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Would you like to be able to travel around your local community to see your family and friends when you want to?

It might feel like quite a big step, but our Travel Buddy project can work with you and help you gain the confidence to get on a bus by yourself and make that journey.

Sign up to our 12 week Travel Training session – bite size activity sessions, using worksheets, interactive games and websites, role play, discussion, to learn both the theory and to practice how to travel safely and confidently around Brighton & Hove. The course also includes our Drama on the Bus workshop and the opportunity to Try a Train (Joined Up Journey).

Travel Buddy also offer:

1:1 Independent Travel Training - Travel Buddy offers 1:1 bespoke, in-person travel training to promote independence – based on 20 sessions of up to 5 hours in duration (average time taken). See website for more details.

Workshops - Travel Buddy also offer fun and engaging workshops for schools and colleges.

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Grace Eyre re-launch the Travel Buddy Project

Posted By: Enable Magazine 24 March, 2015

Photo by Skye Brackpool/Brighton Togs

The unique charity  Grace Eyre  is re-launching its celebrated Travel Buddy project for 2015 with a ‘dramatic’ day on Tuesday, March 17. Travel Buddy is a fantastic travel training programme in Brighton and Hove which helps adults with learning disabilities gain the skills and confidence to travel safely by bus or by foot in the city.

The project re-launches today with a goal of signing up 30 new users over the next year to  ‘ Catch the bus, Meet friends, Be safe, Get to where you want to go!’ At the launch, Brighton and Hove Bus Company provided a ‘Drama on the Bus’ session for adults with learning disabilities. The sessions offer Grace Eyre users the chance to act out real life scenarios and discuss any concerns they may have about travelling on the bus.  Scenarios include situations like ‘ You have missed your stop: Stop the bus at the next stop and find out from the driver how to get back to where you want to go’  or  ‘You have been bullied by other passengers on the bus: ask for the driver’s help and get an information ticket from him’.

Victoria Garcia, Customer Liaison Officer at Brighton & Hove Bus Company, said,

“We are very pleased about the re-launch of the Travel Buddy scheme. Grace Eyre do incredible work supporting people in the community with learning disabilities and the Travel Buddy scheme is one of the fantastic initiatives that they have in place. 

“We will of course continue to support this event and look forward to our continued partnership with Grace Eyre. My heart always lifts when I see all the guys and I always leave with a big smile on my face, they are a fabulous bunch.”

The  Travel Buddy Project  has been funded by the Big Lottery for the last 2 years and in that time the project has helped many adults across the county gain the freedom and confidence to travel more independently.  Some people who take part in Travel Training then start to travel journeys by themselves for the first time.  There is also the opportunity for service users to become volunteer buddies themselves sharing the skills they have learnt with their peers.

Ben Gardiner, Senior Project Worker for Travel Buddy Project, said,

“It is clear to me how keen many people with learning disabilities are to have a bit more freedom and independence within their lives.  Imagine always having to rely on other people to go out anywhere.  To be able to work within a project that aims to develop people’s confidence in what they can do for themselves is incredibly rewarding – you can see it in people’s faces how exciting it can be to have a bit more freedom.”

Achieving full independence is not a realistic goal for everyone but there are many other benefits to taking part in Travel Buddy, including building self-esteem.  Even small steps towards independence, like walking home from the bus stop, or travelling a few stops on your own are a significant achievement.

Jamie Larcombe and Jonny Schachter have both used the service and it has given them new confidence to work towards more independent futures.

Jamie, a Grace Eyre Travel Buddy service user, explained,

“I’ve learnt how to travel with a volunteer on the bus and how to keep safe. I wanted to do Travel Buddy because it’s very important and if anyone can’t travel by themselves it’s a good learning opportunity. 

The journey I’d most like to do is to take the 27 to Saltdean because my Grandma and Grandpa live in Saltdean.”    

Grace Eyre are also hoping to gain the support of local businesses and increase the awareness of this excellent initiative around the city.  Travel Buddy aims to match the wonderful people who access the services of Grace Eyre with equally wonderful volunteers and promote independence for people with learning disabilities.  Whether it is to meet friends, visit Grace Eyre, or learn a new journey, users will feel confident and safe after Travel Buddy.

Keith Baldock, Head of Road Safety Team at Brighton and Hove City Council, said,

“The aims and support of the Travel Buddy scheme are excellent and something we love to support. All road users should be aware of each other’s needs, particularly those who require more time or support than others, and I would encourage those who require additional support in sharing the roads in Brighton to access the free travel training provided by Grace Eyre and the Travel Buddy scheme.”

To find out more about Travel Buddy call the Grace Eyre Active Lives team on 01273 201909 or email  [email protected] .

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Grace Eyre, a charity who supports people with learning disabilities in Sussex, are offering a free, six-week travel buddy training course.

Participants can learn about road safety, join a ‘drama on the bus’ session, catch trains and buses, go on days out we choose as a group, learn stranger awareness and receive a certificate at the end of the course.

The course is free but you will need to pay for bus and train fares and refreshments.

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Grace Eyre’s Brighton & Hove ‘Travel Buddy Project’ project helps people with learning disabilities to travel around where they live both independently and safely, by learning new skills and practising journeys on public transport. People with learning disabilities can feel frustrated when they are reliant on other people to travel and make plans. Being able to make a journey can be the first step to unlocking greater independence for individuals with learning disabilities.

Drama on the Bus: The Travel Buddy Project in association with Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company present ‘Drama on the Bus’, a unique travel workshop for individuals with learning disabilities. Drama on the bus is an interactive and exploratory workshop that allows participants to: Communicate and speak to bus drivers. Explore challenging travel situations, in a safe, supportive and realistic environment. Learn new skills and information. Drama on the Bus is designed for individuals who want to take their first steps towards independent travel or for more experienced travellers who want to refresh their existing skills. Drama on the bus will take place 4 times throughout 2020 (may be liable to change) Volunteering Together: Can you spare 3 hours a week to support someone with a disability to volunteer in their community? Volunteering Together is all about working alongside someone with a learning disability, sharing your skills and knowledge and helping to break down barriers. ‘I liked it, it was a good experience. The staff were nice and I worked hard! – Lara, volunteer Visit our web page to find out more or give us a call: 01273 222909 [email protected]

To book a space for Drama on the Bus, enquire about travel training or volunteering together, get in touch with the Travel Buddy Project. [email protected] 01273 222079

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Brighton & Hove assists Grace Eyre Travel Buddy re-launch

Charity Grace Eyre has re-launched its Travel Buddy project for 2015.

The Brighton & Hove travel training programme helps adults with learning disabilities gain the skills and confidence to travel safely by bus or by foot in the city.

The project re-launched with a goal of signing up 30 new users over the next year.

At the launch, Brighton and Hove Bus Company provided a ‘Drama on the Bus’ session for adults with learning disabilities. The sessions offered Grace Eyre users the chance to act out real life scenarios and discuss any concerns they may have about travelling on the bus. Scenarios included situations like ‘You have missed your stop: Stop the bus at the next stop and find out from the driver how to get back to where you want to go’ or ‘You have been bullied by other passengers on the bus: ask for the driver’s help and get an information ticket from him.’

Victoria Garcia, Customer Liaison Officer at Brighton & Hove Bus Company, said: “We are very pleased about the re-launch of the Travel Buddy scheme. Grace Eyre do incredible work supporting people in the community with learning disabilities and the Travel Buddy scheme is one of the fantastic initiatives that they have in place.

“We will of course continue to support this event and look forward to our continued partnership with Grace Eyre. My heart always lifts when I see all the guys and I always leave with a big smile on my face, they are a fabulous bunch.”

Ben Gardiner, Senior Project Worker for Travel Buddy Project, said: “It is clear to me how keen many people with learning disabilities are to have a bit more freedom and independence within their lives. Imagine always having to rely on other people to go out anywhere.

“To be able to work within a project that aims to develop people’s confidence in what they can do for themselves is incredibly rewarding – you can see it in people’s faces how exciting it can be to have a bit more freedom.”

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Trustee Training

14 May 2024

Location: Grace Eyre, 36 Montefiore Road, Hove BN3 6EP

About the event

Join our trustee training course to learn how to govern a charity!

This training is specifically designed to support people with a learning disability and autistic people into charity trustee roles.

The programme was designed and tested by the Our Voices Team, our Exec Team and our Trustees with lived experience. Grace Eyre recognises that boards in the charity sector are trying to be more inclusive, and whilst there is training aimed at how boards can be more accessible, there is no accessible training for people with a Learning Disability and autistic people who are, or want to become trustees. This is exactly what our Trustee Training programme offers.

Over the course of 5 sessions, you will develop the skills to think about what is important when making decisions for charities, the laws behind charity governance and how to work together to achieve your charities vision and mission.

The course will cover:

• What a charity is
• What a trustee is
• Financial and Risk Management
• Working as a team
• What a board meeting is like

The course will take place from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm over 3 days:

14th May 21st May 28th May

All 5 sessions will be completed in these 3 days. Two sessions take place on both 14th and 21st May. The final session takes place on 28th May.

£150 per person for the entire course.

Please get in touch to discuss group discounts.

How to book

For more details and to book, please contact Cleo Dibb at [email protected] or on 07921 095492

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Finding Grace Eyre – a pioneer of shared lives

Nathaniel Lawford and Jackie Reeve

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Young people discovered the value of history through the story of Grace Eyre, who set up a society that organised homes in the community, report Nathaniel Lawford and Jackie Reeve.

Grace Eyre in the 1890s: she said her work proved “children can become self-supporting” - Image Grace Eyre Foundation

In response to widespread institutionalisation following the 1913 Mental Deficiency Act, its founder, Grace Eyre Woodhead (1864-1936) pioneered a model of community based “guardianship”, providing homes for adults and children with learning disabilities in Brighton and rural Sussex.

This gradually evolved into a shared lives service – the oldest and longest running in the country. Shared lives involves paid carers sharing their homes and lives with people who need support to enable them to lead an independent life.

The foundation received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2019 to enable people with learning disabilities to explore their own history, share their life stories, learn heritage skills and help to create a digital oral history collection.

The Sharing Our Voices project was very much affected by the two years of Covid restrictions. Nevertheless, with flexibility, good will and reliable internet access, we were able to continue and involve an energetic group of young people in the Grace Eyre friendship group.

History and reflection on change

During the project, we learned not only more about our history but also how many issues still resonate today.

We saw how historical learning can be a stimulus to people reflecting on their own lives. What has changed – and, crucially, what has not changed enough?

Our online training with the friendship group involved learning about Grace Eyre and her ideas and from the life stories of people with learning disabilities in the past.

For example Albert (not his real name), born in 1932, was categorised as “feeble-minded” and spent his childhood in institutions and children’s homes.

is abilities were often underestimated but living in the community with a carer changed his life. With support, he was able to stay in touch with his family and hold down a job.

The past puts the present in context, says Jackie Reeve As a project worker, it was exciting to watch as younger people learnt about the past and used that learning to put their own experiences in context. Sharing people’s life stories during training sessions provoked discussion about what has changed and what feels familiar – particularly regarding how people are treated and dismissed. One young woman said: “My best friend is really bright and really clever but people can make her feel really little sometimes. “Even nowadays, people still aren’t given a chance to be who they want to be. They still label you as somebody with a disability, which is wrong.”

The young people identified with the lack of control and respect people such as Albert experienced and shared their own experiences, demonstrating that many of these issues persist today.

Supporting people to explore their own history prompted some to name and campaign for rights. Learning how earlier generations lacked control over their lives, including choice of how and where they lived, showed how much had changed – and that more change was needed.

One participant said the project materials “will be such a great resource to support people’s understanding about where people with learning disabilities came from and where we’re heading in the future and what we can do to change that”.

Talking about Grace Eyre’s life was a prompt for these discussions, particularly where her own words were used to reflect on her work and the times she lived in.

When talking about past limits on opportunities, many participants related these directly to their own experience.

From several life stories we recorded, it became clear that a priority had been to find people work to help them to be useful and economically productive. The Guardianship Society would negotiate jobs with local employers and people would be sent there to work – with very little choice over this.

In the early years, that might have meant young women going into service and young men being placed on Guardianship-owned farms to learn agricultural skills. Later work included cleaning and jobs with laundries, local biscuit factories and bakeries.

Project participants were particularly struck by descriptions of the farms run by the Guardianship in the 1920s-1950s.

Eyre was proud of the two farms, believing they demonstrated that people could be self-supporting and productive: “It is now four years since the purchase of the first farm, and I think the proposition that… children can become self-supporting is proven beyond contention” (correspondence, circa 1927).

However, we know from a woman who grew up on one of those farms in the 1930s that life was far from joyful for those lads. She says they worked hard, had little fun and ate separately from the family. She remembered her grandfather shouting at them to work harder ( https://sharingourvoices.org/story/gillians-story ).

The struggle to find not just employment but work people enjoy and find fulfilling is still very much an issue, and people chose to focus on this theme when making a history film towards the end of the project. The film replaced the original plan to perform a play, which was not possible during lockdown.

The film, Alex (view it at https://vimeo.com/595512042 ), explores issues around employment and the struggle to make your own choices. Directed by Justin Spray, it was launched in December 2021 as part of Grace Eyre’s ReThink Disability Campaign and is now being shown at various film festivals in the UK and overseas.

A key issue the project highlighted was the extent to which people are still experiencing some historical limitations in shared lives arrangements. We found some carers were gatekeeping and preventing people from volunteering with the project. They would not take up the offer of IT help if that was a barrier.

This was complicated by the pandemic. People vulnerable for health reasons had their options limited even more. Project workers talked with people who wanted to join the project as things eased, but some were prevented because of caution on the part of carers or as others in their shared home were vulnerable.

There is a clear challenge to Grace Eyre Foundation here to ensure that carers understand their role clearly – to support people to be more independent, try new things, meet friends, develop relationships and express themselves freely.

We have found this has been a theme through the history of the Guardianship Society and the Grace Eyre Foundation, as the organisation has to constantly reinvigorate the shared lives model to ensure carers are supporting people towards greater independence.

Does training make clear to people what one is committing to when one becomes a carer? When one no longer needs a gatekeeper or a gatekeeper only in some things, is support present in that change for both those with learning disabilities and carers?

The struggles and questions around acknowledging independence are, in short, an experience and discussion that is still ongoing with Grace Eyre and, indeed, within society.

We are glad we continued the Sharing Our Voices activities during the pandemic and were able to engage people with learning disabilities to explore their histories, both personal and more generally.

The project has inspired us to reflect on our own practice and values and to look at how we use life story work to improve the quality of care by enabling people to tell their stories and thereby articulate their needs.

For oral history interviews, Grace Eyre’s story, participants’ blog posts and more, see https://sharingourvoices.org/

Grace Eyre Foundation: https://www.grace-eyre.org/

Nathaniel Lawford is the inclusion and project director at the Grace Eyre Foundation and was a participant in the Sharing Our Voices project

Jackie Reeve was director of the Sharing Our Voices Project and works for the Grace Eyre Foundation

Nathaniel Lawford reflects on self-reliance, a fulfilling life and Grace Eyre’s history

As a young disabled person myself, it seems that many people lack understanding that a person with learning disabilities is still a person and thus has the right, and may well have the capacity, for growing in independence and self-reliance within their lives.

From my understanding in my new role at Grace Eyre, Grace Eyre herself seemed to have struggled to appreciate the growth of maturity given the loss of the sometimes-parental role and bond that is especially possible between those living with/supporting 24 hours a day and those receiving the support.

So Grace Eyre (while celebrating the rights of persons with learning disabilities to be valued and a have a fulfilling life) seemingly envisaged a strict limit to where and in what respects they could be fulfilled with their lives.

For example, people were often sent to farms involving a very set pattern of activities with little opportunity for growth beyond the assigned tasks.

Grace Eyre said:“I tell you, if you give a boy a man-sized job, he performs it manfully. At Tubwell Farm, they have grown shoulders, all of them. But I now realise more than ever that commitment to these children must be lifelong.”

This comment could mean that Grace Eyre would never value those coming into the organisation, which at this time was often at a young age, or it could be seen as suggesting that in Grace Eyre’s view, persons with learning disabilities would ever remain children, and thus in her eyes lack significant capacity of independence of agency over their own lives and how they were fulfilled.

How much harder then must it be for those who have not just had significant contact with those they support but also live with those they support in cases where, at least to some extent, a change in the support needs of the person occurs.

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In the first project of its kind in the UK, accessibility advisors at Brighton & Hove Buses and Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) have worked together with adults with a learning disability to support them in making an integrated journey by both bus and train.

This is thought to be the first time that a bus operator and a rail operator have come together to offer a combined in experience such as this. The project was run in partnership with an organisation like Grace Eyre , a Brighton & Hove-based charity, whose Travel Training programme transforms the lives of people with learning disabilities and autism by increasing their confidence to travel independently.

Carl Martin, accessibility lead at GTR, said: “At Govia Thameslink Railway, we’re on a journey of improvement to give everyone the confidence to travel with us.

“This ground-breaking collaboration between bus and train has the potential to transform lives for some of the people in our community by giving them the self-assurance to travel independently. We were delighted to be able to join forces with two organisations who share our commitment and values.”

Accessibility managers Victoria Garcia (Brighton & Hove Buses) and Carl Martin joined eight of the people supported by Grace Eyre on a bus to Brighton Railway Station.

Along the way they acted out everyday scenarios such as how to deal with a missing bus pass and journey planning, to give their guests the knowledge and confidence to travel independently.

At the station, Carl showed the eight local residents, how to check train times, buy a ticket and ask for assistance. They then boarded a train to Haywards Heath before returning by a specially laid-on ‘rail replacement bus’, to show the alternative transport used if rail services are disrupted.

Both GTR and Brighton & Hove Buses have their own well-established programmes to give people who may need assistance or who feel anxious about using public transport the confidence to travel independently, with Grace Eyre providing unique travel training via their Travel Buddy project. This latest initiative is thought to be the first time two companies have worked together to demonstrate how accessible, with the right support, it can be to make a single trip by both bus and train.

Victoria Garcia, accessibility communities manager at Brighton & Hove Buses, said: “Transport links are vital in providing everyone access to work, education, healthcare and social inclusion. Working with Grace Eyre in recent years, in support of their Travel Training programmes, have been hugely successful in increasing passenger confidence and independent living.

“This year, for the time ever, we have been able to consider the full end-to-end journey, by partnering with the team at GTR who share in our commitment to building confidence, improving public transport and changing lives in the community. Every passenger journey is different, and we are extremely proud that we can now address this as a result of this great partnership.”

Claire Hudson, travel buddy manager for Grace Eyre said: “Grace Eyre’s Travel Buddy team is thrilled to be working with both GTR and Brighton & Hove Buses to help people with learning disabilities experience the freedom that independent travel can bring.

“Like GTR and Brighton & Hove Buses, we want more people to feel confident in using public transport so that they can be a part of and contribute to their communities and it’s brilliant to be working together to achieve this.”

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In a UK-first, accessibility advisors at Brighton & Hove Buses and Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) have worked together with adults with a learning disability to support them in making an integrated journey by both bus and train.

This is thought to be the first time that a bus operator and a rail operator have come together to offer a combined experience such as this, in partnership with an organisation like Grace Eyre.

Grace Eyre is a Brighton & Hove-based charity whose Travel Training programme transforms the lives of people with learning disabilities and autism by increasing their confidence to travel independently.

Accessibility managers Victoria Garcia (Brighton & Hove Buses) and Carl Martin (GTR) joined eight of the people supported by Grace Eyre on a Number 7 bus to Brighton Railway Station.

Along the way they acted out everyday scenarios such as how to deal with a missing bus pass and journey planning to give their guests the knowledge and confidence to travel independently.

At the station, Carl showed the eight, who are all local residents, how to check train times, buy a ticket and ask for assistance. They then boarded a train to Haywards Heath before returning by a specially laid-on ‘rail replacement bus’, to show the alternative transport used if rail services are disrupted.

Both GTR and Brighton & Hove Buses have their own well-established programmes to give people who may need assistance or who feel anxious about using public transport the confidence to travel independently, with Grace Eyre providing unique travel training via their Travel Buddy project. This latest initiative is thought to be the first time two companies have worked together to demonstrate how accessible, with the right support, it can be to make a single trip by both bus and train.

Carl Martin, Accessibility Lead at GTR, said: “At Govia Thameslink Railway, we’re on a journey of improvement to give everyone the confidence to travel with us. This ground-breaking collaboration between bus and train has the potential to transform lives for some of the people in our community by giving them the self-assurance to travel independently. We were delighted to be able to join forces with two organisations who share our commitment and values.”

Victoria Garcia, Accessibility Communities Manager at Brighton & Hove Buses, said: “Transport links are vital in providing everyone access to work, education, healthcare and social inclusion. Working with Grace Eyre in recent years, in support of their Travel Training programmes, have been hugely successful in increasing passenger confidence and independent living.

“This year, for the time ever, we have been able to consider the full end-to-end journey, by partnering with the team at GTR who share in our commitment to building confidence, improving public transport and changing lives in the community. Every passenger journey is different, and we are extremely proud that we can now address this as a result of this great partnership.”

Claire Hudson, Travel Buddy Manager for Grace Eyre said: “Grace Eyre’s Travel Buddy team is thrilled to be working with both GTR and Brighton & Hove Buses to help people with learning disabilities experience the freedom that independent travel can bring. Like GTR and Brighton & Hove Buses, we want more people to feel confident in using public transport so that they can be a part of and contribute to their communities and it’s brilliant to be working together to achieve this.”

Picture caption: Thumbs up to integrated journeys on public transport: Accessibility managers Victoria Garcia of Brighton & Hove Buses (kneeling, left) and Carl Martin of Govia Thameslink Railway (in wheelchair) joined Grace Eyre Travel Buddy Manager (Team Leader) Claire Hudson (kneeling next to Victoria) to help train a group of Sussex residents with learning disabilities how to travel independently

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