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The disabled-led group breaking down barriers and transforming the transport system so disabled people can travel with freedom, dignity, ease and confidence.
Join our community for transport justice: https://www.transportforall.org.uk
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Transport for All @transportforall.org.uk · Jan 17
We know that being disabled and travelling isn't always straightforward. If you need advice, or want us to deal with complaint admin, so you don't have to, get in touch.

🕒 Open Mon, Tues & Fri 10am–5pm
📞 0800 368 6102
📧 [email protected]
🔗 www.transportforall.org.uk/your-rights/...
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Applications are now closed for our Senior Research, Training and Consultancy Officer.

Thank you to everyone who’s applied! 🧡
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December 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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We should all be able to travel confidently and easily. In 2023, we asked disabled people to rate their experience of different types of transport. How do their scores compare with yours? Let us know what transport you use and how you’d score your journeys.
An infographic on an orange background. At the top bold black text on orange tape says: How usable is transport for disabled people? Then a scale shows 0 is the least and 3 is the most. Underneath a table says: Car 2.0, Walking/wheeling 1.9, Taxi/Private Hire Vehicle 1.9, Bus 1.7, Train 1.7, Light rail (e.g. Tube) 1.5, Cycling 0.6.
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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We’re nearly ready to send this month's members' newsletter. It's full of news from across the UK and ways to take action for accessible transport.

Don’t miss out! Join the community now (it’s free!): https://bit.ly/4n8me0m
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December 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Listen to our team member Natalie on BBC Radio 4, discussing disabled people's experiences of active travel, and her first ever inclusive cycling experience with Cycling UK last month. Listen in: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002n7p1
BBC Radio 4 - Rare Earth, City Transport: Faster, Cheaper, Greener
Tom Heap and Helen Czerski examine how we get around our towns and cities.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
transportforall.org.uk
Looking for a new challenge in 2026? Join us as a Senior Research, Consultancy & Training Officer and help drive culture change for accessible, disabled-led transport.

Application close 15 December. Find out more on the website: https://bit.ly/3KJbYyn
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December 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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This shortlist shows just how much great community-led work happens around our railways and stations. Good luck to all the nominees!
communityrail.bsky.social Community Rail Network @communityrail.bsky.social · 5d
The wait is finally over...

We are absolutely delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2026 #CommunityRail Awards! 🥳

A massive thank you to everyone who took the time to enter and congratulations to all those who have been shortlisted. #CRA26 communityrail.org.uk/shortlist-an...
Shortlist announced for Community Rail Awards 2026 - Community Rail Network
Community Rail Network is excited to announce the shortlisted entries for the 2026 Community Rail Awards.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Human rights are everyday essentials, including our right to work, education, healthcare and community.

For disabled people, that depends on being able to get there. This Human Rights Day, we're asking for a transport system that makes our rights a reality.

#OurEverydayRights
3 disabled people in a busy railway station. First is a Black male. He is a powerchair user and has a limb difference. Next is a white woman with long brown hair and glasses. Last is a south-east Asian man with glasses. He is a wheelchair user. They are gazing at the camera. The image is in a jagged frame with a purple background. Bold black text on bright yellow electrical tape says 'Everyday journeys are a human right'. The image is wrapped in a bright yellow arrow.
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Our Co-CEO Emma Vogelmann is giving evidence at the Transport Select Committee today. She's speaking about the Railways Bill and sharing what our disabled community have told us about travel.

Watch live from 9:15am:
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/25008/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
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December 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Could you be our new Senior Research, Consultancy & Training Officer?

If you're passionate about changing the culture of transport and street design, we'd love to hear from you. Applications are open until 15 December. Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3KJbYyn
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December 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Mobility is freedom.

With Motability changes and the Timms Review ahead, disabled people deserve clear information and a real say in the decisions affecting our lives.

Stay up to date on the Mobility Matters campaign: https://bit.ly/49E3QJt
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December 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Here's an exciting way to begin the working week... We're recruiting!

If you'd like to join the team, we're looking for a Senior Research, Consultancy & Training Officer. Applications close on 15 Dec. Find out more about the role on our website: https://bit.ly/3KJbYyn
Two disabled people sitting in a city park. They are facing one another, laughing and grinning. One is a white woman in a leather skirt with long sandy hair. The other is a black man with a limb difference. The image has a jagged yellow frame. The words ‘join our team’ appear in bold underneath the picture on yellow tape. Matching yellow arrows point to the picture and words.
December 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Join the movement! Together we can make transport accessible so that disabled people can make the journeys we want and need to.

Be part of the change, sign up for free membership today: https://bit.ly/4n8me0m
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December 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Every ramp, every accessible toilet, every staffed station exists because disabled people organised, protested and demanded better. This Disability History Month, we look back with pride and forward with purpose.

Explore the archive: https://bit.ly/4h8NHOe
Image description: A group of Disabled and non-disabled people gathered outside the Houses of Parliament during a protest for accessible transport. Some people are using wheelchairs and holding signs. A red London bus and a bus stop sign are visible. Text on yellow banners read “Explore our history” and “Visit the Accessible Transport Archive” over a textured pink background.
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Natalie, our North of England Officer, is at the Disabled People’s Assembly in Manchester today hearing from local disabled people and joining the conversations on accessibility across the city. If you’re going too, make sure to say hi!

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December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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International Day of Disabled People #IDDP reminds us that disability justice is inseparable from other forms of discrimination. The barriers we face mirror those faced by all marginalised groups. Our struggles connect us. Our solidarity is our strength.
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Happy International Day of Disabled People #IDDP25. A group of 25 people of different ages, ethnicities and cultures, all in the same cartoon style. They are celebrating and smiling. 1 is a manual wheelchair user. Background is a blue gradient fading to purple and then pink.
December 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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When buses are frequent, reliable and accessible, whole communities thrive. Many disabled people rely on them, but everyone benefits when our transport system is built for all of us.
bettertransport.bsky.social Campaign for Better Transport @bettertransport.bsky.social · 12d
People with disabilities make a greater proportion of their trips by bus.
This International Day of People with Disabilities, we're highlighting the need for frequent, reliable, accessible buses.
Follow @transportforall.org.uk for campaigns and resources.
#IDPD
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December 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
transportforall.org.uk
Accessible design makes travel better for everyone. For disabled people, it's essential. From working lifts to accessible loos, without it we are locked out of everyday life. That's why we need accessible transport everywhere, so no-one is left behind.

#IDDP25
A purple background with yellow tape and arrows. Bold black text reads "Accessible design makes travel better for everyone" and "#IDDP25" A purple background with yellow tape and arrows. Bold black text reads "The next stop is... " Underneath it says "Audio-visual journey information makes it easier not to miss your stop - especially if you're in a new place or staring at your phone! You can thank blind and deaf people who fought for those improvements." A purple background with yellow tape and arrows. Bold black text reads "The kneeling bus" Underneath it says "Low floors and wide doors make boarding a breeze if you're older, or carrying heavy shopping, a suitcase or a sleepy toddler. You can thank disability rights activists who chained themselves to buses in the 90s for this one" A purple background with yellow tape and arrows. Bold black text reads "The wide ticket gate" Underneath it says "When travelling by train, we all head for this gate if we have a bike, a buggy or bulky bags. Thanks again to wheelchair users! These gates exist solely to meet accessibility width regulations, not for your luggage"
December 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
transportforall.org.uk
Did you know you can support Transport for All's work every time you shop this Christmas? Using our Give as you Live link at over 6000 online stores raises funds with no extra cost to you.

Find out more at Give as you Live: https://www.giveasyoulive.com/charity/transport-for-all
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Transport for All is a Disabled Person's Organisation or DPO. That means we are led by and for disabled people. We understand the barriers disabled people face to transport, because we experience them. Find out more about the impact we have: https://bit.ly/435rQ4c
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December 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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November was a big month!

- We raised members' voices with MPs on taxis, Motability and the Railways Bill
- Spoke at industry events on accessibility in rail and street works
- And marked Disability History Month and 30 years since the Disability Discrimination Act

And more!
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November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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When disabled people organise, history shows we can push governments to think again about the issues affecting our lives.

When we move together, we change the story.

Explore the archive: https://bit.ly/4h8NHOe
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November 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Yesterday our Co-CEO, Emma Vogelmann, joined BBC's Access All to give them our reaction to the Government's Motability cuts.

The episode is available on BBC Sounds, or with auto-transcript on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
transportforall.org.uk
With public transport still inaccessible for so many disabled people, Motability vehicles are an essential lifeline. Today the Government introduced a maze of complex charges, putting the cars we rely on out of reach for many.

Read our statement: https://bit.ly/4p2bYsa
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November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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The Budget is a choice about the kind of country we want to live in. Today the Government could have protected disabled people's freedom to travel. Instead, they chose to cut support for the vehicles we rely on.

Read our response to the budget: https://bit.ly/4p2bYsa
Three disabled people outside railway arches. The first is a black male powerchair user with a limb difference. The second is a white woman with her hand on her hip. the last is a Southeast Asian male wheelchair user. They are all gazing firmly and determinedly into the camera.
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Thanks to our co-Chairs for being part of the CiTTi Awards. Jo is on the judging panel and Debs is representing Transport for All at tonight's event. We hear guide dog Betty has a super snazzy sparkly collar for the occasion!
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November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM