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Nexus Companion Card

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Nexus Companion Card
Address:
Nexus, Nexus House,
33 St James Boulevard,
Newcastle Upon Tyne,NE1 4AX
Phone:
0191 2020747
Map:
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Email:
access@nexus.org.uk
Website:
www.nexus.org.uk/companion-card
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Last inspection outcome:
Not Applicable
Availability:
Open All Year
Eligibility / referral criteria:
Eligibility: You will automatically qualify for a Companion Card if you receive one of the following:

•High Rate Care Component of Disability Living Allowance
•High rate Attendance Allowance
•Personal Independence Payment (PIP) (The decision letter must show that you have scored a minimum of 8 points in the Communicating Verbally or Moving Around section.)

You must also already have a Concessionary Travel Pass.
You should only apply for a Companion Card if you would not be able to travel on public transport without a companion. A companion is someone who helps you board, move around and get off a vehicle.
Vacancy notes:
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Service description:
A Companion Card lets you take someone with you free of charge when you travel on buses in Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Northumberland and Darlington. It’s available to residents of Tyne and Wear who receive certain allowances and are not able to travel without a companion.
So if you need to take a companion with you in order to be able to use buses, and they normally have to buy a ticket, they don’t need to – as long as they are travelling with you, and you have your Companion Card with you. If you have a Metro Gold Card, your Companion Card will be valid on Metro too.
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