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Are you a community or other not-for-profit group with a minibus?
Community transport is safe, accessible, cost-effective and flexible not-for-profit transport run by the community for the community.
In Oxfordshire, many voluntary and community groups with a minibus of their own won’t see themselves as offering community transport, but simply as helping their members or clients get around.
Because of this, groups such as sports clubs, faith organisations, senior citizen’s or young people’s groups, colleges and schools may be missing out on specialist advice, good deals and other help on offer.
We also know that community transport and other voluntary groups would welcome the opportunity to be able to hire or share more minibuses in their local area.
Setting up a minibus brokerage scheme could be an option. Any scheme would be properly organised, as in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, and would help groups generate a little bit of an income.
Oxfordshire County Council received a one-off grant from the Department for Transport to develop community transport in the county. We are running this audit with the support of the Oxfordshire Stronger Communities Alliance (OSCA).
It's very quick and easy to tell us about your minibus!
There's no more than nine questions overall, so it will take no more than five or ten minutes at the most.
With most questions, you just tick the answers.Where you would like to tell us more, you can do that too.
1) What is the name of your group or organisation, and where in Oxfordshire are you based?
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(Max. 300 characters)
2) What kind of group or organisationare you - tick all that apply:
☐Faith group ☐Sports group
☐Older people's group ☐Young people's group
☐School or college ☐Community transport group
☐Public sector ☐Other group
If you have ticked 'Other group' you can tell us more here:
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3 a)We want to understand:
- how many minibuses or people carriers are run by not-for-profit groups in the county
- how many passengers they can carry
- who can use them, for example children or people in wheelchairs
Please tick all that apply to your main minibus / people carrier - if you have more than one vehicle,you will beasked toanswer the next question(s):
☐Up to 9 passengers ☐Up to 16 passengers
☐Wheelchair space(s) ☐Tail lift
☐Child seats ☐Other
☐We have more than this one minibus / people carrier
If you have ticked 'Other' you can tell us more about your vehicle here, for example 'low floor' or 'moveable seating' or 'up to 2 people in wheelchairs':
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3 b)Please tick all that apply to yoursecond minibus / people carrier - if you have more thantwo vehicles, you will be asked to answer the next question(s):
☐Up to 9 passengers ☐Up to 16 passengers
☐Wheelchair space(s) ☐Tail lift
☐Child seats ☐Other
☐We have more than these two minibuses / people carriers
If you have ticked 'Other' you can tell us more about this minibus here:
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3 c) Please tick all that apply to yourthird minibus / people carrier - if you have more thanthree vehicles, please tell us more in the comment section:
☐Up to 9 passengers ☐Up to 16 passengers
☐Wheelchair space(s) ☐Tail lift
☐Child seats ☐Other
If you have ticked 'Other' or have more than three minibuses you can tell us more here:
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(Max. 1000 characters)
4)Willyoucontinue owning a minibus or people carrier:
☐Yes - for the foreseeable future ☐Yes - but not for long
☐No ☐Don't know
If you want to, you can tell us why:
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5) Who drives your minibus or people carrier, and how many drivers do you have- tick all that apply:
none / 1 / 2-4 / 5-9 / 10 or moreVolunteer driver(s) - unpaid / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ /
Paid driver(s) / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ /
Member of staff / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ /
Anything else you want to tell us about your drivers?
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6) Whenis yourminibus or people carrierusuallyin use on the road - tick all that apply (if you have more than one bus, think of the average use):
☐Very early weekday mornings ☐Weekday before lunchtime
☐Weekday afternoons ☐Weekday evenings
☐Weekends daytime ☐Weekends evening
☐All the time ☐Infrequently
☐Varies a lot ☐Other
Anything else about use of your minibus, for example use during school holidays:
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7) Running your own minibus or people carrier can mean quitea lot of work.Let us know if your group is interested in getting any help or advice.
Ticking any of the options just means you will receive some more information - it does not commit your group to anything!
Pleasetick all that apply and don't forget to give us your contact details (below 9):
☐Hiring out our minibus, for a charge
☐Community transport networks and support
☐Free posters and other materials to recruit volunteer drivers
☐Vehicle servicing / maintenance through the Atkins Oxfordshire Workshop (not a free service)
☐Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme (MiDAS) training
☐Anything else
Please tell us what else you would be interested in:
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8)Is your group a member of a supportingorganisation- tick all that apply:
☐Oxfordshire Community & Voluntary Action (OCVA)
☐Oxfordshire Rural Community Council (ORCC)
☐Oxfordshire Association for Young People (OAYP)
☐Community Transport Association UK (CTA)
☐Other (for example, the Scouts)
If you have ticked 'other' you can tell us more:
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(Max. 300 characters)
9) Your contact details - please complete if you have replied to 7)
It would be helpful to have your contact details. We will only use them for follow up on this audit. Please typeyour name, email and / or telephone number here:
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(Max. 500 characters)
Please return the completed form by 8 November 2013 latest:
Dr Kathrin Luddecke
Community Transport Development & Strategy Officer
Planning, Environment & Transport Policy
Oxfordshire County Council
Speedwell House, Speedwell Street
Oxford OX1 1NE
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