Meet the Expert Events – 20 and 21 March 2012
Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme (MiDAS) Training and Development Fund
Transport Accessible to All
Volunteer Driving and Insurance
Good Practice for Nottinghamshire Community Transport providers
Statement Regarding Section 19 Small Bus Permit Legislation
Top Tips for Safe Travel in Your Wheelchair
Meet the Expert Events – 20 and 21 March 2012
The County Council in partnership with Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire hosted two events for community transport providers and users on 20 and 21 March 2012. The Programme, presentations and photographs from each event are available to download below:
Meet the Minibus Experts - Tuesday 20 March 2012
Event Programme [PDF]
Presentations:
Meet the Minibus Experts - Mobility Strategy & TITAN [PDF]
Your minibus - is it legal? [PDF]
Making the Most of Mobility - Wednesday 21 March 2012
Event Programme [PDF]
Presentations:
Making the Most of Mobility [PDF]
Making the Most of Mobility - Mobility Strategy & TITAN [PDF]
Car Scheme Legal Issues [PDF]
Photographs
Photographs from both Meet the Expert events.
Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme (MiDAS) Training and Development Fund
What is the MiDAS Development Fund?
A pot of £20,000 Funded by the Department for Transport’s Kickstart for Community Transport Grant. This aims to promote the development of Community Transport, especially in rural areas. The fund will provide 85% subsidy for the training of volunteers who work within the Voluntary and Community Transport Sector and commit to be trained to the MiDAS standard.
MiDAS Fund Leaflet [PDF]
MiDAS Fund Application Form [PDF]
The closing date for applications is 31 March 2012.
Transport Accessible to All
If you have difficulty in using, or are unable to use, ordinary buses and trains to undertake journeys others normally take for granted, perhaps due to age, disability or simply a lack of public transport services where you live, you can now search online for transport solutions in your area.
Volunteer Driving and Insurance
Motor insurers recognise that policyholders who want to help their communities through volunteer driving need clear and accurate information. Therefore the Association of British Insurers (ABI) have published information on the ABI Insurance website giving information about how car insurers will insure their policyholders to carry out voluntary driving.
Good Practice for Nottinghamshire Community Transport providers
A number of good practice documents to support the proposed Quality Standard for Nottinghamshire Community Transport providers are available to download on the Good Practice page.
Statement Regarding Section 19 Small Bus Permit Legislation
Following criticism from commercial operators about Community Transport Operators being allowed to tender for local authority contracts, the CTA has issued a statement emphasising the legal position.
Statement Regarding Section19 Small Bus Permit Legislation [PDF]
Top Tips for Safe Travel in Your Wheelchair
The voluntary sector in Nottinghamshire has published advice giving top tips for safe travel in a wheelchair [PDF]
