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The Community Council of Shropshire

(Company limited by guarantee (4652487) and Registered Charity No. 1096779)

Registered Office Address:
Community Council of Shropshire
The Creative Quarter
Shrewsbury Business Park
Shrewsbury
SY2 6LG

Wheels To Work

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The Wheels to Work (W2W) scheme is run by the Community Council of Shropshire (CCS) with funding from Advantage West Midlands and is part of the West Midlands W2W network. 

The Shropshire W2W Scheme has been awarded Best National Community Transport Social Enterprise Scheme for 2008 by The Community Transport Association (CTA)  at their National Conference - Access 08.  Following this award, BBC Midlands Today featured W2W on one of their evening news programmes.  

The purpose of the scheme is to improve access to employment and work-based training for Shropshire residents (excluding Telford & Wrekin residents). 

Applicants must be:

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  • a Shropshire resident of working age and in need of financial assistance, and
  • unemployed, or at risk of losing employment, due to lack of transport, or
  • unable to access work-based training or employment due to lack of transport.

The W2W scheme is run by a Project Officer, an Assistant and a part-time volunteer. The scheme offers the following transport solutions to eligible people:

  • Travel advice
  • Bicycle loans*
  • Battery-power-assisted bicycle loans*
  • Moped loans*
  • Small grants
  • Subsidised driving lessons

*These transport solutions include training and essential safety equipment

The CCS W2W scheme has been cited as a model of good practice for more than 50 W2W schemes nationwide and has given advice and help to organisations planning to set up similar schemes. The Shropshire W2W experience has featured at various conferences and was the subject of a positive evaluation by Oxford Brookes University and Westminster University.

For details, call Mark Powell, Project Officer, at CCS on 01743 360641 or email: mark.powell@shropshire-rcc.org.uk

Alternatively, please click below to download a copy of the application form

Name: New Wheels 2 Work Referral form File: /assets/userfiles/000185.pdf New Wheels 2 Work Referral form

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