We are a community minibus service
We help reduce social isolation and promote independence by providing a door to door minibus based community transport service in rural West Sussex.
Operating since 1974, we provide transport for shopping trips, outings, lunch club trips and some sightseeing excursions.
We offer this service to anyone in our community – from young to those in advanced years and less mobile, including those living in isolated areas where there is not an adequate public transport service.
We also offer our minibuses for use by local community groups.
We’re based around West Sussex villages
We operate 10 minibuses organised around villages in West Sussex including Ashington, Billingshurst, Petworth, Pulborough, Steyning, Storrington, Wisborough Green and villages around Barnham. You will notice our buses in and around the villages in our West Sussex Minibus livery.
Our Users
We provide a door to door service to Members, enabling then to go both on regular shopping trips and special outings. We return passengers safely to their homes, and assist (if required) with carrying their shopping bags to their front door. Our users (and volunteers) enjoy making new friends and sharing time together on our trips!
Our minibuses are used by a variety of community groups including Senior Lunch Clubs, the Scouts and Guides, Horticultural Societies and other formal and informal special interest groups.
Our Organisation and Volunteers
The Community Minibus Association (West Sussex) is a registered charity, run entirely by unpaid volunteers. Operating as West Sussex Minibus, the charity has been helping people get out and about in rural West Sussex for more than 40 years. Click here to find out how we’re organised.
Volunteers get involved with driving and escorting on trips, as well as administration and fund raising. We’re grateful for all their efforts.
For further information please call 0300 772 7735
Billingshurst
Five Villages
Wisbrourough Green
Display board for view at Storrington Library
The charity is encouraging new volunteers and passengers in a display board located in Storrington library for 2 weeks until 11 April 2018
Spring Newsletter
here is the Spring 2018 Newsletter for the charity, we hope you like it! Newsletter Spring 18
Queens Award – Presentation Ceremony 12 October
The presentation ceremony to the charity, of the Queens Award for Voluntary Service - the group equivalent of the award of MBE to individuals - will be held at 6pm on 12th October 2016, at Champs Hill, Coldwaltham, West Sussex. The presentation will be made by Lord...
Queens Award
The charity is delighted to announce that it has been given the Queens Award for Voluntary Service. This award is equivalent to the MBE given to individuals. Chairman of West Sussex minibus, Alistair Sheppard OBE said: “We are extremely proud and honoured to receive...
40th Anniversary Celebration
West Sussex Minibus – celebrating serving the community for 40 years The West Sussex minibus charity celebrated it's 40 years of volunteer activity on 12 May at the Music Room, Champs Hill, Coldwaltham, graciously hosted by the Bowerman Charitable Trust. The charity...