The Travel Training Project teaches students with disabilities to travel independently on public transport to their school or college. We support students from all over Ealing who are aged between 11 and 25 years old.

Travel training is fantastic, I can learn to go home on my own which is good for when I’m grown-up, and it’s fun seeing my friends on the bus.”         Alex, student

We offer person-centred, one-to-one training as students travel their journey to and from school. This helps to build the skills and confidence they need to travel safely and independently.

Our training covers several key areas:

• Learning the route
• Road safety
• Problem solving
• Asking for help
• Stranger danger

We understand that taking the step to independence can be a cause of anxiety for a lot of young people and their parents, and we work hard to support the whole family through the process.

Steve is much more confident - he has no problem travelling to school alone, and has already undertaken other journeys unaccompanied. Travel training has given him a whole new outlook.” Janet, parent

Although travel training focuses on teaching students a specific journey to and from school, the skills that students learn through travel training often help them to become far more independent and confident people in many other areas of their lives!

We always aim to make travel training as fun, exciting and interesting as possible. Students tell us that they really enjoy travel training, and especially love it when they become independent and can get out and travel on their own!

I have really enjoyed travel training.  I can’t wait to be able to do it alone.  I like being with my Travel Trainer.”          Shurron, Student.

If you’d like to make a referral to the project for yourself, as a parent or carer, or for a young person you work with, simply fill out our referral form and return it to us via email, or post it to:

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Travel Training Project
Ealing Mencap
173a Uxbridge Road
Hanwell
London
W7 3TH

Click here to download the referral form.

For more information on Travel Training, and how the project works please click here.