Subject - Age Concern Manchester

Posted : (Tuesday 6th July 2010 ) By - Content (Registered User)Age Concern Manchester is undertaking a project on behalf of the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE). The ICMA Project involves 10 partners from North West Europe including the UK, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands and Luxembourg.
This Partnership is part of an EU Interreg IVB Programme and is focused on bridging mobility gaps. GMPTE is taking the lead and has commissioned Age Concern Manchester to deliver Mobility Counselling services as part of the ICMA Project. Our brief is to develop travel training for older people, focusing on how to use different transport solutions that are available to them and to train volunteers to provide encouragement and practical support to those wishing to use local transport networks.
The travel and mobility barriers some people face may be due to:
* Disability or physical impairment
* Geographic or social isolation
* Limited accessibility of vehicles or infrastructure
* Lack of knowledge and understanding of how public transport works
* Years of reliance on the use of a private ca