Age Concern Dorchester - Information & Advice
Our Information & Advice section includes a selection of topics, some which we think you will find useful and some based on questions we have been asked before placed here for your benefit. We can provide information and give advice on the subjects introduced here. Select from the articles below or the menu on the left under the Information and Advice link.
We also have an Information and Advice telephone line you can call. Please call 01305 269444 and we shall see if we can help.
Disabled parking (Blue Badge)
The disabled parking scheme (blue badge) provides a national arrangement of parking concessions for people with severe walking difficulties who travel either as drivers or passengers. The scheme also applies to registered blind people. It allows badge holders to park closer to their destination. The national concessions apply only to on-street parking.
You automatically qualify if:
- You receive Disability Living Allowance at the higher rate for help with getting around. or
- You receive a War Pensioners Mobility Supplement. or
- You use a motor vehicle supplied for disabled people by a Government Health Department. or
- You are registered blind or you have a severe disability in both upper limbs, regularly drive a motor vehicle but cannot turn the steering wheel of the vehicle by hand even if that wheel is fitted with a turning knob.
You may qualify if you have a permanent and substantial disability which means that you are unable to walk or have very considerable difficulty in walking.
You do not qualify if:
- You have a condition that is only temporary, including where you are awaiting for medical treatment e.g. operation
If you live in Dorset you may apply in one of the following ways:
- Online – Dorset For You website
- By telephone - please contact 01305 224321 where staff will be pleased to complete an application over the telephone for you
There is also a fast track application process for people with a terminal illness.
Applying on behalf of another person.
You may complete an application on behalf of another person such as a parent, partner, other relative, neighbour etc. Please note the application should be completed with the details of the person on whose behalf you are applying. Badges must only be used when the badge holder is travelling in a vehicle in which it is displayed.
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