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Latrobe,
VIC
LATROBE
CO-ORDINATED COMMUNITY TRANSPORT (LCCT)
www.latrobe.vic.gov.au
LCCT
has been designed to meet the gaps in Latrobe city’s
current transport system. LCCT aims to provide a range of
transport options for people with a disability, frail aged,
youth, rurally isolated, socially disadvantaged or unemployed.
CONTACT:
Meagan Height
Coordinator
LaTrobe Coordinated Community Transport
58-60 Commercial Rd, Scope Building
MORWELL
VIC 3840
meaganhe@latrobe.vic.gov.au
m.weis@care2.com
PHONE
03 5135 3999
MOBILE 0438 514027 / 0419
397 875
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- LCCT
is funded by the Department of Human Services, auspiced
by Latrobe City Council
and is an initiative of the Latrobe Valley Ministerial
Taskforce
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The project is designed to meet the gaps in the
Latrobe regions’ current transport system,
comprising of public, private, commercial and community
transport providers
- The
project’s idea began with discussions between
various disability agencies in 1994 and since its
inception in January 2002 the project has been providing
a range of transport op-tions for people with a
disability, frail aged, youth, rurally isolated,
socially disadvantaged or unemployed. These people
must have no access to any other form of transport
- LCCT
has a Management Committee made up of representatives
from local disability ag-encies, aged care, medical,
health care, and transport providers along with
youth services and community groups. Working groups
are established on an as needs basis to address
community need and are made up of key stakeholders
and interested parties
- LCCT
consists of a Project Coordinated, Transport Officer
who coordinates all volunteer drivers and training,
and Assistant Transport Officer who manages the
database (specifi-cally designed) and an Office
Administrator
- To
take a project from a consultancy report and turn
it into an efficient, effective and reliable transport
project is a challenging task. The realism of what
is stated on paper and what actually works are two
completely different things
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Ultimately the project will become a central co-ordination
point for all transport in the re-gion. We are working
to make all transport provider’s one system,
promoting and support-ing each other as an industry
e.g. a Latrobe City Transport Portal, touch screens
and call centre
Youth
Specific Transport
- We
are in one of the highest areas of unemployment
and government funded initiatives areas in Australia.
Health and well-being have been prioritised as most
beneficial to our community. Thus we are providing
transport to all medical and health care providers
in the region including the local hospital. These
services have been operating since March 2002.
Unemployment and rural isolation are the next two
areas of concern and we are working towards providing
transport to Centrelink and Job Agency appointments,
job interviews and ultimately social activities
both during and after hours. We foresee these services
being introduced and established over the next twelve
months.
Lessons
Learnt
- The
project is in a region whereby recruiting suitably
qualified staff has proven difficult.
Thus new staff structure and position descriptions
have been introduced
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The consultancy report used to acquire the funding
didn’t allocate adequate resources for the
project e.g. vehicle numbers, staff numbers, office
space etc. Thus any further applications are to
be written by those in the industry with experience
of transport system resource requirements.
- Recruiting
volunteers through advertising in the paper proved
expensive and ineffective.
Thus we have introduced letter box drops of flyers,
new incentives for volunteers
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