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London commuters have hailed Transport for London's #travelkind campaign which encourages people to be more aware of those with disabilities on public transport.

The campaign, which was originally launched in November, aims to encourage people to be more considerate when using TfL transport and make commuting easier for everyone.

Since then, a number of other TfL campaigns have been launched in connection to it, including the recent “Priority Seating Week” scheme in April which aimed to provide priority seating for those suffering with disabilities not obvious to other commuters.

The campaign saw 30,000 blue “Please Offer Me a Seat” badges issued to people with a range of conditions.

A number of commuters with visible and invisible disabilities have come out in support of TfL’s #travelkind and “Please Offer Me a Seat” campaigns and have shared how they have improved their journeys.

James McNaught founder of the charity Cancer on Board from Camden, was diagnosed with throat cancer four years ago.

After undergoing chemo and radiotherapy he completely lost his voice.

He described how he found it difficult to explain to others on the Tube that he required a seat so he came up with the idea to create a badge which said “Cancer on Board.”

He said when he goes on the Tube he wears his own badge and the TfL “Please Offer Me a Seat” badge to make people aware of his condition.

“I’ve found it works better if you wear both badges because it tells people why you need a seat, and everyone knows what cancer is,” he said.

Mr McNaught applauded TfL’s #TravelKind campaign and its “Please Offer Me a Seat badges” as he said it encouraged, “good neighbouring.”

“There are a lot of people with conditions that don’t fit on a badge and some people who don’t want to explain why they need a seat, the 'please offer me a seat' makes travelling so much easier for these people,” he said.

Becki Cobb, from west London, suffered a stroke at the age of 21 she was left with weakness on her left side and as a result finds it very difficult to stand on public transport.

She said: “My experiences with people being kind are really varied. I’ve had occasions where I’ve asked if I could have a seat and received eye rolls and ‘why’s?’

“I have also had occasions where multiple people have jumped up to offer me their seat, no questions asked and with a smile.”

She said TfL’s campaign was personally very important to her.

“I hope it makes people think twice before being confrontational with someone who may look ‘young’ and ‘able’ but who is really struggling on their journey.”

Tom Ryan Elliott, 28 , who featured on the posters for the "Priority Seating Week" campaign said TfL's effort to improve the journeys of those with disabilities was "brilliant."

At the age of 26, he suffered a severe head injury after falling down 52 steps which left him with epilepsy.

"People don't realise a lot of these conditions are invisible, no-one would look at me and think:'Oh he needs a seat'"

"The badges are really good at making people aware. If I had a seizure in the middle of a busy Tube the consequences could be really bad, the badge makes me less afraid of asking for a seat if I feel a seizure coming on."

A spokesman for TfL said the campaign had received a lot of positive feedback but that there was still more work to do.

“The ultimate goal is to promote more considerate travel, the key for us is that everyone has a safe and comfortable journey.

“We want to create an awareness that consideration is not something that should be overlooked.

“The feedback has been amazingly positive and we plan to keep emphasising that being nice to people should not be a big deal,” he said.