Free Cinema Tickets for the Disabled

ncraig2uk

Testee wrote: »

The Cinema Exhbitors Association Card is a new national card scheme launched in October through over 500 cinemas in the UK. !This card entitles the holder to one free ticket for a person accompanying them to the cinema. !The card holder must meet one or more of the following criteria:-

1. They are in receipt of Disability Living Allowance.
2. They are a registered blind person.
3. They are a holder of a Disabled Person's Railcard.

Application forms are available at all participating cinemas. !The card costs £5 and is valid for three years from the date of issue. !A listing of cinemas and further information can be found at https://www.ceacard.co.uk.

I received this information through a national charity magazine so am assuming it to be all above board and legit.

Insert from martin

The website is here

i am disabled myself does this pass allow me to get into cinemas free or just a companion

Mad_Mare

The pass is for whoever is escorting or with you, to free entrance not you. Sorry!

andrew71

I came across this thread while searching for information on the CEA Card.


I am currently entitled to DLA, and I was wondering if anybody knows if the card is only for use if you are accomplined with a carer?
Reason I ask is that I'd really like to visit the cinema but the films I would like to see my wife doesn't.

What happens if you live on your own and don't really have a carer who would go with you to the cinema?

I am still going to apply for one it will save us a lot of money when we go out as a family.

TiggerMJ

Brill! Thanks for that - might even manage to get to the Cinema now; usually a luxury not in our budget. It doesn't seem that long ago that you could get into the Cinema for a couple of pounds - must be gettin old!

Happy_shopper

andrew71 wrote: »

I am currently entitled to DLA, and I was wondering if anybody knows if the card is only for use if you are accomplined with a carer?
Reason I ask is that I'd really like to visit the cinema but the films I would like to see my wife doesn't.

What happens if you live on your own and don't really have a carer who would go with you to the cinema?

I think you use it only if you have a carer with you, so that you aren't penalised (by having to pay for two tickets) if you need someone with you.

Happy_shopper

TiggerMJ wrote: »

Brill! Thanks for that - might even manage to get to the Cinema now; usually a luxury not in our budget.

Keep an eye on the 'free cinema tickets' thread on the main freebies board -if there's a free preview screening in your area it works out even cheaper. Here's a link:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=352410

rugbyxxx

thanks didnot know this existed and have been on dla for 10 years

Yummy_Cakes

Thank you so much, I have just received my card and am hoping to use it this evening.

The current fee for the card is £5.50.

cyberactivist

This scheme is a disgrace and I consider super selective or discriminatory within the 'disabled' community. I have disability and therefore am 'disabled' under the Disabiility Discrimination Act. I was registered with one of the green card schemes the government had (but then scrapped).

However, because I'm not helping to drain the welfare state dry by being in receipt of disability benefits or living allowances and don't have a disabled person's railcard (purely becuase I never take the train anywhere), I am excluded.

What is to say who's disability is any greater or less than another's? At university, I received an extra £12,000 ayear 'non dependent helper's allowance' and other disabled students did not. The whole thing is like a lottery and based on prejudiced perceptions.

headpin

cyberactivist wrote: »

This scheme is a disgrace and I consider super selective or discriminatory within the 'disabled' community. I have disability and therefore am 'disabled' under the Disabiility Discrimination Act. I was registered with one of the green card schemes the government had (but then scrapped).

However, because I'm not helping to drain the welfare state dry by being in receipt of disability benefits or living allowances and don't have a disabled person's railcard (purely becuase I never take the train anywhere), I am excluded.

What is to say who's disability is any greater or less than another's? At university, I received an extra £12,000 ayear 'non dependent helper's allowance' and other disabled students did not. The whole thing is like a lottery and based on prejudiced perceptions.

Whislt I would not wish to comment upon the specific points you make about how disability is defined and supported by various agencies and sytems, surely the point of this scheme is to allow carers to accompany the person with the “qualifying” disability. The disabled person derives no benefit from the scheme themself. If the disabled person is independent and capable of going to the cinema alone or without the assistance of a carer then I assume they will.

Of course, there will always be those who wish to abuse (defraud) the system/benefit to their advantage. But that happens in everyday life and is not just confined to those with a disability.