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Greenlinks Community Transport

Kyle Phillips, Senior Transportation Officer Enfys Griffiths, Community Transport Officer

Overview

• Where are we now?
• Examples of people benefitting from the

service

• Way forward

Greenlinks Fleet

Services

• Ad-hoc door-to-door service;
• Registered ‘on-demand’ local services;
• Group Hire

Membership Drivers

2013 2015 Individual Membership 800 1350 Group Membership 53 83 2013 2015 Volunteer Drivers 15 16 Paid Drivers 1 1

Area of Operation

Fares

• £5 membership fee
• Daily Fares range between £2 to £5
• Group charges:

– £30 half day – £60 full day – 40 miles free; 45p per mile thereafter

Local Services

• Registered with the Department of Transport;
• Operate within a specific area;
• Passengers are able to use their concessionary

bus passes;

• Currently operate two services:

– G1 service: St Athan – Cowbridge – Bridgend and surrounding villages; – G4 service: Llantwit Major, St Athan , Rhoose to Culverhouse Cross, UHW and Cardiff City Centre

No of Journeys per Month

Month 2013 2015 Individuals Groups TOTAL Individuals Groups TOTAL May 504 2 (36) 540 879 7 (95) 974 June 433 7 (144) 577 1001 8 (132) 1139 July 504 3 (44) 548 1064 13 (193) 1272 Aug 509 3 (56) 565 829 7 (130) 959 Sept 602 3 (50) 652 941 11 (214) 1155 Oct 670 4 (78) 748 1041 10 (164) 1205 Nov 588 7(140) 728 958 13 (202) 1160 TOTAL

Purpose of Journey

Feb 13 Feb 15 Shopping 25% 44%

• Hosp. Appt.

15% 4% Other Appt. 6% 5% Visiting 7% 4% Social 36% 34% Other 11% 9% Total Passenger Journeys

Frequency of use

Feb 13 Feb 15 Once a month 56% 37% Once a fortnight 22% 14% Once a week 16% 30% Up to twice a week 5% 14% More than twice a week 1% 5% Total Individuals 95 131

Pilot Project

• Received £100,000 funding from Welsh

Government for the purpose of piloting integrated transport;

• Purchased a new vehicle; appointed two part

time drivers; and purchased a transport package;

Pilot Project cont’d Outcome:

• Integrated a primary school run to Pendoylan

Primary School;

• Worked with social services, to provide transport

to Gathering Place;

• Introduced a regular shopping service from

Peterston Super Ely.

• Used for Greenlinks ad-hoc services.

Pilot Project cont’d

Pilot Project cont’d

Funding

• 2010 – Dec 2014: the service was funded

through Rural Development Plan monies via Creative Rural Communities;

• Dec 2014 – onwards: the service is now

funded via Development Monies. Up to 25%

• f the transport element of S106 monies

Funding Cont’d

• Cost of Service: 2015 – 2016: £115,000
• Employment of 2 office staff and 1 paid driver;
• Operation of 5 vehicles (including fuelling, SLA

agreements, maintenance);

• Volunteer costs and incidentals;
• On-costs

Examples of People Benefitting from the Service Drivers

• Receive training;
• Enjoy providing a service to the community;
• Makes use of their spare time;
• Potential employment opportunities

Examples of People Benefitting from the Service Employment

• two individuals use the service to go home

after work to Peterston Super Ely. On public transport it would take 2 hours to get home;

• G1 Service used to access employment in

Cowbridge.

Examples of People Benefitting from the Service Social

• a number of elderly individuals use the service

to visit relatives living in nursing homes;

• Individuals from the Bonvilston/St Nicholas

area organise a monthly outing for a meal

Examples of People Benefitting from the Service Wellbeing

• A passenger uses the service twice weekly to access

hydrotherapy;

• A partially sighted wheelchair user attends a weekly

blind club at Barry. Prior to using this service, she was unable to attend the Club;

• A number of the elderly passengers often comment

they use the service for their weekly outing to the local community club;

Rhoose Community Club

Examples of People Benefitting from the Service G1 Service

• Access employment; Shopping, specifically on

Tuesdays; Access public transport either at Bridgend

• r Cowbridge; Access local amenities

G4 Service

• Shopping

Examples of People Benefitting from the Service Groups

• Insight Club: fortnightly meeting at Cowbridge
• Action for Hearing Loss: monthly meeting at Barry

Library;

• Crawshay Court: weekly outing to various towns;
• Age Connects: Christmas Day Event

Age Connects: Christmas Day

Age Connects: Christmas Day

Way Forward

• Partnership working with Dinas Powys

Voluntary Concern;

• Recruitment of additional Volunteers;
• Replacement of Vehicles;
• Marketing and Promotion;
• Funding

Partnership Working

Issue: transport to the new Medical Centre at Dinas Powys due to open early March 2016; Actions:

• working in partnership with Dinas Powys Voluntary

Concern (DPVC);

• Council to purchase and maintain a small vehicle;
• DPVC and Greenlinks to operate the vehicle – DPVC to

provide transport to Centre; Greenlinks to provide a service in Eastern Vale

Volunteer Recruitment

Issue: increase the number of volunteer drivers; Actions:

• Recruitment campaign for drivers: attendance at

supermarkets and DIY stores;

• Work with Glamorgan Voluntary Services (GVS) for

referrals;

• Paid part-time drivers

Replacement of Vehicles

Issue: no replacement programme for vehicles Actions:

• Vehicle Utilization programme;
• Investigate grant funding opportunities

Marketing and Promotion

Issue: raise awareness of the service Actions:

• Raise awareness of the service to peers within the

Council and outside bodies;

• Encourage more Group usage during evenings and

weekends; in particular the Youth market;

• all passenger transport requests to be considered by PTU

who will look at in-house options before out-sourcing;

Funding Issue: Ensure on-going funding for the service Actions:

• Increase income by better optimisation of use
• f vehicles;
• On-going funding; approximately £125k each

year

Summary

• Success of Greenlinks
• Promotion of Greenlinks as a brand
• Ensure Future Funding for the service
• Look at further opportunities