Links
Links to related organisations and services
A2B Info.Net http//:www.a2binfo.net
This is a website dedicated to offering information on Community Transport options by parish. At present, villages throughout Suffolk are included on the site, with details of which Community Transport scheme serves each parish.
Braintree Community Transport Tel: 01440 710370 or 01440 705769
Member of 3CT brokerage. Offers a social car scheme, dial-a-ride service and minibus hire for use by individuals and community groups and clubs in the Braintree and North-West Essex area.
Haverhill Community Transport Group
Member of 3CT brokerage. Offers minibus hire for community groups and clubs in Haverhill and surrounding area. Tel: 01440 710370 or 01440 705769
Cambridge Dial-a-Ride Telephone: 01223 506335
Offers 5 day a week dial-a-ride in Cambridge City, and weekly / fortnightly / monthly trips for members in South Cambs villages into Cambridge.
Newmarket Voluntary Network - Dial-a-Ride and Community Car Scheme
Offers a 3 day a week dial-a-ride in the Forest Heath area and East Cambs, including Newmarket, Lakenheath, Mildenhall, Brandon, and the villages looking to these towns.
Telephone: 01638 608080 (Dial-a-Ride bookings)
01638 608049 (Car Scheme bookings)
Tripscope National Helpline: 08457 58 56 41 (charged at local rate)
This organisation offers free advice with travel plans for short and long distance journeys to those with specific needs. Such information includes; help from home to vehicle, getting on and off, what happens at the other end, wheelchair or scooter hire or repair, hand controls, insurance, and accessible toilets.
Traveline
For local and national travel information, call Traveline on:
Telephone: 0870 608 2 608
Textphone: 0870 241 2216 or see http://www.traveline.org.uk
The Traveline service is available daily (except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day) from 08:00 to 20:00. Calls are charged at national rates.
Community Transport Association http://www.communitytransport.com
The Community Transport Association, or CTA, is the national representative body of Community Transport and voluntary sector transport operators covering the whole of the UK. The Community Transport Association aims to provide those it represents with the information, advice, training and support they need to be able to continue with their most valuable work, and strives to respond and change with the needs of the sector.
Telephone: 0870 774 3586
Advice Service Tel: 0845 130 6195
Rural Transport Partnerships
Rural Transport Partnerships consist of organisations and authorities aiming to help rural communities access essential services, through assisting community groups, parish councils and community organisations with their transport issues and give advice on funding sources.
Cambridgeshire Rural Transport Partnership: 01353 865031
Suffolk Rural Transport Partnership: 01473 242500
Essex Rural Transport Partnership: 01245 352046 ext 110
Haverhill Town Council http://www.haverhill-uk.com/towncouncil/index.shtml
Telephone: 01440 712858
St Edmundsbury Borough Council http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk
Borough Offices: 01284 763233
Haverhill Office: 01440 702271
Braintree District Council http://www.braintree.gov.uk
Telephone: 01376 552525
South Cambridgeshire District Council http://www.scambs.gov.uk
Telephone: 08450 450500
Suffolk County Council - Community Transport
Telephone: 01473 265052 http://www.suffolkcc.gov.uk
Cambridgeshire County Council - Community Transport
Telephone: 01223 717755 http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Essex County Council http://www.essexcc.gov.uk
Telephone: 01245 492211
South Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust
Telephone: 01223 884008 http://www.southcambs-pct.nhs.uk/index.htm
The Countryside Agency http://www.countryside.gov.uk
Telephone: 01223 354462
Age Concern National Information Line: 0800 009966
Age Concern supports all people over 50 in the UK, through providing essential services such as day care and information, campaigning on issues like age discrimination and pensions, and working to influence public opinion and government policy about older people.