TransFife Community Transport Ltd' A Social Enterprise

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Trans-Fife Community Transport Ltd.A Social
Enterprise

• Social enterprises are businesses with a social
  purpose. They represent a new way of doing
  business - one that values more than just profit
  and works to transform communities and change
  lives.
• Liz Kennedy, Deputy Manager

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Background

• Trans-Fife Community Transport was
• established 17 years ago to provide
• accessible community based transport
• alternatives for community groups and
• organisations unable to access main
• stream public transport.

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Aims Objectives

• As a not for profit, community managed,
• social enterprise, our aim is the removal of
• transport as a barrier, for those in our
• community seeking employment, training or
• social interaction
• Socially Economically disadvantaged
  due to a
• lack of transport options which
• meet their needs.

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Business Structure

• Provision of accessible transport to over 130
  groups and organisations using 14 accessible
  buses - eight under O licence 6 under Section
  19 legislation, all with adaptations to
  accommodate clients with special needs, passenger
  lifts, hand rails, wheelchair tracking etc.
• Primary Care Emergency Services
• Provision management of trained drivers
  since its inception 9 years ago, 8 full-time, 10
  part-time, and 3 reserve drivers.

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Business Structure

• Wheels to Work
• A social car scheme, removing transport as
• a barrier for those obtaining employment or
• training, unable to access public transport.
• 25 cars available covering Fife and the Forth
  Valley area.

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Business Structure

• Driver Training Solutions
• The training division of Trans-Fife, providing
• Driver Escort training, primarily to unemployed
• People on New Deal or Training for Work training
• programmes.
• Courses include MiDAS, PATs, Advanced
• Driver Training, Driving Lessons (car) and one to
  one training and advice for people with special
  needs and wishing to drive.

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Reason for our services

• Unemployment higher than Scottish average
• 54 of low income families have no access to a
  car
• Declining levels of public transport
• Isolated nature of villages
• Changing work patterns
• Increasing accessible transport needs
• Poor skills base

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Staff Partners 2006

• 35 staff, 15 trainees 4 volunteers
• Investors in People accreditation
• New Deal Small Business Award runner up 2003
• Disabled People Aware recognition, Jobcentre
• Working with NHS Trust, Scottish Enterprise Fife,
  Fife Council, Coalfields Regeneration Trust and
  the European Regional Development Fund.

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Service Provision Feb 2005-March 2006

• Vehicle Trips 7,030
• Miles 169,584
• User Groups 113
• Average passengers carried 84,360
• Fuel cost per mile .31p
• Average charge per mile 1.66 (subsidised)
• Average cost per person per trip 3.07
• Actual cost per mile 2.92 06/07 3.19
• Actual cost per person per trip 5.43

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Midas PATS Training 90 peopleOver 100
people directly supported into employment
assisted by Wheels to Work
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The Future
Scottish Executive Review of Demand
Responsive Transport Published March 2006 More
opportunities for joint working to enhance
provision of services need to be explored Demand
Responsive Services need to be clearly defined
for whom and why they are being funded and
delivered Action by local authorities to plan for
developing DRT markets needs to be set out in
local transport strategies and monitored in best
value reviews.
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• Thank you for giving me the opportunity to tell
  you about our services

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Review of Demand Responsive Transport

• To secure sustainability and growth of demand
  responsive transport there needs to be
• Clear accountability on who pays for what
• Funding and auditing incentives for best value
  delivery
• A clearer view of the impacts of the free
  national concessionary fares scheme on DRT
• Increased support for community transport