Moneysaving For Carers

Trix

My husband recently took our 2 daughters to their first football match at St James Park, Newcastle. He had been paying £25 for his own ticket before but when he went to book he found out that as my youngest daughters (disabled) carer he got in for free and her ticket only cost £5 instead of the £10 it cost for my other daughter. So a day that we thought would cost £45 was only £15 so a great cheap day out. Not sure if all clubs are the same but it's worth checking.

HappySad

This is a great tread. I have learnt a lot about what I can get. I have DLA medium and mobility low. I so far have the cinema card but have not used it yet. I am going to ask my local council what services they offer.

So far I have learnt that my council offer free travel on trains and buses in my area , low cost adult courses... help with financing building work for your house and also free use of the library (no fines, no charge for rental of DVDs, CDs or videos). They also give you reduced rate at the local Leisure Centre (health centre with gym, swimming pool & aerobic classes).

Trix

HappySad - are you sure you only get low cost courses? My local college has FREE courses for people with DLA, Attendance Allowance etc and I thought it was the same with all colleges.

While I'm posting - for anyone who likes animals, London, Chester and Bristol Zoo, and Deep Sea World in Fife have discounts for disabled then a free ticket for a carer. Colchester Zoo has half price tickets for both disabled and carer. Probably most other zoos will have same sort of thing - these were just what I found for now.

As I've mentioned before - check out ANY place you want to visit, most places not only have discounts for disabled visitors, but discounts or even free entry for carers.

magoogy

where do i find out what you can get with your blue badge please? my mum gets dla and has someone drive her about who was offered a blue badge but he turned it down for some reason - reading this i think he shouldve said yes....

hushpuppie

to get a blue disabled badge ring up your local social services office this is what my mum did also ring your local council they might do a badge to get free parking in there carparks our local council does

hope this helps

kerryallc71

we get dla under 16's for my 10 yr old son thomas we have only been in reciept of it for a few short weeks. he's gets MIDDLE RATE - CARE & LOWER RATE MOBILTY.

what do you think we would be entitled to.

ive already applied for carers allowance. go for there work based interview next week 25th of july 10:00 am. they say they can help us with benefits we may not be receiving.

just wondered really if i can get some assistants on here really.

thankyou from kerry.

possom46

A couple of places in East Anglia which offer discounts for disabled and carers.

Dinosaur Park (near Norwich) 1 adult carer free (saving £7.25) with full paying disabled person.

Suffolk Wildlife Park (Lowestoft) disabled child £5.95 (instead of £6.95), adult carer £8.95 (instead of £9.95).

I'll post more when we've visited a few others!

MyUserNamesTaken

You can include in the list for East Anglia:

Pleasurewood Hills (carer gets in free, person in receipt of DLA pays £9.50).
Pettitt's Adventure Park (carer gets in free, person in receipt of DLA gets in for £5.85).

Miss_Cinnabon

Hi my son gets the higher rate of dla(care) no mobility, he has type 1 diabetes, i also get carers allowanace, we live in scotland.

Are we entitled to anything?

Kyle

possom46

Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens (nr Gt Yarmouth), £1 off admission charges for carer and person receiving DLA = Carer £6.50, child £4.50