A Disabled Charity And A PPC

bromsgrovebarry

The big problem of this business is the stupidity of CAB advising the victims of scammers to appeal to the scumbags. Why don't the CAB actually research the law instead of taking advice from the BPA and reading Perky Law for Dummies? We all know of instances of daft advice from Consumer Direct.

trisontana

The Baywatch page on the Mobilise website is so full of errors, with all that talk about "fines" and "blue badges". They really need educating about this.

anewman

trisontana wrote: »

They really need educating about this.

You can't educate the ignorant! And I can make a pretty good guess at Helen Smith's reaction to being told PPCs can not legally enforce any action against the non-disabled using disabled spaces. This is sad for the charity's priorities as seeing things for what they are will help them take more formative and useful action. Even worse, maybe accepting the truth would mean less blood money from PPCs for the charity.

I see there is a "comment" facility on that page. I wonder if they moderate it?!

Kite2010

Who wants to bet that Mobilise has never heard of the PPC and has never received a penny from them?

taffy056

Kite2010 wrote: »

Who wants to bet that Mobilise has never heard of the PPC and has never received a penny from them?

yes that could be true, sure I saw something a while ago about charity not knowing about a ppc saying they are acting with on their behalf, and them saying its not true, it maybe mobalise??

Nothing on their website, so far

http://www.mobilise.info/campaigns/parking/baywatch/partners-and-supporters/

anewman

Kite2010 wrote: »

Who wants to bet that Mobilise has never heard of the PPC and has never received a penny from them?

Edit: only clear evidence of support seems to be a claim made by UKCPS themselves http://ukcps.net/mobilise.php
who claim to be merely corporate members. A google search for mobilise UKCPS reveals that UKCPS has never been mentioned on the official Mobilise website. It is still possible that UKCPS do hand over money from disabled people they have scammed for membership fees, which they clearly do with the sole intent of filling their own pockets.

It would seem the only thing Mobilise as a charity could do would be to cancel UKCPS's membership and not accept further membership payments from them on behalf of disabled people they have scammed.

trisontana

They are aware of the PPC. If you look on the left-had-side of this page You will see the UKCPS Logo.

Also look here for another page full of misinformation

Surely they must have read this on the UK Government website:-
The Blue Badge Scheme does not apply to off-street car parks, private roads and at most airports.

anewman

trisontana wrote: »

They are aware of the PPC. If you look on the left-had-side of this page You will see the UKCPS Logo.

That must be a paid for advertisement. I cannot see it but have ad-block plus with firefox which removes adverts. On disabling the adblocker yes I see it.

Something else intrigues me...

http://www.mobilise.info/membership/

Member Benefits

• Monthly Magazine: News, views and advice about all aspects of mobility.
• Free Information Service: Advice on a wide range of mobility issues.
• Free Case Work Service: Our Information Officers successfully dispute penalty charge notices, fines and help to fight parking bay abuse.
• Member Discounts: Our members benefit from discounts on Eurotunnel, ferry bookings, hotels, holidays and motoring products.
• Member Forum: Discuss news and views with fellow Mobilise members.

taffy056

trisontana wrote: »

They are aware of the PPC. If you look on the left-had-side of this page You will see the UKCPS Logo.

didn't see that as I had adblock on, well they need to be made aware of the scammers then.

anewman

Does this have some promise perhaps? http://www.facebook.com/home.php?/group.php?gid=146057145420931#!/group.php?gid=146057145420931 Didn't want to set it up on my own account for fear of it being deleted.