Community Transport Schemes Across Worcestershire
Affiliated Community Transport Schemes
Please note that all schemes require pre-registration before they can be used. Please contact the schemes through their web sites or telephone numbers as shown.
Alfrick and Lulsey Community Car Scheme
Volunteers from the Alfrick and Lulsley area use their own vehicles to provide transport for others in the area, taking them to medical appointments or to collect prescriptions from Knightwick Surgery.
No web site
Registration and Booking Line: 01886 884234.
Broadwas and Knightwick Community Car Scheme
Volunteer drivers from Broadwas and Knightwick use their own cars to provide transport for residents of Broadwas and Knightwick who need transport to medical appointments, or to collect prescriptions from Knightwick Surgery.
No web site
Registration and Booking Line: 01905 333288
BURT - Bromsgrove Urban and Rural Transport
The bus helps residents of Bromsgrove District who are unable to make essential journeys by conventional transport, either because of personal mobility/disability difficulties or because suitable services are not available. The minibus is adapted for wheelchair users.
Bromsgrove Rural Rides
Bromsgrove Rural Rides is a community car scheme run by Community Transport Wyre Forest.
Volunteers use their cars to provide transport to those who are unable to make essential journeys by conventional transport. This may be either due to personal mobility problems or, because of the non availability of a suitable service.
Users must pay Council Tax to Bromsgrove District Council. Journeys can be for social, welfare, recreational, medical or educational reasons and users are unable to make the journey, due to personal mobility difficulties, by any other means or suitable transport
The journey can be outside of the district
A minimum of 3 days notice is required to book a journey
Booking Line: 01299 405820 (Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 14:00 hours) For further details 01299 405832
Bluwave Community Transport - Bromsgrove
A Community Transport service for Redditch and Bromsgrove and surrounding areas using volunteer drivers to take clients to hospital appointments, doctors, dentists, opticians and care homes.
Droitwich Spa and Rural CVS
Droitwich Spa and Rural CVS operate bus services and a community car scheme and vehicle hire is also available.
Evesham Community Car Scheme
Evesham Community Car Scheme is run by Evesham Volunteer Centre.
Volunteers use their own cars to provide transport for those who need to get to medical appointments e.g. hospital, doctor, dentist, chiropodist and for those visiting someone in hospital. The service can also be used for visits to the library, shopping and hairdressers.
Leigh and Bransford Community Car Scheme
Volunteers from the area use their own cars to provide transport to residents of Bransford, Leigh or Leigh Sinton, who need to make journeys to medical appointments.
No web site
Registration and Booking: 01886 832990
Malvern and District
Community Action Malvern operates the local community transport services:
https://www.communityaction.org.uk
Malvern Dial-A-Ride
Dial-a-Ride
This is a door to door service providing trips to doctors, dentists, hospitals, shopping, church, opticians, visit friends, day centres and social activities using an accessible vehicle for those unable to use public transport due to age or disability.
Vehicle Hire
Two wheelchair accessible minibuses available for hire in the evenings and at weekends, and can be provided with a driver.
The CB3 Community Bus Route operates from Tuesday to Friday inclusive
Route: Great Malvern – Upton-upon-Severn circular: Great Malvern – St Andrews Road – Barnards Green – Hanley Swan – Hanley Castle – Upton – Welland – Upper Welland – Malvern Wells – Great Malvern – Retail Park (via Prospect View Surgery and Gt Malvern rail station).
Telephone: 01684 891121
Monday to Friday from 09:15 to 15:00 hours
View details on the scheme's web pages by clicking on this link
Pershore
Three schemes are provided in the area through the Pershore Volunteer Centre
Community Car Scheme
Dial-A-Ride
Mini Bus Hire
Redditch Dial-A-Ride
The Redditch Dial-A-Ride scheme is a door-to-door service using an accessible minibus provided by Redditch Borough Council. The service can be used for any purpose including shopping, visiting friends and family, leisure and medical appointments.
Redditch Car Scheme
The Community Car Scheme in Redditch is run by Community Transport Wyre Forest.
Volunteers use their cars to provide transport to those who are unable to make essential journeys by conventional transport. This may be either due to personal mobility problems or, because of the non availability of a suitable service.
Bluwave Community Transport - Redditch
A Community Transport service for Redditch and Bromsgrove and surrounding areas using volunteer drivers to take clients to hospital appointments, doctors, dentists, opticians and care homes.
Suckley Community Car Scheme
A Community Car Scheme is run by volunteers in the Suckley area who use their own cars to provide door-to-door transport to medical appointments, or to take prescription requests to (and collect prescriptions from) Knightwick Surgery
No web site
Tenbury Transport Trust
Tenbury Transport Trust operates three services:
Mini Bus Services
Mini Bus Group Travel
Community Car Service
Upton Community Car Scheme
Upton Community Care runs the Community Car Scheme.
Volunteers in Upton-upon-Severn use their own cars Volunteers use their own vehicles to provide transport for the elderly to all medical appointment's at surgeries, hospitals, clinics, day care centres and visits to loved ones in hospital and care homes.
Eligibility:
Older and disabled people with no other means of transport who are unable to use public transport either because it does not exist or due to access problems
Usually patients at the Upton Surgery who live within Upton-upon-Severn or the following surrounding villages:
Berrow, Birtsmorton, Bushley, Croome D’Arbetot, Earls Croome, Eldersfield, Hanley Castle, Hanley Swan, Hill Croome, Kinnersley, Pendock, Seven Stoke, and Welland.
Booking Line: Monday to Friday from 09:30 to 11:30 Answerphone at all other times.
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Upton Shuttle Service
The Upton Shuttle is organised and operated by Community Action Malvern.
The Upton Shuttle service operates on Fridays ONLY, and operates to a timetabled route.
Worcester Wheels
Worcester Wheels operates three services for residents of Worcester and surrounding villages:
Community Car Scheme
Door to Door Mini Bus and MPV Services
Mini Bus Hire
Community Transport Wyre Forest
Community Transport Wyre Forest operates two schemes:
Community Car Scheme for North West Worcestershire
Vehicle Hire
Wyre Forest Dial-A-Ride
Wyre Forest Dial-A-Ride is a membership, charitable organisation which provides a door-to-door transport service from Monday to Friday.
It uses accessible minibuses for people who are unable to use public transport through having some kind of disability, and where there is no public transport available.
Wythall Dial-A-Ride
Wythall Dial-a-Ride is run by the Wythall Together charity and Wythall Parish Council using mini-buses operated by West Midlands Special Needs Transport.
The service operates between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm on Tuesday and Fridays.
Users must pre-register by phoning the Registration Hotline on 0121 453 9682.
The booking number (for registered users) is 0333 2406223.
Further information can be obtained by contacting Wythall Together trustee, Stephen Peters on 01564 824927