RSS FeedCommunity transport groups in Greater Manchester are doing more work despite receiving less funding, according to a new report.
Transport Resource Unit
Together with a range of partners, the TRU works with the voluntary sector, community groups and residents in and across Greater Manchester to find solutions to local travel and transport issues. We aim to help people and communities meet their travel and transport needs, and improve access and connections between people, places, services and jobs.
The TRU is hosted by GMCVO and financially supported by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
Over the next year the TRU will be demonstrating how local voluntary and community action is finding new and innovative ways to solve transport and access issues and make travel easier for residents and communities in Greater Manchester.
We hope to stimulate debate about whether some new solutions to long standing problems of transport and access can be generated by harnessing the energy and understanding of local needs from bottom-up community engagement, by using the knowledge, skills and capacity of the voluntary sector, and by promoting local voluntary action.
For further information please contact:
David Campbell, Transport Partnership Officer
Tel. 0161 277 1014 or e-mail at: david.campbell@gmcvo.org.uk
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