Blue Badge car parking for people with disabilities
This record is classed under Travel and transport, Physical disability, Support services, Visual impairment, Deafblind, Long Term Conditions.
| Service Provider Name | Blue Badge car parking for people with disabilities |
|---|---|
| Service | Blue Badge parking badges |
| Address2 | Sandwell Enquiry Team |
| Address3 | PO Box 15825 |
| Town | Oldbury |
| County | West Midlands |
| Post Code | B69 9EL |
| Where do they provide service from? | Telephone, postal or web-based service. Web link - https://www.gov.uk/apply-blue-badge |
| Expiry of services | Each badge lasts for a maximum of three years and then a reapplication has to be made upon expiry date. |
| Telephone | 0121 569 2266 |
| Fax | 0121 569 5789 |
| Sandwell_enquiry@sandwell.gov.uk | |
| Website | http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/200220/disability/969/apply_for_or_renew_a_blue_badge |
| Area covered | Borough of Sandwell |
| Who is the service for? | Persons who have been certified by an expert assessor as having an enduring and subsantial disability which causes them during a course of a journey to be unable to walk, very considerable psycologocial distress whilst walking or be at risk whilst walking or pose a risk to any other person. |
| Referral route | The application can be completed on-line via www.gov.uk and follow the link for Blue Badges. A notification of your application will be sent to you via email and a member of the Enquiry team will contact you to advise if further information is required or to take payment. Alternatively if you have hearing difficulties a paper application can be submitted by contacting Sandwell Enquiry. On contacting Sandwell Enquiry a telephone assessment is carried out to determine eligibility. There is an automatic eligibility for persons claiming Higer rate disability allowance, Personal independence payment with a mobiliy score of 8 or above or planning and following journey's with a score of 10 for descriptor E only, registered blind or claiming a war pensioners supplement. For people who are not automatically eligible, their eligiblty is based on their experience whilst walking and at this point further medical evidnece can be requested or a request for an indpendent assessment can be made. |
| Specific ethnic group? | No |
| Summary of services | The Blue Badge Scheme provides parking concessions for people with enduring and substantial difficulties when walking, who travel either as drivers or passengers. The scheme also applys to registered blind people, and people with very severe upper limb disabilities who regularly drive a vehicle but cannot turn the steering wheel by hand. The scheme is meant only for those people with enduing and subsatntial difficulties. People with temporary intermittent difficulties such as a broken leg, will not qualify for the scheme. |
| When are the services run? | Monday - Friday |
| Time details | 9am - 5.30pm Monday to Thursday9am - 5pm on Fridays |
| Remit | Parking concessions |
| Chargeable service? | Yes |
| Cost of service | £10 fee |
| Means tested | No |
| Total capacity of service | Not applicable |
| Transport Provided | Not applicable |
| CQC Registered | Not applicable |
| Sandwell Approved List | Not applicable |
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