Record details
- Service description
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The Travel Training Service (formerly the Travel Buddies) provides independent travel training and travel support to adults with a learning or physical disability, autism, mental health difficulty, sensory impairment or long-term health condition. The service aims to make you more travel confident and covers public transport (buses, trains and tubes) and walking routes.
Support is provided by adults with disabilities who have been fully trained and are employed as Travel Trainers by the London Borough of Hounslow. The Trainers accompany service users on their required journeys offering advice and practical support to increase independence, confidence and personal safety awareness whilst in the community and when using public transport.
The service we provide includes:
- Travel training for using public transport
- One-to-one travel support
- Group travel support
- One-off journey support
- Safety awareness workshops for residents
Who can use the Travel Training service?
To be eligible for the service you need to:
- be aged 16 or over and living within the London Borough of Hounslow
- have a disability (learning disability, autism, physical disability, mental health difficulty, sensory impairment or a long-term health condition).
- be aiming to increase and show a commitment to developing your independent travelling skills.
- be willing and able to travel using public transport
- be physically able to walk short distances
- be known to a professional who is able to provide information on your disability
Join us as a Travel Trainer
If you are interested in becoming a Travel Trainer, please get in touch.
- Address
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Community Provisions
Adult Social Care
5th Floor
Hounslow House
7 Bath Road
Hounslow
TW3 3EB - Phone
- 07903 870 067
- Community.Provisions@hounslow.gov.uk
