Blue Badge Defender

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Design and end-user validation are key. You need to ensure that the product is fit for purpose for the disabled community. When you hear that the theft of disable parking permits is a real issue, it can feel frightening. The prospect of being without your special parking permit due to somebody else's crime can mean:

Common examples of organisations that may be eligible include residential care homes, hospices or local council social services departments. It is unlikely that taxi or private hire operators and community transport operators would be eligible for an organisational Blue Badge as they are not usually concerned with the care of disabled people. Related guidance Blue Badges: your rights and responsibilities You can also upload a recent digital photo. Just make sure the photos or scans are good quality and include all of the relevant information. I wanted to stop anyone having to having to hunt or ask for help all the time. I also knew that having an accessible loo close by is important. Blue Badge Defender ® is a new product to the market. It has been developed in response to the increasing theft of Blue Badges taking place.

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If you have any score other than 10 points under descriptor E, in the ‘planning and following journeys’ activity of PIP you may still be eligible for a Blue Badge, but you do not automatically qualify. This includes if you have a higher score of 12. You will have to provide evidence to demonstrate your eligibility which will be assessed as part of your application. People who may get a Blue Badge It was this passion to simplify and pull together content related to Blue Badge bays and holders into one easy-to-use map that led to Pie Guide’s great partnership with DirectGov to do this nationally. with a physical or mental impairment which has a long-term and substantial adverse effect upon his/her ability to carry out everyday activities; You’ll be asked to provide proof of the benefit. This should be the most recent letter from the Ministry of Defence, which clearly shows that the applicant: The issuing local council will decide whether the organisation has a clear need for an organisational badge rather than using the individual badges of the people it is transporting. An organisational badge must only be displayed when someone who would be eligible for a Blue Badge in their own right is being transported.

you have a severe disability in both arms and drive regularly, but cannot operate pay-and-display parking machines We spent a long time (pre-Google maps) figuring out to create beautiful digital maps for the Blue Badge community. This is when parkingforbluebadges.com was born.

you have a life limiting illness, which means you cannot walk or find walking very difficult and have a SR1 form Although non-recyclable materials are cheaper, we believe that we have a responsibility to reduce the burden of unnecessary plastics in our environment. Although hundreds of local authorities use the NKS, as well as many public, voluntary and commercial organisations, there are still plenty of places that don’t use them. Where this is the case I frequently encounter people rushing out of the toilet looking rather flustered and embarrassed when they see me waiting. If you cannot walk or find walking difficult or you have a non-visible (hidden) condition, you will be asked to provide details of any: To make your blue badge last longer and avoid parking fines, our vibrant range of Blue Badge Holders comes handy. They come in a range of beautiful designs and prints that will bring brightness to your darkest day!

If you cannot walk or find walking difficult, you will also be asked questions around how your condition affects your walking. you have a child under the age of 3 with a medical condition that means the child always needs to be accompanied by bulky medical equipment Build and ensure the product can be sold outside the UK and to larger sized markets. There is a lot of effort and cost involved in making a disability-related product at a low price point. So you need to ensure the market sizing is good as you need large volume sales if you are going to keep the price right.Blue Badges help people with disabilities or health conditions park closer to their destination. You can apply for a badge for yourself, on behalf of somebody else or an organisation that transports people that need a Blue Badge. What are your plans for the future or the business, and do you have any new products lined up/in the pipeline? You’re keen to ensure you use recycled materials and improve Blue Badge Protector’s eco-credentials. Can you tell us more about that?

Disability Horizons has such a great reach we saw the partnership as an excellent opportunity to increase the awareness and availability of our products, but also a way of supporting this great organisation at the same time. It is this that has prompted the creation of three of my businesses – Pie Guide, Parking for Blue Badges and Blue Badge Protector.Disabled toilets that need a RADAR key to access them can be found in a variety of UK locations, including train stations, shopping centres, cafes, airports and supermarkets. Instead, if you receive one of these benefits, you can still apply and your application will be assessed by your local council. Blue Badges for organisations I have always been a fan of paper maps, and I know many of our customers love the concept of them too. But the challenge we found was keeping the paper maps up to date. So, we decided to create online maps too. Local Government Association reports that Blue Badge theft went up from “2,921 in 2017 to 4,246 in 2018 – a rise of 45 %. This increase marks a rise in thefts for the fifth year running with 656 recorded in 2013.” 2018 figures represents a six fold increase over the 2013 figures. The online map focuses on local parking rules for Blue Badge holders that enables them to see what’s available for their own specific needs.