Disabled Motoring UK - Disabled Motoring UK is the charity for disabled drivers, passengers & Blue Badge holders.

Have you been inspired by hype of the Paralympics? Want to have a go at some different sports?

Come and Have a Go Day is the chance to try a range of sports that you might not have participated in before. The event is aimed at all ages and disabilities. Sports include; Boccia, Football, Cricket, Archery, Wheelchair Basketball, Table Tennis, Wheelchair Badminton, and more.

The event takes place at Derby College, The Johnson Building, Locomotive Way, Pride Park, DE24 8PU on Sunday 24th June.

Don’t miss out on this great event!

For more information please email will.mackenzie@disabilitydirect.com or call 01332 404040.

Today the Law Commission have published a consultation paper with provisional proposals for reform of the legal framework relating to taxis and private hire vehicles. Continue reading »

Disabled Motoring UK is gearing up to campaign for a change in legislation that will improve the safety of wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAVs)

We believe it is a moral and human right for people who travel in a wheelchair to be able to purchase a converted vehicle that has been properly tested and is a safe as the original car. Continue reading »

Ever fancied the chance to drive a fully race prepared, adapted race car on one of the classic race tracks of the world? Well now’s your chance with Accessible Motorsport! Continue reading »

The government has launched yet another consultation on Personal Independence Payment. This time the consultation seeks views on the government’s proposals on some of the benefit rules underpinning Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance, Carer’s Allowance and Attendance Allowance. These rules will inform the development of secondary legislation. The consultation document also provides further information on policy decisions that have now been made. Continue reading »

It’s now three months since the new style Blue Badge was introduced. At the moment there are very few of these new badges in circulation as they are being bought in gradually over the next three years as people’s badges expire. However, in three years’ time old badges will be a thing of the past and every badge will have a unique identifying number which parking attendants can use to get information about the user from wherever the badge was issued. The new style badge will also stop people altering the dates, using badges that have been reported as stolen and fakes. Continue reading »

Members will have seen, in the April issue of Disabled Motoring magazine, Helen Dolphin spending the day with the Blue Badge fraud investigators in Lambeth. She saw first hand how a local authority is policing the Blue Badge Scheme. In this article she asked you to write to your local MP to ask them what they are doing to tackle Blue Badge abuse and to explain why it is so important that the issue is addressed.

If you don’t know who your MP is you can find out by visiting www.theyworkforyou.com/mp and then enter your postcode. If you are unsure of what to write please use the below letter as a guide.

Channel 4 News are running a series of reports entitled ‘No Go Britain’, investigating the challenges that disabled people face when using public transport. The first of these reports has already been aired, but Channel 4 suggest this has just scratched the surface, so they are looking for more contributions.

In order to get a fuller picture, they are looking for disabled people to send them their experiences, both good and bad, of travelling on public transport in Britain. You can send in your comments via the ‘No Go Britain’ facebook page on Twitter, using the hash tag #nogobritain. Alternatively, you can upload a video response to their You Tube site.

Disabled Motoring UK requires a Administratior/Information Officer to help with the running of the charity. This position would ideally suit someone with good written and IT skills that is looking to work in the charity sector.

This role cover a variety of different activities including maintaining the charity’s membership database, communicating with members and the general public by phone, email and letter and attending roadshows and events accross the UK which may necessitate some overnight stays away.

Candidates will need to be highly organised, have good communications skills, be flexible and have a positive attitude. Candidates will be fully computer literate with excellent MS Office skills. Experience of operating databases and a full driving licence is desirable.

Salary – £18,500 per annum
33 days annual holiday entitlement which includes public/bank holidays
Probationary period – 6 months
Contributory pension scheme after completion of probationary period.
35 hrs/week from 9.00am to 5.00pm with 1 hour lunch break (flexibility required to fit in with external meetings)

Administrator/Information Officer Job Description - 56.5 kBApplication Form - 146.5 kBAdministrator/Information Officer Terms and Conditions - 51 kB

Please call 01508 489 449 or email info@disabledmotoring.org if you have trouble downloading the Job Description, Application Form or Terms and Conditions. Deadline for applications 20/4/12