UK Charities Quiz - HCT Group 01 (Questions)

HCT Group is a social enterprise in the transport industry. Delivering everything from London red buses to social services transport. They reinvest profits back into community projects for older people and people with disabilities. Try our HTC Group quiz.

HCT Group is a social enterprise, but which of the following best describes what a social enterprise is?

[ ]	An organisation that collects donations from the public to do good works
[ ]	An organisation that is owned by the government and delivers public services
[ ]	An organisation that trades so it can help people and the planet
[ ]	An organisation that trades so it can make the people who own it rich

HCT Group used to be called Hackney Community Transport, but when did they change their name to HCT Group?

[ ]	1993
[ ]	2005
[ ]	2006
[ ]	2008

As HCT Group has grown from a small community transport organisation over the years, which of the following have NOT served as their head office?

[ ]	A portacabin in a bus depot
[ ]	A table at the Cat and Mutton on Broadway Market
[ ]	A WW2-era military bunker
[ ]	The top floor of the head office of homelessness charity Shelter

As of April 2011, how many vehicles of all types does HCT Group have in their fleet?

[ ]	78
[ ]	126
[ ]	248
[ ]	314

LaSCoT is the name of their community transport service in south London, but what does LaSCoT stand for?

[ ]	Lambeth and Southwark Community Transport
[ ]	Lies about Stealing Cars or Trucks
[ ]	Likes a Strong Cup of Tea
[ ]	London and Surrey Coaches or Trains

As of April 2011 how many depots does HCT Group have in London and Yorkshire?

[ ]	3 plus a head office
[ ]	5 plus a head office
[ ]	7 plus a head office
[ ]	9 plus a head office

Why are many of the Groups commercial contracts, such as their London red bus routes, delivered under the name 'CT Plus'?

[ ]	Just, like, because
[ ]	The marketing team got a bit out of hand and wanted a new logo to play with
[ ]	To confuse their rivals in the bus industry
[ ]	To differentiate between their commercial work under contract and the community work that HCT Group does as a charity

HCT Group chief executive, Dai Powell, had a number of jobs before starting at HCT Group as a volunteer bus cleaner in 1993. Which of the following did he NOT try his hand at?

[ ]	Driving
[ ]	Fishing
[ ]	Mining
[ ]	Spying

HCT Group provides subsidised minibuses for community groups and other charities. They have served a wide variety of community groups over the years, but which of the following have NOT been community transport members at some time?

[ ]	Inner City Outer Space
[ ]	Stylisters Urban Short Cuts
[ ]	The Friends of Markham Main
[ ]	The Pudsey Space-Hopper Display Team

10.

HCT Group community operation in Leeds is L.A.T – but what does L.A.T stand for?

[ ]	Leeds Alternative Transport
[ ]	Leeds Alternative Travel
[ ]	Lets Air out of Tyres
[ ]	Like a Taxicab

Find more information at the HTC Group website. Many thanks to Frank Villeneuve-Smith, Communications Director, HCT Group

UK Charities Quiz - HCT Group 01 (Answers)

HCT Group is a social enterprise, but which of the following best describes what a social enterprise is?

[ ]	An organisation that collects donations from the public to do good works
[ ]	An organisation that is owned by the government and delivers public services
[x]	An organisation that trades so it can help people and the planet
[ ]	An organisation that trades so it can make the people who own it rich

HCT Group used to be called Hackney Community Transport, but when did they change their name to HCT Group?

[ ]	1993
[ ]	2005
[ ]	2006
[x]	2008

As they started to expand out of Hackney, they found that the name confused people. The group now operates all over London and in Leeds, Wakefield and Hull

As HCT Group has grown from a small community transport organisation over the years, which of the following have NOT served as their head office?

[ ]	A portacabin in a bus depot
[x]	A table at the Cat and Mutton on Broadway Market
[ ]	A WW2-era military bunker
[ ]	The top floor of the head office of homelessness charity Shelter

The office at their former depot in Hackney really was originally a control bunker for air raid defence in WW2, including blast-shield doors and an independent power supply

As of April 2011, how many vehicles of all types does HCT Group have in their fleet?

[ ]	78
[ ]	126
[ ]	248
[x]	314

The fleet includes London red buses, school buses, bendy buses, single deck buses, minibuses and even wheelchair accessible cars

LaSCoT is the name of their community transport service in south London, but what does LaSCoT stand for?

[x]	Lambeth and Southwark Community Transport
[ ]	Lies about Stealing Cars or Trucks
[ ]	Likes a Strong Cup of Tea
[ ]	London and Surrey Coaches or Trains

For the record, LaSCoT would never steal cars or trucks, let alone lie about it!

As of April 2011 how many depots does HCT Group have in London and Yorkshire?

[ ]	3 plus a head office
[ ]	5 plus a head office
[ ]	7 plus a head office
[x]	9 plus a head office

HCT Group plan to open their tenth depot in Walthamstow, north east London, towards the end of 2011

Why are many of the Groups commercial contracts, such as their London red bus routes, delivered under the name 'CT Plus'?

[ ]	Just, like, because
[ ]	The marketing team got a bit out of hand and wanted a new logo to play with
[ ]	To confuse their rivals in the bus industry
[x]	To differentiate between their commercial work under contract and the community work that HCT Group does as a charity

CT Plus and CT Plus (Yorkshire) are also something called a Community Interest Company (CIC), which is a more efficient legal form for delivering contracts than a charity

HCT Group chief executive, Dai Powell, had a number of jobs before starting at HCT Group as a volunteer bus cleaner in 1993. Which of the following did he NOT try his hand at?

[ ]	Driving
[ ]	Fishing
[ ]	Mining
[x]	Spying

Although by a strange twist of fate, back in the 1980's Dai was accidentally arrested for spying whilst on holiday in Niger and then deported

[ ]	Inner City Outer Space
[ ]	Stylisters Urban Short Cuts
[ ]	The Friends of Markham Main
[x]	The Pudsey Space-Hopper Display Team

In 2009/10 HCT Group provided 98,592 passenger trips for an amazing variety of community groups

10.

HCT Group community operation in Leeds is L.A.T – but what does L.A.T stand for?

[ ]	Leeds Alternative Transport
[x]	Leeds Alternative Travel
[ ]	Lets Air out of Tyres
[ ]	Like a Taxicab

L.A.T provides subsidised community minibuses and a community car service for older people and people with disabilities