Decision details

To consider future funding (for Grovelands “shopperbus” shared taxi services; Community transport schemes run by West Oxfordshire Volunteer Link-Up; Cholsey Car Scheme and Didcot Volunteer Centre Transport for All

The Committee considered (TDC19) future funding for three locally organised community transport schemes.

RESOLVED:

(a)               note the closure of the Grove Parish Council’s “Grove Shopperbus” shared taxi service and agree cessation of County Council financial support;

(b)               pay Volunteer Link-Up (West Oxon.) £2,500.00 per annum (but with annual adjustments for inflation) to support the provision of its volunteer car scheme for a period of three years commencing 1 April 2010;

(c)               pay Didcot Volunteer Centre £250.00 to support the provision of its volunteer car scheme for an experimental period of one year commencing 1 April 2010 and to ask officers to work with the organisers of the scheme and with Oxfordshire Rural Community Council to develop methods to streamline the administration of the scheme and to enable it to provide more robust data on the number of journeys made, journey purpose, etc;

(d)               pay Cholsey Car Scheme £1,000.00 to support the provision of this volunteer car scheme for an experimental period of one year commencing 1 April 2010, on the understanding that the age restriction policy will be lifted, and to ask officers to work with the organisers of the scheme and with Oxfordshire Rural Community Council to develop methods to streamline the administration of the scheme and to enable it to provide more robust data on the number of journeys made, journey purpose, etc.