CTLA - Community Transport Across East Sussex

CTLA is a minibus transport and travel operator based in Newhaven. We are an award-winning, registered charity, established in East Sussex for over 20 years.

We are proud to provide community transport and travel across East Sussex for communities, people, families, patients, neighbourhoods, students, clubs and groups.

We are especially proud for providing specially adapted transportation for the elderly, disabled, and for those with special needs or disadvantaged.

The ability to access transport and travel is immensely important for our wellbeing and mental health. To be able to leave the confines of our accommodation to visit family, socialise, shop, attend meetings and events, or just to enjoy the great outdoors and nature. To travel greatly helps combat loneliness and isolation.

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.