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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Haughton School Home School Association
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education, Housing, Social welfareFundraising for various charity events including Red Nose Day, Children in NeedSupporting educational visitsMaintaining school minbus to provide transport for visitsFundraising for new equipment for children
Chertsey & Addlestone Good Neighbours
Social welfareWe support residents living within our boundaries, which are Chertsey, Addlestone, Ottershaw, and Lyne. We can provide transport to medical appointments, local day centres and also assist with shopping and the collection of prescriptions
Gorran And District Community Bus Association Limited
Social welfareCommunity Bus based in St Goran, Cornwall
Neighbourcare St John's Wood And Maida Vale
Beneficiary group, Social welfareOur main activity is one to one befriending of isolated older people. We also do outings in our minibus which is our main expense. We hold several birthday parties a year and participate in a Christmas day lunch, all for isolated people.
Community Transport Northwest Limited
Social welfareTo provide transport facilities for those residents of Rochdale, Greater Manchester and surrounding areas who have difficulty in using public transport because of age, sickness, mental or physical disability, poverty or because of lack of availability of adequate and safe public transport services.
Age Concern Syston And District
Beneficiary group, Social welfareWe offer help and advice to the elderly and disabled of Syston and District. We run a disabled minibus and offer a variety of outings throughout the year. We have a weekly coffee morning. The minibus is also hired to various other voluntary organisations within Syston and District.
Chorley And South Ribble Shopmobility
Charitable activities, Social welfareWe provide wheelchairs/Electric scooters to enable people with mobility problems to get around the local shops and services.
Downland Volunteer Group
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Health, Social welfareWe provide transport for persons in the Downland areas of West Berkshire who are elderly, sick or disabled or who are otherwise in need. We take people to Hospitals, Doctors' Surgeries, Dentists, Opticians, to social meetings and to anywhere else that may be appropriate.
Ringwood And Fordingbridge Club For The Blind
Associations, Charity and VCS support, Health, Housing, Leisure, Social welfareProvide a social club, with refreshments, entertainment and outings. Provide transport for members to attend club and outings. Home visiting offering help and advice to visually impaired members to enable them to continue to live independently and to enjoy their life to the full.The club is run and organised purely by volunteers who contribute greatly to the success of the club.
Tavistock Community Transport Association
Social welfareIt provides community transport services in the Tavistock, West Devon and East Cornwall areas through the operation of the Tavistock Country Bus.
Prestbury Memorial Trust
Beneficiary group, Housing, Social care, Social welfareHome visits, liaison with statutory & non-statutory care workers, Lunch Club, Tuesday minibus supermarket trips, Sit & Fit & Scrabble, Knit & Natter, Friendship Groups (coach trips, birthdays) minibus trips, Carers Support group, Co-ordination of minibus use by other local groups, special projects e.g. Christmas party, Warden Service, visits to the elderly and housebound in neighbourly capacity.
Alton Community Care
Health, Social welfareWe provide transport to doctor/dentist/medical/hospital for the needy in our community.
North Herefordshire Shopmobility Project
Social welfareWe serve North Herefordshire with Wheel Chairs and disability equipment. This is a free service that we offer all visitors to Leominster. We have over 1000 people using this service each year. We also provide other equipment for people with disabilities
Tandem Medical Transport
Beneficiary group, Social welfareTandem Medical Transport is a Charity To promote the relief of the elderly and / or disabled people in the area of Midhurst, Petworth and surroundingvillages, in particular by the provision of transport and other services to assist those persons to cope with theirdisability in association with able-bodied persons.Prior to June 2024 an unincorporated charity with charity No 294947
Romsey Good Neighbours
Social welfareTo provide a community transport service for such of the inhabitants of Romsey, Ampfield and Braishfield, Hampshire who are in need of such service because of age, sickness or disability.
Poynton Open Hands Community Transport
Health, Social welfareProvides transport to hospitals, and GP's, visiting, shopping etc. We also offer a coffee morning facility, weekday mornings, where people can gather.
Wythall Together
Arts, Facilities, Social welfareTo establish a community centre for Wythall including the provision of a public library and to provide community transport for people who have a special need. To manage Wythall Village Hall on behalf of the community.
Harborough Community Bus
Charity and VCS support, Social welfareTHE OBJECT OF HARBOROUGH COMMUNITY BUS (HCB) IS THE PROVISION OF A CHARITABLE TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS FROM THE MARKET HARBOROUGH AREA, OR INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THAT AREA, WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH A SERVICE BECAUSE OF AGE, SICKNESS, DISABILITY OR POVERTY.HCB IS OPERATED ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS UNDER A SECTION 19 BUS PERMIT. SMALL CHARGES ARE MADE TO CONTRIBUTE TO RUNNING COSTS.
Gillingham Area Voluntary Car Link Scheme
Beneficiary group, Social welfareThe objects of the organisation are to provide transport facilities in Gillingham, Dorset and the surrounding SP8 area, for people who have special need of such facilities because they are elderly, poor, or disabled, people with young children or those living in isolated areas where there are no adequate public transport facilities.
Billingshurst Community Transport Limited
Beneficiary group, Social welfareProvider of voluntary transport scheme for the elderly, frail and disabled
Malmesbury And District Link
Economic and community development, Health, Social welfareProvide transport for people in the rural area around Malmesbury Wilts where there is little or no public transport for people to visit hospitals, doctors, dentists etc, in Swindon, Bath, Bristol, Oxford, Gloucester, Cheltenham.
Locks Heath Communicare Association
Beneficiary group, Social welfareFor the benefit of Senior Citizens age 60 years, in Locks Heath, Park Gate, Sarisbury, Swanwick, Titchfield Common, Warsash and Whiteley areas; to provide lunch clubs and transport to them; to provide a car transport service to medical appointments minibus transport to local shopping areas.
Crosby & District Lions Club (cio)
Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Social welfareThe Charity raises funds from our own geographical area by means of door-to-door collections, Santa Sleigh and static at supermarkets. Selling and delivering spring and autumn bedding plants and running bookstalls, plus some smaller activities and accept donations. We give grants to cases of need in our own area, both individuals and organisations and support some national and international appeal
Age Concern Hayling Island
Beneficiary group, Social welfareProvide:- luncheon clubs, drop in centres & carers groups.Hire the hall out for various groups.Provide transport to club
Havens Community Cars
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Social welfareHavens Community Cars CIO provides an effective, volunteer-led, community transport voluntary car scheme (VCS) for individuals from vulnerable groups including, but not limited to, older people, those with disabilities, people in rural or isolated communities or those unable to access conventional bus services or other local transport.
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.