Blue Badge Factsheet

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Blue Badge Scheme

What is it?

The Blue Badge Scheme provides a national arrangement of on street parking concessions for:

• Drivers or passengers with severe walking difficulties or who are registered blind
• People with very severe upper limb disabilities who regularly drive a specially adapted vehicle but cannot turn a steering wheel by hand.

How do I apply for a badge?

• Phone the Crescent Resource Centre: 020 8547 6600
• Email: crescent@rbk.kingston.gov.uk
• Download the form from the link below
• For help filling in the application form, phone Age Concern on 020 8942 8256

Where can I park?

• Parking rules and availability in Kingston, Greater London and nationally and are available from our blue badge page
• If you do not have access to the internet, phone 020 8547 5944 or 4683 (for Kingston parking) and 020 8547 5314 (for parking outside Kingston)
• For a copy of the ‘London Blue Badge Parking Guide’ call the Crescent Resource Centre on 020 8547 6600
• For information about parking abroad, please visit the department of transport website, you will find a link at the bottom of this page

Can I have a blue badge parking space near my home?

There are very strict criteria which have to be observed before a disabled persons’ parking bay can be provided in a residential area.

• Phone Parking Services: 020 8547 5911 or 5907
• Email parking.schemes@rbk.kingston.gov.uk
• Download form below

Where can I get more advice?

• Kingston’s Disability Equality and Access Officer: 020 8547 5314
• Crescent Resource Centre: 020 8547 6600
• Age Concern First Contact Telephone Helpline: 020 8408 8170
• Kingston Centre for Independent Living: 020 8546 9603

This factsheet is also available as a pdf for ease of printing- see link below.

‘Stay Independent’ factsheets are produced by a partnership of statutory and voluntary sector organisations providing information and advice for disabled and older people in Kingston.