Community Transport
Link Officer:
Gordon Watson
gordon.watson@vanl.co.uk
Fund
Community Transport
Fund Purpose
Community Transport supports vulnerable residents to travel to essential appointments and key activities, supporting their health, wellbeing and inclusion. Community Transport services are demand-responsive and therefore determined by service users’ requirements. lop proposals for funding.
HSCNL
Custodian Funding
£72,000
Recurrent or Fixed Term
Recurrent
Fund Start Date
April 2020
Fund End Date
N/A
Award Process
- Award letters to funded project prepared by Senior Programme Officer (SPO), including quarterly invoice amounts and unique purchase order numbers for each invoice. Senior Manager Community Solutions (SMCS) checks and signs award letter and they are then issued
- Funded project returns signed acceptance section and first quarter invoice, quoting the unique purchase number order, to SPO. All paperwork is saved in a Spoint folder and a link sent to Finance. Subsequent invoices for remaining quarters submitted by host organisations in line with schedule in award letter
- Once satisfied all paperwork is present and correct, Finance staff will process each invoice in Xero and SMCS approves it on system, Funds are then released to project in next payment run
Reporting by funded projects
Getting Better Together submit a 6-month Interim Report to VANL in November, and a 12-month End-of-project Report on in April.
Reporting by VANL to funder
VANL reports on the Community Transport Programme in the annual Community Solutions Impact and Learning report, with an aim to publish in September.