Independent Living: Travel

Independent travel training

Newcastle City Council promotes independent travel training which enables young people to gain confidence, develop social, communication and life skills, promotes good health and wellbeing and ultimately leads to them becoming more independent. It increases access to education, employment, and training opportunities, to health services and social/leisure activities. You can find out more by:

• emailing Ittinfo@newcastle.gov.uk
• calling 0191 277 4646

Other Travel Support and useful Apps

If your child is aged 18 and over, and a student at college or university, there are a range of student tickets and passes for bus and tram that might be right for them:

• Student Bus Passes & Travel Cards
• With a Disabled Persons Railcard, young people can get 1/3 off rail fares to travel across Britain
• Disabled children aged five to 16 who live in Tyne and Wear should apply for an All Day Concessionary Travel Pass and an Under 16 Pop card. If you travel by Metro, you should also apply for a Metro Gold Card.

Concessionary travel for disabled adults:

• Concessionary travel for people who have a disability and live in Tyne and Wear
• Concessionary travel for older or disabled people
• The First Bus app can support young people’s bus journeys, from storing tickets to tracking the bus on their phone.
• Safe Places is a local scheme which aims to support adults who may feel vulnerable when they are out and about in Newcastle. If someone needs assistance, for example if they are lost, ill or frightened, they can enter the nearest safe place to get help. You can identify participating venues by the “Safe Places” sticker in their windows.