Being able to travel independently is something that most of us take for granted but for many people with physical or behavioral difficulties taking a bus or a train can seem like a monumental task. And that's where Essex Travel Training can help. Specialist travel trainers will accompany trainees on their journeys. Providing encouragement and guidance until he or she is able to travel independently.

Many trainees find that the scheme gives them a new lease of life enabling them to travel to school or college, to gain employment or to be able to enjoy leisure facilities.

We have included a few heart warming stories about trainees who have overcome such difficulties and are now traveling independently.

Denise Jackson
Read how learning to travel independently has transformed Denise's life in under a year.

Miles Laughlin
Read how Miles's confidence has grown since travelling independently without the aid of using a taxi.

Justine Harrington
Read how Justine's visual impairment doesn't stop her walking the 15 minute journey to the local shops each day.

Hayley Corner
Read how a job opportunity gave Hayley the encouragement she needed to change her life and how travel training gave her the skills to travel

Red House Shuttle Bus
Read how three adult students who until 2007 remained confined to a smaller world with less opportunity were able to expand their horizons using Travel Training.

Journey of a Travel Trainer
Travel Trainer, Mary Bruce gives her account of why she enjoys the role of being Travel Trainer.