FREE
TO
GO
How does it
work?
To find out more about the service
please contact:
Travel Training & Skills
Development Service
DISABILITY & PROVIDER SERVICES
‘Free to Go’
Compass House
Castlereagh Street
Barnsley
S70 1BA
Training has to be well
planned and supported
throughout, taking into
account the many
variables.
The process starts by identifying the
prospective traveller and making an
assessment of their individual needs, abilities
and past experiences.
Tel: 07766 085 889
[email protected]
or 07717 547 774
Email: [email protected]
Other considerations such as mobility, access,
travel costs, time-tabling, risk assessments
and general safety are taken into account.
[email protected]
BARNSLEY
Metropolitan Borough Council
G7557 5.13
BARNSLEY
Metropolitan Borough Council
Do you want to
become
confident to get
around on public
transport?
• Worried about
making a new or
unfamiliar journey?
• Taxi’s costing a
fortune?
• Starting a new job, college, or just wanting
to get to a social outing?
• Family and carer’s unavailable at the time
you need to travel?
• Never travelled independently before?
We can work with you on the journeys or
routes you regularly wish to travel to increase
your independence and enable you to enjoy
better access and take advantage of
opportunities available to you.
Our qualified and experienced staff offer oneto-one support tailored to your individual
needs.
Contact us to arrange a no-obligation initial
meeting to discuss your requirements.
Who are we?
Employing a coordinator
and travel support staff,
we are a professionally
trained team who view
each individual as
unique and are proud of our ability to tailor the
support we provide to your personal
circumstances, strengths, needs and
requirements.
We have a strong commitment to reducing
inequalities created by difficulties in getting
around from place to place and enable access
to wider opportunities and all that life has to
offer, including social activities, college,
education and work.
What is travel
training?
‘Free to Go’, the Travel
Skills Development and
Travel Training Service,
is available to all nonindependent travelers as
well as to those who wish to learn a new route
or simply improve their travel skills.
The aim of a travel programme is to enable
people to develop a range of skills and build
confidence to travel confidently and safely.
Travel training may involve walking and
learning to cross the road safely or using
buses and trains. It enables people to travel
around the Barnsley area or longer distances
more freely and with confidence.
Developing the skills required to use public
transport promotes a broader and more
inclusive lifestyle.
The travel training and skills development
programme has a travel coordinator and Travel
Buddies, whose job it is to ensure that the
training is safe and successful.
Tr a v e l Tr a i n i n g & S k i l l s D e v e l o p m e n t S e r v i c e