Bus transformed into mobile youth centre

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Transport Commissioner Vernon Everitt aboard the new Foundation 92 bus. STAGECOACH

A bus has been given a new lease of life to support a partnership aimed at tackling youth-related antisocial behaviour on public transport in Greater Manchester. For more than a year, Foundation 92, formed by the Class of 92 and official charity partner of Salford City FC, has been supporting the TravelSafe Partnership across the region’s transport network.

Foundation 92 had been using a minibus kitted out with a TV and games console to provide young people with somewhere to meet and socialise away from transport interchanges and tram stops. But due to high demand for its services, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) secured a former Stagecoach bus which has been given a makeover to serve as the charity’s new, expanded mobile youth zone.

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