North Wealden

The North Wealden Community Transport Partnership Ltd was formed to provide the management and co-ordination of community transport services in the Wealden district of Sussex.

Community Transport

Social exclusion is recognised today as a major problem by both local and central government across the UK. Individuals or groups find themselves quite suddenly unable to do the everyday things that the majority of us take for granted.
A major factor is lack of access to transport. But those with no transport or restricted access to transport find it difficult or impossible to shop or visit health facilities, and are deprived of any meaningful social life.
NWCTP helps fill this need by providing a safe, accessible and affordable transport solution for local communities.
Our WealdLink Service features in a 10 minute video "Get Going In East Sussex - A Guide To Community Transport" produced for East Sussex County Council by Catcher Media.
Press the bell to see the video on YouTube here [opens in a new window]

Partnership

At a meeting of Parish and Town Councils in December 2006 it was unanimously agreed to set up NWCTP and joint meetings with the board of NWCTP and Parish and Town Councils are held on a regular basis.

Funding

Community Transport has to be funded or subsidised as with all other transport schemes. 
NWCTP Ltd is grant funded by East Sussex County Council, Wealden District Council, the Crowborough Partnership and the Town and Parish Councils of: Crowborough, Danehill, Forest Row, Hartfield, Maresfield, Withyham
Fares for the Crowborough Shopping service are additionally susidised by a section 106 grant from Morrisons Crowborough.

Our Present Service

In April 2009 we welcomed CTLA (Community Transport for the Lewes Area) as our new operator. Previously the service operated under the name Easylink and was operated by Brighton and Hove Community Transport. In April 2010 we were able to increase the number of communities served and reduce the fare for our core Crowborough Shopping Service.
Full details of the WEALDLINK Tunbridge Wells Shopping Service may be found on a dedicated page by clicking here.
Full details of the WEALDLINK Crowborough Shopping Service may be found on a dedicated page by clicking here.
Details of CTLA can be found on their website here

A bright future NWCTP

Plans are progressing well to base a bus within the North Wealden area. The current bus is based at CTLA's Headquarters in Newhaven. This will not only greatly reduce the fuel costs but also enable NWCTP/Wealdlink to operate services at times when it is not occupied with the shopping service.
A locally based bus will enable evening and weekend operations and we have already received expressions of interest from a large number of local bodies which include youth, disabled and senior citizen groups as well as several local societies.
NWCTP will also be a position to bid for home to school contracts.
We anticipate that CTLA will continue to provide booking and the other core services.
An employment opportunity will also be created for local drivers to join us in work that offers job satisfaction of the highest order.

Derek Barlow, Roger Street, Mike Tollit, Dave Graham, Linda Graham

Contacting NWCTP Ltd

The WEALDLINK [Formerly EasyLink] Community Bus Service is provided by: NWCTP Ltd
Registered Office: Maresfield Parish Office, Churchfields, Nutley, TN22 3NA
Registered Company No 6438248, Registered Charity No 1126292

The WEALDLINK services are operated by: CTLA Ltd, (Registered Company 04409570) (Registered Charity 1110215)
Hillcrest Community Centre Hillcrest Road NEWHAVEN BN9 9EA
Telephone 01273 517332 [Office hours 8 am to 4 pm] email ctla@btconnect.com