SeveerYeliab
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Kent County Council (KCC) have launched a new scheme called Kent Reconnect. Essentially, the council will be discounting certain activities over the summer (such as a £25 unlimited leisure centre membership). However, as part of the scheme, every child in school years 6 - 13 will be receiving (I got mine today) a pass allowing them free bus travel on any bus service in Kent for the summer (22nd July - 31st August).
I was just wondering if there were any other areas out there that have been offering free bus travel for children or if it is just Kent? Also, curiously, the webpage on the scheme from KCC details that this has been made possible "thanks to the generous support of Kent’s bus operators", So does this mean that the council aren't paying for this?
Arriva and Stagecoach especially have been rather generous over the last few years - they have allowed the KCC Travel Saver to be used at weekends and holidays (which is outside of the parameters that the council specify).
(This scheme is not available in Medway, as KCC do not cover the Medway towns).
Details about the scheme from KCC's website are below:
I was just wondering if there were any other areas out there that have been offering free bus travel for children or if it is just Kent? Also, curiously, the webpage on the scheme from KCC details that this has been made possible "thanks to the generous support of Kent’s bus operators", So does this mean that the council aren't paying for this?
Arriva and Stagecoach especially have been rather generous over the last few years - they have allowed the KCC Travel Saver to be used at weekends and holidays (which is outside of the parameters that the council specify).
(This scheme is not available in Medway, as KCC do not cover the Medway towns).
Details about the scheme from KCC's website are below:
Getting your bus pass
If you go to school
Your school will be handing Reconnect bus passes out to all students in years 6 to 13 by the end of the summer term.
If you're not in school to get your bus pass, your school will let you know how to get one. They may:
- post it to you
- invite you to collect it
- ask you to visit a collection point from 21 July.
If you're at college
Your college will contact you about collecting a pass.
If you're homeschooled
You can collect a pass from a collection point from 21 July.
Using your bus pass
Once you get your bus pass, you’ll be able to use it as many times as you like between 22 and 31 August 2021.
The pass is valid in Kent on the following buses:
You cannot use it for services that start in or operate in Medway, East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey or the Transport for London area.
- Autocar
- Arriva
- Chalkwell
- Farleigh Coaches
- Go Coach
- Hams Travel
- Kent Coach Tours
- Metrobus
- Nu-Venture
- R&J Coaches
- Redroute
- Regent Coaches
- Stagecoach
- Starline Coaches.
You must show your bus pass to the driver when getting on the bus and you must keep the pass with you at all times.
This offer has been made possible thanks to the generous support of Kent’s bus operators.
Free bus travel for young people and families - Kent County Council
If you're in years 6 to 13 at school, you can travel by bus for free this summer as part of the Reconnect programme.
www.kent.gov.uk