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Dial-a-Ride Schemes Page Cambridge Dial-a-Ride - City & South Cambs parishes 3 3CT (3 Counties Transport) Haverhill & area 3 Volunteer Car Schemes Royston & District Community Transport 4 St Ives Volunteer Centre - South Cambs parishes 4 St Neots Volunteer Centre - South Cambs parishes 4 Balsham Helping Hands 5 Barton Community Car Scheme 5 Barrington Community Car Scheme 5 Bassingbourn Car Scheme 5 Caldecote and Hardwick Community Car Scheme 6 Cambourne Community Car Scheme 6 Comberton Social Car Scheme 6 Coton Car Scheme 6 Cottenham Care Car Scheme 7 Eversdens Car Scheme 7 Foxton Social Car Scheme 7 Gamlingay & The Hatleys Car Care Scheme 7 Guilden Morden Car Scheme 8 Harston Car Scheme 8 Haslingfield Community Transport 8 Ickleton Medical Car Scheme 8 Litlington Car Scheme 9 Orwell Car Scheme 9 OWLS Scheme - Over Willingham Longstanton Swavesey 9 Papworth Everard Community Transport Service (PECTS) 9 Rampton Car Care Scheme 10 Shelford Support Group 10 Steeple Morden Car Scheme 10 Toft Car Scheme 10 Trumpington FISH Scheme 11 Beaches Community Car Scheme (Waterbeach & area) 11 Minibus Hire Histon & Impington Community Minibus 11 Milton Parish Council Community Minibus 11 Shopmobility Schemes 12 Taxicard Schemes 13 & 14 Please see the last pages in this document for a list of parishes, and which scheme(s) serve each parish list 2
Dial-a-Ride Schemes Cambridge and South Cambs Scheme Name: Cambridge Dial-a-Ride Contact Name: Johan Williams Unit B, Rene Court 1 Coldham s Road Cambridge CB1 3EW Contact Number: 01223 506335 Website: www.colc.co.uk/cambridge/dialaride/ Offers daily service for City residents, and weekly, fortnightly or monthly service into the City Centre (or destinations on route) from South Cambs parishes (plus certain neighbouring East Cambs parishes). Also offers trips to certain supermarkets on designated days of the week. South East Cambridgeshire Scheme Name: 3CT (3 Counties Transport) Contact Name: Lyn Burgess Council Offices, Lower Downs Slade Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 9HB Contact Number: 01440 712028 A community transport brokerage scheme covering villages in South East Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Essex, which look to Haverhill as their centre. The brokerage scheme can offer a diala-ride service to Haverhill using fully accessible vehicles, with escorts if required, a 16 seater community minibus for hire to local groups, and a community car scheme. 3CT now operate a Shopmobility (scooter hire) scheme in Haverhill please call 01440 702847 or e-mail lyn.burgess@suffolk.gov.uk for further details. 3
Volunteer Car Schemes Royston and area (South Cambs parishes) Scheme Name: Royston & District Community Transport Contact Number: 01763 245228 (telephone, fax & SMS text number) E-mail: info@roytrans.co.uk Offers a community car scheme for medical and social purposes to villages in South Cambridgeshire around Royston. Also offers wheelchair accessible transport using their MPV vehicle, plus a 9 and a 16 seater minibus for groups or clubs. St Ives and area (South Cambs villages) Scheme Name: St Ives Volunteer Centre Contact Number: 01480 301462 (Mon-Thurs 12.30-3pm) E-mail: stives@huntsvc.org.uk Offers transport to those in St Ives and area, including Boxworth, Conington, Elsworth, Fen Drayton, Knapwell, Papworth Everard and Papworth St Agnes. For social and medical purposes, including shopping, visiting friends, GP surgery appointments, opticians, dentists, and visiting friends and family in hospital. St Neots and area (South Cambs villages) Scheme Name: St Neots Volunteer Centre Contact Number: 01480 476047 (Mon-Thurs 11am-1pm) E-mail: stneots@huntsvc.org.uk Offers transport to those in St Neots and area, including Croxton, Eltisley and Graveley. For social and medical purposes, including shopping, visiting friends, GP surgery appointments, opticians, dentists, and visiting friends and family in hospital. 4
Balsham and area Scheme Name: Helping Hands Contact Number: 01223 291414 For residents of Balsham, West Wratting and West Wickham. Offers trips to Linton Health Centre, Dentist, Vet, Addenbrookes Hospital, and other social journeys. Also offers a daily prescription delivery and collection service between Balsham Post Office and Linton Health Centre. Barrington Scheme Name: Barrington Car Scheme Contact Number: 07756 506090 Provides journeys for residents of Barrington to attend medical appointments, i.e. surgeries, hospitals, dentists, chiropody, as well as shopping or visiting friends or relatives, or any essential journey that could not be made by any other means Barton Scheme Name: Barton Community Car Scheme Contact Number: 01223 262095 Provides journeys for Barton residents for medical purposes only, mostly to Comberton Surgery or to Addenbrooke s Hospital, as well as dentists, opticians and chiropodists appointments Bassingbourn & Kneesworth Scheme Name: Bassingbourn Car Scheme (part of Heron Self Help Scheme) Contact Number: 01763 248528 For residents of Bassingbourn and Kneesworth; provides journeys for social and medical purposes, including trips to Bassingbourn Surgery, and occasionally to Lister and Addenbrooke s hospitals 5
Caldecote and Hardwick Scheme Name: Caldecote & Hardwick Community Car Scheme Contact Number: 01954 210638, 211700 or 212998 Offers journeys for residents of Caldecote and Hardwick to attend medical appointments, i.e. surgeries, hospitals, dentists, chiropodist, as well as shopping or visiting friends or relatives, or any essential journey that could not be made by any other means Great, Upper & Lower Cambourne Scheme Name: Cambourne Community Car Scheme Contact Number: 07504 869 438 E-mail: cambournecarscheme@gmail.com Provides journeys for residents of Great, Upper & Lower Cambourne to attend medical appointments, i.e. surgeries, hospitals, dentists, chiropody, as well as shopping or visiting friends or relatives, or any essential journey that could not be made by any other means Comberton Scheme Name: Comberton Social Car Scheme Contact Number: 01223 262246 Provides journeys for residents of Comberton for social and medical purposes Coton Scheme Name: Coton Car Scheme Contact Number: 01954 210213 Provides journeys for residents of Coton to surgeries, hospitals, dentists, chiropodist or any essential journey where transport is not available 6
Cottenham Scheme Name: Cottenham Care Car Scheme Contact Number: 01954 251929 Provides short-distance journeys for residents of Cottenham for social and medical purposes. One car fitted with Milford Person Lift (hoist), and training in how to use the lift is available to carers. Will also cover Oakington, Rampton and Histon if necessary. Eversdens Scheme Name: Eversdens Car Scheme Contact Number: 07804 678878 Provides journeys for residents of Great and Little Eversden to attend medical appointments, i.e. surgeries, hospitals, dentists, chiropodist, as well as shopping or visiting friends or relatives, or any essential journey that could not be made by any other means Foxton Scheme Name: Foxton Social Car Scheme Contact Number: 01223 572147 or 01223 574327 Mainly offers short-distance journeys to those in the Foxton area, for social and medical purposes, although can offer transport into Cambridge if unable to make journey by any other means Gamlingay & The Hatleys Scheme Name: Gamlingay & The Hatleys Car Care Scheme Contact Number: 01767 652949 or 07519 493701 Offers transport for social purposes and medical appointments to the elderly, disabled and others without transport in Gamlingay, The Hatleys and surrounding area 7
Guilden Morden & Tadlow Scheme Name: Guilden Morden Car Scheme (part of Heron Self Help Scheme) Contact Number: 01763 852125 Provides transport for social and medical purposes for residents of Guilden Morden. Can assist requests for transport from residents of Tadlow and Shingay-cum-Wendy when required Harston Scheme Name: Harston Car Scheme Contact Number: 01223 870647 Short-distance journeys for residents of Harston and surrounding area, for social and medical purposes Haslingfield & Harlton Scheme Name: Haslingfield Community Transport Contact Number: 07800 883634 For residents of Haslingfield and Harlton requiring transport to Harston or Eversden GP surgeries, Addenbrookes Hospital, and journeys for social purposes Ickleton Scheme Name: Ickleton Medical Car Scheme Contact Number: 01799 531779 Offers trips to Sawston Health Centre only, or dentists and opticians appointments in Saffron Walden. 8
Litlington & Abington Piggotts Scheme Name: Litlington Car Scheme (part of Heron Self Help Scheme) Contact Number: 01763 852272 For residents of Litlington and Abington Piggotts, provides transport for social and medical purposes, including trips to Lister and Addenbrooke s hospitals. Can assist requests for transport from residents of Shingay-cum-Wendy when required. Orwell & Wimpole Scheme Name: Contact Number: 01223 207307 Orwell Car Scheme (part of Heron Self Help Scheme) For residents of Orwell and Wimpole, offering transport for social and medical needs and, in emergencies, assistance with shopping, dog walking, etc. Over, Willingham, Longstanton, Swavesey Scheme Name: OWLS Community Car Scheme Contact Number: 07505 254363 Offers transport for social and medical purposes, including shopping, visiting friends, GP surgery appointments, opticians, dentists, and visiting friends and family in hospital. Papworth Everard & area Papworth Everard Community Transport Service (PECTS) Contact Number: 07546 579441 Offers door-to-door transport using a wheelchair accessible vehicle for residents of Papworth and area, regular trips to St Ives, Huntingdon, St Neots and Cambourne on certain weekdays. Non-scheduled journeys available upon request, plus the vehicle can be borrowed by local community groups. 9
Rampton Scheme Name: Rampton Car Care Scheme Contact Number: 07804 971073 or 01954 250311 Provides journeys for residents of Rampton to attend medical appointments, i.e. surgeries, hospitals, dentists, chiropodist, as well as shopping or visiting friends or relatives, or any essential journey that could not be made by any other means The Shelfords & Stapleford Scheme Name: Shelford Support Group Contact Number: 01223 843856 Offers short-distance transport for residents of Great and Little Shelford and Stapleford for social and medical purposes, including trips to Addenbrooke s Hospital Steeple Morden Scheme Name: Contact Number: 01763 852952 Steeple Morden Car Scheme (part of Heron Self Help Scheme) For residents of Steeple Morden, provides transport for social and medical purposes, including trips to Ashwell Surgery, and to Lister and Addenbrooke s hospitals if required Toft Scheme Name: Toft Car Scheme Contact Number: 01223 263629 Provides journeys for residents of Toft to attend medical appointments, i.e. surgeries, hospitals, dentists, chiropodist, as well as shopping or visiting friends or relatives, or any essential journey that could not be made by any other means 10
Trumpington Scheme Name: Trumpington FISH Scheme Contact Number: 01223 841559 Provides transport for short-distance journeys for social and medical purposes. Can also provide escorts, visitors, wheelchair pushers and emergency shopping Waterbeach and area Scheme Name: Beaches Community Car Scheme Contact Number: 07807 875878 For residents of Waterbeach, Landbeach, Horningsea, Milton and Chittering. Provides journeys for medical appointments, i.e. surgeries, hospitals, dentists, chiropodist, as well as shopping or visiting friends or relatives, hospital or hospice visits, hair dressers, or any essential journey that could not be made by any other means Minibus Hire Histon & Impington Scheme Name: Histon & Impington Community Minibus Contact Number: 01223 232514 This group operates a community minibus locally and is keen to promote its use. The minibus is available for group and private hire journeys. The minibus is fully wheelchair accessible. Milton Scheme Name: Milton Scout Group Minibus Contact Number: 01223 860160 This Group owns a 15 seat (including driver) minibus for use by community groups, clubs and non profit organisations for social purposes. E-mail minibus@50thcambridgescouts.org or see www.50thcambridgescouts.org/minibus for further details. 11
Haverhill and area Scheme Name: Contact Number: 01440 712028 Haverhill Community Transport Group c/o 3CT (3 Counties Transport) This group owns a minibus for use by community groups, clubs and non-profit organisations for social purposes. The vehicle seating can also be modified to carry up to 5 wheelchairs. In addition, Cambridge Dial-a-Ride, 3CT and Royston & District Community Transport have wheelchair accessible minibuses up to 16 seats. Community groups and clubs, plus not-for-profit organisations, can hire these vehicles with a driver supplied. Please see the separate entries listed above for contact details. Shopmobility Schemes Cambridge City Scheme Name: Cambridge Shopmobility Contact Number: Grand Arcade 01223 457452 Grafton Centre 01223 461858 Haverhill 3CT (3 Counties Transport) operate a Shopmobility scooter hire scheme in Haverhill please call 01440 702847 or e-mail lyn.burgess@suffolk.gov.uk for further details. 12
Taxicard Schemes These schemes offer a subsidy for taxi travel made by members of their schemes. Please contact the scheme in your area for more information on membership criteria and how these schemes work. Cambridge City Scheme Name: Cambridge City Council Taxicard Scheme Cambridge City Council The Guildhall Cambridge CB2 3QJ Contact Number: 01223 457316 E-mail: taxicard@cambridge.gov.uk For residents of Cambridge City, for those who cannot access or use conventional means of transport. South Cambs parishes The following four schemes are administered by the Community Transport Officer at Cambridgeshire County Council: Fen Ditton, Horningsea & Teversham For residents within the parishes of Fen Ditton, Horningsea and Teversham only, who have difficulty using conventional transport and do not have access to their own means of transport. Babraham, Fulbourn, Girton, Grantchester, Histon, Impington, Oakington & Sawston For those aged 65 and over within the parishes of Babraham, Fulbourn, Girton, Grantchester, Histon, Impington, Oakington & Sawston only, who have difficulty using conventional transport and do not have access to their own means of transport 13
Great, Lower & Upper Cambourne For residents of Cambourne only, who have difficulty using conventional transport and do not have access to their own means of transport. Papworth Everard For residents within the parish of Papworth Everard only, who have difficulty using conventional transport and do not have access to their own means of transport. Contact Name: Community Transport Officer Contact Number: 01223 715606 E-mail: community.transport@cambridgeshire.gov.uk Produced by: Community Transport Officer Passenger Transport Services Team Box CC1301 Cambridgeshire County Council Castle Court, Shire Hall Cambridge CB3 0AP Contact Number: 0345 045 1151 E-mail: community.transport@cambridgeshire.gov.uk 14
Index: Page Page Abington Pigotts 4, 8 Graveley 4 Arrington 4 Great & Lt Abington 3 Babraham 3, 13 Great & Lt Chishill 4 Balsham 3, 5 Great & Lt Eversden 3, 6 Bar Hill 3 Great & Lt Shelford 3, 10 Barrington 3, 4, 5 Gt & Lt Wilbraham 3 Bartlow 3 Guilden Morden 4, 7 Barton 3, 5 Hardwick 3, 7 Bassingbourn Kneesworth 4, 5 Harlton 3, 8 Bourn 3 Harston 3, 8 Boxworth 3, 4 Haslingfield 3, 8 Caldecote 3, 7 Hatley 7 Cambourne 6, 14 Hauxton 3 The Camps 3 Hildersham 3 Caxton 3, 4 Hinxton 4 Childerley 3 Histon 3, 13 Comberton 3, 6 Horningsea 11,13 Conington 3, 4 Horseheath 3 Coton 3, 6 Ickleton 4, 8 Cottenham 3, 6 Impington 3, 13 Croxton 4 Kingston 3 Croydon 4 Knapwell 3 Dry Drayton 3 Landbeach 3, 11 Duxford 3, 4 Linton 3 Elsworth 3, 4 Litlington 4, 8 Eltisley 4 Lolworth 3 Fen Ditton 3, 13 Longstanton 4, 9 Fen Drayton 3, 4 Longstowe 4 Fowlmere 3, 4 Madingley 3 Foxton 4, 7 Melbourn 4 Fulbourn 3, 13 Meldreth 4 Gamlingay 4, 7 Milton 3, 11 Girton 3, 13 Newton 3, 4 Grantchester 3, 13 Oakington&Westwick 3, 13 15
Page Page Orwell & Wimpole 3, 4, 9 Swavesey 3, 9 Over 3, 9 Tadlow 4, 7 Pampisford 3, 4 Tetworth 4 Papworth Everard 3, 9 Teversham 3, 13 Rampton 3, 9 Thriplow 4 Sawston 3, 13 Toft 3, 10 Shepreth 4 Waterbeach 3, 11 Shingay cum Wendy 4, 7 West Wickham 3 Stapleford 3, 10 Whaddon 4 Steeple Morden 4, 10 Whittlesford 3, 4 Stow cum Quy 3 Willingham 3, 9 Visit www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/communitytransport for up-to-date copies of this document and leaflets covering neighbouring districts. September 2013 16