Southwark Council's Travel Assistance Policy Consultation
Please share your views on proposals to change the council’s existing travel assistance policy for Southwark resident children, young people and young adults with special educational needs and disabilities.
The council has ambitious plans to prepare all its children and young people for adulthood by recognising, supporting and enabling their pathways to independence, from every, and any, starting point, including the ability to travel independently. We are committed to ensuring that children and young people have access to good quality travel information and arrangements, which promote their independence, well-being and will be of greatest benefit to the environment.
The changes proposed to the current travel assistance policy will, where possible, encourage pupils and students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) aged 16 or more to gain greater independence.
The documents below explain the council’s travel assistance duties, summarises the main changes to the existing policy and show how you can have your say on the proposed changes.
Consultation
In order to make sure that our changes are clear, we are opening a period of consultation to enable those people who might be affected by these changes to have their say.
Attached below are:
1. School Travel Assistance Policy for children up to 16 years of age in compulsory education; and
2. Post 16 Transport Policy Statement.