About the Big Public Transport Survey
Mencap received a grant from the Motability Foundation on a research Research is a way of finding out information which could come from books, or asking people what they think. project about public transport.
The Motability Foundation fund, support, research and innovate To innovate means to come up with new ideas or ways of doing things. so that all disabled people can make the journeys they choose.
We invited people with a
learning disability
A learning disability is to do with the way someone's brain works. It makes it harder for someone to learn, understand or do things.
to take part in our Big Public Transport
Survey
A survey is when someone asks you to answer some questions.
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We asked over 1,000 people with a learning disability what they think about public transport, health, work and community A community is the people and places in an area. .
You can read more about what we found out in our report and our easy read report.
You can also find out how many people answered our survey questions on our addendum page.
Addendum means extra information.
We will work with the government The Government are the people who run the country. They decide how much tax people should pay for things and how things like the National Health Service should work. and other organisations Organisations are groups like companies and businesses. to make change happen.
Videos about the Big Public Transport Survey
We've added a playlist on our Mencap YouTube channel where you can watch our videos about the Big Public Transport Survey and our report.
Additional information about the Big Public Transport Survey
By Mencap
Questions and answers about the Big Public Transport Survey
Adults with a learning disability who live in the UK were invited to take part in the survey.
The survey was completed online but there was also a paper copy that some people asked for.
Yes! If the Big Public Transport Survey was not
accessible
Accessible means something is easy for people to use or join in with. For example: Accessible writing means the writing is easy to read and understand.
for some people they could take part through interviews, conversations, or by drawing a picture.
The survey was a chance for people with learning disabilities to tell us about their life and experiences. It asked questions about public transport, and other topics such as wellbeing, community and work.
The results help Mencap to provide better support for people with a learning disability.
We asked a group of people with a learning disability to help us design the Big Public Transport Survey. We talked to them about what is important to ask people with a learning disability.
They worked with us to choose which questions to have in the survey and make the survey more easy to understand. They worked with us to choose which pictures to use.
We have a person with a learning disability working in the Research team on the Big Public Transport Survey.
Other team members from Mencap helped us to design the survey too.
We also got ideas from other surveys.
We found that lots of surveys for the general public are not accessible for people with a learning disability, so we did not include many questions from general public surveys in the Big Public Transport Survey.
Yes. We tested the survey with other people with a learning disability.
This was to check if people understood the questions. We made some changes to the Big Public Transport Survey based on what they told us.
We contacted lots of different people including organisations, groups and services who work with people with a learning disability in the UK.
We also shared the survey with local councils.
Please contact the researchers if you have any questions about the Big Public Transport Survey.
You can contact the team by:
- Email to: [email protected]
- Phoning: 0207 454 0454.