SRITC was founded in late 2017 and became a CIC (Community Interest Company) in June 2021. This built upon the success of conferences in 2018 and 2019 and subsequent online monthly cafes and two online Conferences (Gathering) in 2020 and 2021. The 2022 Gathering scheduled for September 2022 was postponed but ran online with the full event rescheduled until 2023.
SRITC brings together a wide range of stakeholders involved in rural transport and mobility, from communities and development trusts to service and technology providers. By bringing together the breadth and depth of stakeholders, SRITC’s vision improves economic growth, rural development, access to healthcare, education, and tourism by acknowledging the role of transport in delivering these improvements.
From 2018 until December 2021, SRITC operated on a 100% voluntary basis via the efforts of the founder Jenny Milne and then latterly from Alex Reid who became involved in 2019. For both, SRITC is additional to their full-time employment. However, thanks to funding secured via the Scottish Government’s Paths for All scheme in Autumn 2021, SRITC has started to invest in recruiting and developing a small team of freelancers who have provided support in areas including marketing and project management.
With the support of this small team, 2022 has seen SRITC continue to build further upon the already strong foundations. As the only organisation of its type SRITC, convenes stakeholders enabling collaborative working to develop practical solutions to the mobility challenges facing rural and island communities.
2023 will be a pivotal year for SRITC as the organisation launches the first round of products and services which will generate income streams to enable further investment in the social enterprise. The purpose, as a Community Interest Company, is to share the profits with members of our community which with the new revenue stream will be an objective fulfilled.
