Providing community transport, CTLA connects people with their families and friends, local events, shopping centres, community hubs, medical services, hospitals, outdoor recreations places and parks, rural walks, beaches and local eateries and cafes.

Providing community transport frees people from confinement helping to prevent the terrible feeling of loneliness and living in isolation which is a major contribution to mental health problems, addictions and many other personal difficulties.

We provide a special Non-Emergency Patient Transport service helping people meet their medical and health appointments.

We run a shopping service enabling people to get to city centre shopping centres and major supermarkets.

CTLA works closely with social care services, local charities, frontline services and local councils across east Sussex to assist wherever we can.

At Christmas, CTLA visits local neighbourhoods and primary schools with our CTLA Santa Bus, manned entirely by our volunteer drivers, passenger assistants and admin staff who give up their time to bring a little bit of magic and fun for children and parents.

We hope you can see why it is essential (crucial) CTLA continues to serve our communities and ask yourself, what would our communities be without CTLA?

All we ask is for you to support us… help us wherever you can… sign up for our newsletter… send us your donations… share our social media posts and follow us… spread the word about CTLA to family and neighbours you know could benefit from using our CTLA services… thank you.

CTA is the national representative body of voluntary sector transport operators covering the whole of the UK. It is the UK’ s biggest provider of quality, training and information on accessible, voluntary and community transport and has been in the forefront of promoting minibus safety for over 20 years.

Our CTLA General Manager Mark Evans, is a member of the National Policy Committee of CTA.

All CTLA minibuses are fitted with seat belts and all CTLA drivers are MiDAS trained, certified and DBS checked.

All CTLA drivers are regularly tested using MiDAS (Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme). MiDAS is an award winning, and nationally recognised, assessment and training scheme for minibus drivers in the voluntary and not-for-profit sectors and is run via the Community Transport Association.

MiDAS provides both classroom-based theory training and an on-road driving assessment for all minibus drivers and additional training on passenger assistance and the use of wheelchair accessible vehicles, for drivers who will be transporting passengers with disabilities.

Regular refresher training is a significant element of MiDAS and in order to retain their MiDAS Certificate, drivers must attend refresher training every four years.