York Independent Living and Transport Skills YILTS
York Independent Living and Travel Skills Training
York Independent Living and Travel Skills Training (YILTS) offers travel training to young people with additional needs. We work with 11 to 25 years old who have an Education, Health Care Plan (EHCP) to enable them to travel independently to school or college. To contact the YILTS team email: [email protected] or contact the Travel Team by email: [email protected].
Find out more about:
- help getting to school or college
- support with travel costs
- disabled persons bus pass
- disabled persons railcard
- YOzone card
Help getting to school or college
Young people with additional needs may be entitled to support to get to school or college. This could be through travel training, a Personal Travel Budget or a place in a City of York Council funded taxi. Find out more about transport to school or college travel. Alternatively, email: [email protected].
Support with travel costs
You may be able to get help with the cost of travelling to hospital, NHS funded treatment or diagnostic tests arranged by a doctor or dentist under the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme.
To be eligible for help with travel costs under the scheme, you must:
- at the time of your appointment, you or your partner (including civil partners) must be receiving one of the qualifying benefits or allowances, or meet the eligibility criteria of the NHS Low Income Scheme
- your journey must be made to receive NHS-funded non-primary medical or non-primary dental care services, to which you have been referred to by a GP, dentist or hospital consultant
- for referrals made by a primary practitioner such a GP or dentist, the service must be provided on a different day and in premises other than those occupied by the practitioner who made the referral
You can claim travel costs for your children if numbers 2 or 3 above applies to them and you are in group 1 above at the time of the appointment. Any young person aged 16 or over may make their own Low Income Scheme claim. Read the leaflet HC11 - help with health costs for more information.
You can claim travel costs for an escort, if your doctor, dentist or consultant says that for medical reasons you need someone to travel with you.
Disabled persons bus pass
The disabled persons bus pass is a national bus pass, which entitles the holder to free local bus travel throughout England. The pass is issued for free. You can apply for the bus pass by post or in person by visiting the Customer Services Team at the City of York Council. Make an appointment to visit West Offices. Alternatively, you can apply for a disabled persons bus pass online.
Disabled persons railcard
The disabled persons railcard enables the holder to get a third off their rail travel on most rail journeys across Britain. You can apply for the railcard online or by post.
National Rail also provide concessionary discounts for disabled people who do not hold a Disabled Persons Railcard.
YOzone card
The YOzone card is exclusive to children aged 11 to 16 and young people aged 16 to 18 who live or study within the city of York. The card entitles the holder to a reduced bus fare in the City of York Council area only. Not only that, the YOzone card also enables the holder to get discounts at various shops, restaurants and leisure activities in York. You can apply by post or in person by visiting the Customer Services Team at the City of York Council.
Also during September to October each year the Transport team aim to visit every York school. Please check at your school to find out which day the team will be there to take your photo.
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