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Our BAT Bus

Our BAT Bus

Freedom to travel - freedom to explore

Community cars

Community cars

For essential journeys where there is no public transport

Shopmobility

Shopmobility

Gain your freedom and remove the barriers to independent shopping

With your support we can help more people

You can help us to help people live independent and connected lives. Every day, we make a real difference to people living in our community, enabling them to get to places and meet other people that, without us, would be either impossible or cost-prohibitive To discover more and why we ask you to consider sedcat to be your charity of choice when fundraising, follow this link>>>

Visit our Just Giving Page by following this link>>>

Safe, accessible, and affordable transport.

UPDATE MAY 2025

Our membership scheme is now full, we are working to secure more capacity but in the meantime we are unfortunately unable to take on any new members.

As soon as we are able to take on more members we will update this page. We appreciate that this may be a disappointment, but be assured we continue to do all we can to provide services to as many people as we can within the resources available.

Our accessible services

Removing the barriers to accessing local transport

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Our Services

Discover the Freedom of Independent Travel with Sedcat! Are you or a loved one finding it challenging to get around Bournemouth and Christchurch? Look no further than Sedcat (South East Dorset Community Accessible Transport), your reliable and friendly transport service...

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Community Cars

Community Car Scheme The Community Cars Service helps anyone living in postcode areas BH1 – BH18 & BH23 who is unable to use public transport, but who still needs to make essential journeys.  We understand how difficult life can become once...

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The BAT Bus

The BAT Bus The Bournemouth Accessible Transport (BAT) bus service is available for people who find it difficult to use public transport to get out and about. “Helping local people get out and about, make friends, and feel part of...

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Hospital Hop

sedcat offers a weekday wheelchair-accessible shuttle service which can take you to a one-off hospital appointment at Bournemouth, Christchurch or Poole Hospitals without incurring the membership fee. The services available will be dependent on where you live. We received a substantial...

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Long Loan Of Mobility Equipment

Long Loan Long loan mobility equipment rentals are available to help local residents and visitors to Bournemouth get around with freedom, independence and dignity.  Equipment available for hire from Castlepoint Shopmobility for longer term use includes manual wheelchairs, electric scooters and small collapsible...

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Day trips

Trips and outings

sedcat offers regular social outings and trips in fully accessible vehicles to help people get out and chat with others, make friends and enjoy the local area. Our popular trips are ideal for people with mobility problems who want to...

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Our latest news

Catch up with our latest news and information

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Helping more people than ever but we are now at capacity

Our membership scheme is now full, we are working to secure more capacity but in the meantime we are unfortunately unable to take on any new members. As...

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Getting you out and about during April – May 2025

Getting you out and about during April - May 2025 Getting you out and about during SpringBournemouth BH1—BH11. Half-day outing trips for small groups.   Bookings can be made a...

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Please vote for sedcat Shopmobility

Customer Satisfaction Survey Tom Hillier Award Nominations 2025 The Tom Hillier Award, established in honour of the National Federation of Shopmobility (NFSUK) founder Tom Hillier, recognises outstanding service...

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New Trips -Getting you out and about during Feb 25 – March 25

Getting you out and about during Feb 25 – March 25 Getting you out and about during Spring Bournemouth BH1—BH11 Half day outing trips for small groups –   Bookings...

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Making a difference

Every year we continue to support the community

12,802

Journeys in 2023

1000+

Passengers carried

25

Volunteer supporters

Helping people every day

Our customers stories and Case studies

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Buddies on the Bus

Read their story here>"Buddies on the Bus"
Shopmobility hire a scooter

You can access our services

Read their story here>"You can access our services"
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Ron helped me with my hospital visit

Read their story here>"Ron helped me with my hospital visit"
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Shop using a power chair, it’s fun and easy

Read their story here>"Shop using a power chair, it’s fun and easy"
Shopmobility Hire a scooter Picture of a man opening door for passenger

I now feel that I can keep my independence

Read their story here>"I now feel that I can keep my independence"
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The BAT Bus reaches out into the community

Read their story here>"The BAT Bus reaches out into the community"

The Mobility Foundation

We received a substantial Grant from the Motability Foundation to increase the number of Hospital Transport service users to cover a wider geographical range (Poole and Christchurch and eventually Ferndown) and to increase service users on social outings by servicing a wider geographical area.

Motability Foundation

Our 2022 – 2023 Annual Report

It’s been another exciting year with lots of new and exciting developments here at sedcat. Our expansion into the Poole and Christchurch areas is one of the most significant. We also managed to secure a substantial Grant from the Motability Scheme to purchase more vehicles so we can continue our expansion into other BH postcodes. Our Membership has grown exponentially over the past year, and post-pandemic people are yearning to socialise with one another again.

Discover more and download our report by following this link>> Natascha Mc Allister -Chief Officer sedcat

Thank you

The work that we do at sedcat would not be possible without the generosity of our benefactors who have helped us to provide these services to our members. We are incredibly grateful for the help received to keep people connected with others while living independently in their own homes. 

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Help and Support Us

There are many ways in which you can help and support the valuable work we do, giving people thier independence which so many take for granted.

See our passenger feedback and how we are making a difference

Our reason for being

We are here to provide accessible transport for local people

About sedcat

sedcat (South East Dorset Community Accessible Transport) is a charity dedicated to meeting the transport needs of...

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Support us

sedcat provides a much loved and valued service for the local community. Our services are a lifeline...

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Contact us

We would love to hear from you and if you would like to get in touch, have...

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Vacancies

We are looking for Drivers and Trustees to join our board. Join us to make a difference....

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Volunteer with us

At sedcat we have many areas of where you can volunteer with us and help us meet...

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Our Governance

sedcat (South East Dorset Community Accessible Transport) is a charity dedicated to meeting the transport needs of...

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What our passengers are saying

How we are making a real difference

Janet contacted us following a recommendation as in her own words ‘I didn’t know where to turn’. At risk and needing help, she had to get to her husband’s funeral....

‘I can’t thank you enough’

Making it possible for Janet to say goodbye to her husband was one of the kindest things your driver could do. A moving reminder of the human value of #communitytransport...

A moving reminder of the human value of community transport

I rely on you, I use you to do my shopping and get to the hospital - you are a god send. I have used your trips and like going...

I rely on you, I use you to do my shopping and get to the hospital

I am a double amputee, when the busses were not running i just could not get out at all, i depend on it for my shopping, i use it once...

I just could not manage without it

I am partially sighted, the boys are brilliant, I go shopping at Castlepoint and Boscombe, they help me in with my shopping, if it were not for the bus I...

I am partially sighted, the boys are brilliant

It is so helpful, I used it last Friday, I came to the shops and it gets me out of the house, I have a good old browse around and...

It is so helpful, I used it last Friday

it is an absolute godsend, just could not manage without it, I live on my own and if it were not for the bus I could not get out at...

It is an absolute godsend

The service is absolute heaven, I am able to get out which I cannot do without the bus, I can now go to Boscombe as well as Castlepoint and enjoy...

The service is absolute heaven,

I just could not do without it - I get my shopping done sometimes at Castlepoint M&S and the other time at Lidl in Boscombe. It means I can go...

I just could not do without it

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