About the Community Transport Strategic Development Group (CTSDG)

The CTSDG is the strategic forum that followed the successful Public Social Partnership for Community Transport, which ended in 2023. Since then, partners have continued to work together to deliver on a new and ambitious strategy for the future of community transport in our part of Scotland.

 The new strategy set out a vision for community transport in Dumfries and Galloway:

"increased and enhanced social, health and community transport services across the region, which are more frequently used by people isolated through location or circumstance, in order to improve their quality of life; and to widen the social and economic impact of community transport in these same communities."

The strategy has also had focus on five key themes:

  • Sustainable volunteer car scheme
  • A new health transport hub
  • An employability pathway
  • Volunteering development
  • Building a new regional community transport enterprise

A new strategy, with decade-long outlook for community transport, will be developed and launched in 2026.

CTSDG partners

Our partners work together in the best interests of the sector, to promote development and sustainability. Each partner has equal contribution to the CTSDG as members, however each also makes a specific contribution to the development of our work.

Partner organisation Contribution
Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway Chair of the CTSDG; Strategy and Programme Delivery Lead
Dumfries and Galloway Council Investor in CT operations through the Tackling Poverty and Inequalities Fund; Investor in scoping for the new regional body; Integrated transport
SWestrans Integrated regional transport; Transport and regulation advice
NHS Dumfries and Galloway Health transport; Investor in scoping for the new regional body
South of Scotland Enterprise Investor in scoping for the new regional body; Regional economic impact
Annandale Community Transport Community transport operator
Galloway Community Transport Community transport operator
Wigtownshire Community Transport Community transport operator
Community Transport Association National community transport context and advice

Community transport development

After consultation across the sector and with partners, a new regional community transport enterprise business case will be presented to the Community Planning Partnership in early 2026. If approved, this new body will take the lead in developing an updated strategy for community transport across Dumfries and Galloway and will help coordinate regionwide activity for collaboration, integration and investment to further develop a sustainable community transport sector. It is likely the CTSDG will become the oversight partnership for this new body.