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...driving lessons Grant is only for disabled people who are on the Motability Scheme and meet the additional programme criteria, which are listed below.You can only apply if you:have a Motability Scheme vehicle or one arriving in the next four monthshold a provisional UK driving licencehave passed your theory testreceive a means tested benefitThe Driving Lessons Grant can be used if you're learning to drive for the first time.If you are already a full licence holder, but we have grant-funded a change in driving adaptations to your Scheme vehicle, we may be able to fund  familiarisation lessons. These help you to get...

...driving lessons Grants for eligible Motability Scheme customers. From 1 July 2024, new applicants will need to pass their theory test before applying. What does this mean for applicants? Driving Lessons Grants will continue to fund 40 hours of driving lessons. Previously, grant recipients could access 14 hours of lessons before they passed their theory test. Once they passed the test, they could access the remaining 26 hours. This change to our Driving Lessons Grant means that grant recipients will now access all 40 hours of grant-funded lessons in one go, resulting in an uninterrupted learning experience. All learner drivers must pass...

...Leanne lives in Liverpool with her son, Ben. She leases a Fiat 600 through the Motability Scheme and received a grant for Driving Lessons. New beginnings When Ben was transitioning to high school, Leanne knew it was time to learn to drive. “The school we wanted to get him into was a little bit further away, so I needed to get a car.” Leanne has EDS (Ehlers-Danlos syndrome), meaning her joints dislocate easily. She uses walking sticks to get around. Using public transport made her anxious. When she read about Driving Lessons Grants on the Motability Foundation website, she thought they would solve a lot of problems. ...stuck in the house. If, at times, my disability won’t let me go out, my car is like a second house, a safety box around me, so I can get out. “I praise Motability Foundation to the highest – the Driving Lessons Grant gave me a new lease of life. It’s amazing what getting out can do for you. I feel useful.”

...driving lessons for disabled people in Northern Ireland and received a Reducing Barriers to Driving Grant from us in 2023. When we visited earlier this summer, the Mobility Centre Manager Angela Hutchison explained that our grant-funding, means they now have more driving instructors and more learners on the roads: “This March and April, we completed 246 lessons, which is almost what we completed in a whole year, previously,” says Angela. We spoke to new driver Imogen about the impact of being able to make the journeys she chooses. Congratulations on getting your licence, Imogen! How did you travel before learning to drive?...

...driving lessons grants totalling £5.6 million4,595 grants towards Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles10,473 grants to Motability Scheme customers worth £59.3 millionThese aren't just numbers; they represent true freedom, independence and inclusion.Like the mum, who told me her daughter’s Driving Lessons grant meant her college attendance rocketed from 38 to 97 per cent, after passing her test last summer. She’s now training to be a midwife.The benefits of that grant are far reaching.Adapting to change: a look ahead to 2026 We understand that changes to the mobility landscape, including shifts in vehicle availability, technology and economic pressures, can cause concern.Any adjustments made to the Motability...