Find information on Independent Travel Training, which can help people with disabilities to travel unassisted on public transport.
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- Who is Independent Travel Training for?
- What can Independent Travel Training do for me?
- How do I apply for travel training?
- Getting the travel training programme for your school
- Safe Places scheme
Who is Independent Travel Training for?
Independent Travel Training (ITT) is for children, young people, and adults who are restricted in their ability to travel unassisted on public transport because of learning disabilities or physical disabilities.
Training is delivered by staff in schools, colleges, and voluntary services.
What can Independent Travel Training do for me?
The aim of ITT is for children and young people to gain total travel independence, following positive safe travel practice with the assistance of an adult.
ITT's objectives are:
- gain an understanding of safe practice, leading to a reduction of road accidents
- gain increased self-esteem
- have an enhanced quality of social life
- have raised aspirations for job prospects
When they complete the programme, participants should be able to travel independently to activities, school or college, work, day centres, work experience and back home.
Find out how travel training has helped one young person to travel independently to school and a work placement in this 2-minute YouTube video:
How do I apply for travel training?
Find out more about Independent Travel Training for children and young people (Nottinghamshire County Council)
Or, to apply directly, go to Apply for Independent Travel Training (Nottinghamshire County Council
Getting the travel training programme for your school
ITT staff will contact schools and colleges and develop training resource packs for each specific establishment.
If they haven’t contacted you, please get in touch by the following methods:
Telephone: 0300 500 80 80
Email: itt@nottscc.gov.uk
All resources are free for Nottinghamshire educational establishments and other service providers.
Safe Places scheme
Safe Places is a national scheme, which provides safe places for people with disabilities if they feel scared or are at risk whilst they are out and about in the community.
In Nottinghamshire, there are schemes across all areas of the county.
Search for a safe place near you (Safe Places National Network)