Voluntary Social Car Scheme is intended for those people who have no other means of transport.
We have volunteers who provide a door to door service across the county to collect you from your home and take you to your chosen destination for a reasonable cost.
The service can be used for a wide variety of purposes including:
- making connections with public transport
- doing the weekly shop
- medical appointments
- just for visiting friends
Journeys are available depending on volunteers availability. You may be asked to share transport and you may need to be flexible about the times you travel.
As Voluntary Social Car Schemes and Rural Wheels are not scheduled bus services, passengers are unable to use their concessionary NoWcards.
Voluntary Car Scheme locations
These include:
- Kirkbride and Bowness on Solway
- Wigton, Thursby
- Raughton Head
- Aspatria, Bothel
- Caldbeck and District, Dalston
- Ireby
- Maryport and Allonby
- Cockermouth and District
- Workington
- Keswick, Portinscale Braithwaite, Newlands, Thornthwaite
- Whitehaven, Arlecdon, Frizington, Cleator Moor, Egremont, St Bees
- Drigg, Carleton, Ireton, Seascale, Gosforth, Bootle, Eskdale
- Millom and District
How to book your nearest Voluntary Car Scheme
Contact us to find out where your nearest Voluntary Car Scheme is.
Telephone: 0333 240 69 65 (option 5)
Email: integrated.transport@cumberland.gov.uk
When booking transport with your local coordinator, please give as much notice as possible to allow time to find an available volunteer driver.
If you require assistance accessing a vehicle you would need to supply your own escort.
If there's no car scheme in your area
If there's no car scheme in your area or no availability for your journey, we may be able to offer Rural Wheels.
Register for the Rural Wheels scheme
If you want to volunteer or be a coordinator for the scheme
We would like to hear from anyone interested in setting up a Voluntary Social Car Scheme as a coordinator or becoming a volunteer driver for an existing scheme. All expenses are reimbursed.
Drivers provide transport for people using their own car. You will be reimbursed fuel expenses at 45 pence per mile and an extra 5 pence per additional passenger. You will also collect the cash fare and offer a receipt to the passenger (this may be declined if not required). We provide insurance against loss of no claims bonus and excess payments.
Voluntary Transport Officer
Telephone: 0333 240 69 65 (option 5)
Mobile: 07788 396194
Email: integrated.transport@cumberland.gov.uk