Caring For You
Transporting cancer patients to treatment
across the Central Coast NSW
About us:
The Shirley Shuttle commenced operation in 2008 with a donation of $50,000 from our Founder, Barb Galvin, in memory of her late mother, Shirley Galvin, after she died from cancer. This donation purchased our first vehicle, and we began operation transporting oncology clients and their carers, without viable transport alternatives, to treatment centres in Gosford and Wyong, under the administration of Community Transport Central Coast Limited.
Over the next few years our fleet grew to four vehicles and our Volunteer Driver team grew with it. With the winding up of CTCCL in late 2024, we established Shirley Shuttle Incorporated as a registered charity in NSW to ensure the longevity and success of this vital service.
Our Founder, Barb Galvin is President of the organisation, and our chief fundraiser. A committee of eight dedicated volunteers, and a crew of around thirty volunteer drivers keep our clients and their carers moving across the Central Coast, with the support of the Central Coast Community Transport operation who handle our all bookings and scheduling.
In 2025 we completed over 6000 trips to ensure our clients received their life saving treatments.
Our organisation is entirely staffed by volunteers.
Our Greatly Valued Supporters!
All our vehicles and operating costs are funded by donations from these wonderful organisations, and from the generous Central Coast community. We receive no government funding for this vital service.
How Our Service Works:
A crew of around thirty volunteer drivers keep our clients and their carers moving across the Central Coast, with the support of Central Coast Community Transport who handle our bookings and scheduling.
For operational reasons, our service operates for treatment appointments between 9am and 3pm. If your appointment falls outside of these hours, you can either ask the Center to adjust your appointment time to accommodate your Shirley Shuttle transport, or make alternative arrangements to attend via Community Transport, taxi etc.
Please phone 02 4355 4588) for all booking enquiries.
We will pick you up from your door at the time notified (via text message the day before your appointment). Please be ready ten minutes prior to your pickup time. Keep in mind that we may be picking up one or two other clients on your in-trip – we try to keep our vehicles full to minimise cost. This may mean a longer journey than a direct trip to your treatment center; the same applies for your home trip.
You will be asked to make a $20 per person (client or carer) contribution towards running costs for each return trip, payable on pickup for your in-trip. Please have the correct change ready to give the driver, as they don’t carry change. Card payments are also available, and are encouraged. Simply tap your Visa or Mastercard credit or debit card (or Apple Pay/ Google Pay device) on the phone in our vehicle to make your payment via the Tyro app.
If you are experiencing financial hardship, please let us know, we don’t want any of our clients to miss their treatments.
Our drivers can also accept donations to Shirley Shuttle Incorporated if you feel so inclined. We are an entirely voluntary association, and exist via the generosity of our donors.
While we make every effort to get you to your treatment by the appointed time, we can’t always make this happen. Traffic, weather, and unforeseen holdups can all cause delays. Our drivers will call you on your nominated phone number if we are running more than fifteen minutes behind schedule. The treatment centres are all very accommodating and understand late arrivals can happen, so please don’t get too concerned about this.
We hope you enjoy your travel with us, it’s our pleasure to be of service to you.
Help us to continue this vital service
By supporting Shirley Shuttle Inc through financial contributions or by offering your time and skills as a volunteer, you can help address the ever growing need for cancer client transport on the Central Coast.
Donations over $2 are tax deductible in Australia.
Latest News
Bunnings BBQ
Our September fundraising BBQ was another great event, with our volunteers flat out all day serving hungry customers!
A huge thank you to the drivers who volunteered their time to help out!
Honouring Retiring Drivers
Three of our longest serving drivers, Karen Sutton, Euan Ritchie & Alexander Madarasi recently retired from driving with us. Karen and Euan had been driving for an amazing eleven years, and Alex for seven years!
Over those years we have moved depots, changed vehicles several times, changed scheduling systems, weathered a pandemic and many other challenges. Karen, Euan & Alex have been there through it all, smiling and caring for our clients. Thank you both for your dedication and selflessness!
Enjoy your retirement; we will miss you!
Volunteer Week 2026
With the support of Freemasons on the Central Coast, we held a BBQ lunch to thank our fantastic Volunteers at Alison House in Wyong. A great time was had by all!
November 2025 New Vehicle Launch
November 2025 Launch of our new SS3, SS4 and SS5 vehicles at Gosford RSL Club
Fundraising
Every year we are supported by generous groups all over the Central Coast via fundraising events.
Click through the images to see just a few of our amazing supporters!
You or your organisation can contribute to our ongoing work. We are a registered charity in NSW and have tax deductible gift status, and fundraising authority. Click the link below to contact us.
2026 Charity Raffle
Our 2026 Raffle has been drawn!
Our Raffle was drawn on June 30th at Gosford RSL by by Greg Morris, Club Treasurer. The prize winners are as follows:
Ist - ticket 2050 from Point Clare - Wine Tour Voucher
2nd - ticket 3389 from Forresters Beach - BBQ
3rd - ticket 3729 from Berkeley Vale - $200 Saddles Restaurant Voucher
Present for the draw were Barb Galvin & Jay Rapira from our committee, and Greg Mawson, President Gosford RSL Club
All winners were notified by phone. Thank you to all who bought tickets!
2026 Training Day
To start the new year off we were invited to join with drivers and staff of Central Coast and Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Community Transport for a day of training at the Berkeley Vale Depot. It was a valuable experience for all, and wonderful to join with the dedicated CT drivers!
Our Vehicle Fleet
We replace our vehicles every 2.5 years on average through generous donations made by these wonderful people:
Lions Family Central Coast
Freemasons Central Coast
Karen Thorpe
Cancer Care Australia
Rotary Club East Gosford
New Vehicle Delivery
Our Founder & President, Barb Galvin, and our Vice President & volunteer driver, John Hunter, recently took delivery of two new replacement Mitsubishi Outlanders from our friends at Central Auto Group in Gosford. Our New Shirley Shuttle 1 was proudly donated by Freemasons On The Central Coast, and our new Shirley Shuttle 2 was donated by the Lions Family Central Coast. Both cars have had our branding applied by the amazing team at Gosford Signs.
Contact Us: note - bookings and booking enquiries can only be made by phone. This form is for general enquiries only
Address
1/6 Hereford St, Berkeley Vale NSW 2261, Australia
Phone
+61 43554588Operating Hours
Please Note:
ENQUIRIES & BOOKINGS CAN ONLY BE MADE BY TELEPHONE - 02 4355 4588
Monday - Friday - 9am to 4pm
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PLEASE NOTE;
We do not solicit donations via door knocking. If anyone approaches you at home or at the shops and asks for a donation specifically for the Shirley Shuttle, please call your local police, or Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.
Shirley Shuttle Incorporated acknowledges that we operate and function on the lands of the Darkinjung people. We pay our respect to these lands and its people. We acknowledge those people that defended, walked and managed these lands for many generations before us and who have left a legacy of strong cultural, wisdom and knowledge embedded in these lands today. We acknowledge and pay respect to the Elders past, present and emerging.