Travel
Travel pass
If you're under 19 and a full-time student, you may be able to get help with travel costs to and from college or sixth form.
If the council tax for your address is paid to Staffordshire County Council, and your school or college is the nearest one that offers your particular course, you could be entitled to a travel pass. Your parents' income will determine whether or not you'll have to pay a contribution towards it. For more information visit www.staffordshire.gov.uk/post16transport.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council have different arrangements. Log on to www.stoke.gov.uk, email enquiries@stoke.gov.uk or ask a Connexions Personal Adviser for more details.
Wheels 2 Work
This is a scheme to help people who are struggling to travel to work, full-time education or training using ordinary transport. There are strict conditions that have to be met and the grants last for just six months.
If you live in Staffordshire and meet all the conditions of the scheme, you may be loaned a moped or bicycle or get travel vouchers.
All of the Wheels 2 Work solutions are short term and are aimed to give you a bit of breathing space, time to save or tme to find an alternative way of travelling to work or training. For more information contact Staffordshire County Council's Wheels 2 Work team on 01785 276730, or ask your Connexions Personal Adviser for more details.
16 – 25 Rail card
As the name suggests, you can get a rail card if you're 16 – 25. (You're also eligible if you're over 25 and a full-time student.)
For a payment of £26 you're entitled to a third off the price of rail fares throughout Great Britain for the following 12 months. However, the offer doesn't apply to travel before 10am Monday to Friday (except during July and August). A minimum fare is payable at these times instead. Visit www.16-25railcard.co.uk for full details.
