Travel with Confidence is a project that supports adults with learning disabilities in Leeds to use buses more confidently!
It is funded by a grant from the Motability Foundation.
What is Travel with Confidence?
This project can help you to feel more confident using public transport in Leeds, like buses.
We can support you with workshops, travel training, and companion journeys.
Our travel mentoring can support you to:
- Apply for a bus pass
- Plan a route for a journey you want to take
- Practice the route with support from our travel trainers
- Get better at traveling independently!
Our companion journeys can help you to feel more confident:
- Walking
- Using public transport
- Knowing how to use the bus system in Leeds
- Travelling independently
Our workshops can help you:
- Know how to plan journeys
- Know how to keep yourself safe on buses and using public transport
- Use travel apps like Google Maps, Taxi Apps and the First Bus App
We currently run these courses:
- Road and Walking Safety
- Planning and preparing for a journey
- Personal Safety
- Community Confidence
- Coping with the unexpected
- Night Safety
Who is Travel with Confidence for?
We work with adults with a learning disability who live in Leeds and services that support them.
If your service would benefit from any of these courses, we can come to you to provide this training free of charge within Leeds. Please contact us for more information.
Our workshops, travel training, and companion journeys are co-delivered with people with a learning disability.
All our resources are available to download from our website.
Find out more
To learn more about this project, please get in touch. You can either call our office on 0113 244 0606 and ask for Beth or Imogen, or email our team at [email protected].
