supplied by Fareshare which helps to tackle food waste. We also run healthy eating cooking clubs.
Chesterfield And District Shopmobility
Social welfareThe provision of suitable means of personal transport for people within our catchment area, who have mobility difficulties, whether permanent or temporary, that enables them to maintain as much freedom and independence as their conditions allow. Thus expanding their opportunities and enhsancing their quality of life
Burnham Community Association
Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfareBurnham Community Association offers a range of services and activities in and around the village of Burnham in Buckinghamshire, These include community transport schemes, an information centre and older people's clubs. Its sub groups include Friends of Burnham Library, Round and About community Magazine and Burnham Carnival.
Lydbrook Area Community Care Association
Social welfareActivities and services for people in need and socially isolated within the Forest of Dean area.Services included, , Community Transport, Wellbeing and Benefits advice and information, Lunch clubs, as well as signposting where necessary,
Melksham And District Link Scheme
Charity and VCS support, Social welfareProvides transport for medical appointments using cars of its volunteer drivers.
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many community-transport social welfare charities are there in the UK?
There are 593 registered community-transport social welfare charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.
Which is the largest of the community-transport social welfare charities by income?
Change, Grow, Live is the largest by latest reported annual income (£339.7m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.
What is the combined annual income of community-transport social welfare charities?
Community-transport social welfare charities reported a combined annual income of £14.6bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.
What is a typical program ratio for community-transport social welfare charities?
Across all community-transport social welfare charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 86.5%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.
What is the average annual income of community-transport social welfare charities?
Community-transport social welfare charities have an average annual income of £515k. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.
Where does this data come from?
All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.