Help with possible disability discrimination

[zenasfuck]

Planning a visit to a local farm attraction on Friday. One of our party requires a carer - no registered career just needs another adult with them to assist with mobility/loo/anxiety.

Every attraction we have visited in the past has accepted blue badge/flat/pip proof and admitted a carer free

The farm we are due to visit on Friday will only admit a carer free if they are a registered carer and can provide proof of Carers allowance

I'm finding this a bit difficult to judge - surely it is discriminatory to the many many people who need assistance yet don't have a registered carer ? Is it right that those then essentially have to pay more ?

I'd like to hear your thoughts and also if anyone can advise on how best to tackle this I'd be grateful

I think that could be discriminatory. Consider someone who doesn't require care at home but requires it when they go out, carers allowance wouldn't be given for that.

If there’s a whole party of you going; why does one of you need to get in free to help your friend with mobility issues?
You’re all going anyway?

Why would your large council budget to cover carers expenses not cover entry to a festival for both of you, Wellthisisshit?

Because, greyhound if she was not disabled she wouldn't need to take anyone with her. Being charged double because you are disabled is outrageous.

Dbro also employs people, none of them are in receipt of carers allowance. Ridiculous policy.

Surely they’d be better letting disabled people in for free and charging everyone else (including carers) and that would be an easier way of dealing with it.

They're within their rights to check just as traffic wardens need to see blue badges for all parked cars in disabled parking spots otherwise anyone would just do it. They can't take your word for it.

Surely they’d be better letting disabled people in for free and charging everyone else (including carers) and that would be an easier way of dealing with it

What about invisible disabilities, people are so keen to think other people don't "look disabled" how could someone on an admissions desk tell?

You have to leave the Blue Badge in the car if it's in a designated space, it's an offence not to display the badge, so you can't, as the carer, really take it out to wave at the admissions desk then leave your disabled person there while you run back and display it on the dashboard.

The proof of PIP letter has loads of information on it I wouldn't want to share with people taking admission charges, like NI number, name address and details of why PIP was awarded. It's private information, not to be shared with people on admissions desks, surely?

Is this any help @zenasfuck ? Links to template letters. carers.org/article/free-entry-carers-visitor-attractions

Google has also thrown up regional Carer's Cards which should "prove" the person is a carer (although I've not registered so don't know what proof they want) and they can also receive discounts at local shops etc.

Who told you this was the policy? Because to be perfectly honest in this situation I'd start by taking the matter higher and threatening to take my business elsewhere

Some of the comments on here are awful and make me wonder if anyone has been in the situation of being severely disabled and reliant on a carer. My mother and sister cannot go out alone at all. Sister has carers 24/7. She gets basic benefits but cannot work, and has to pay all expenses for her carers. So say she wants to go to cinema - she has to pay for her ticket, her staff's, any food for both etc. It ends up costing her a fortune - money she needs to save for her future really.

I wouldn't deny her a cinema trip , but equally I think her carer should get reduced access to such things to assist with the costs of being disabled.

Even if the OP's situation doesnt apply , this js something thousands of people face on a daily basis.

I've also never heard of being a 'registered carer' in 20 years of being my mum's carer, nor am I entitled to CA (£62 a week?) as I'm a student. Doesnt mean that I don't (currently as no uni) provide my mum with 24/7 care.

These discounts should be challenged , if they exist why make them so bloody hard to access? I've also been in the situation of having to explain what disability there is before being allowed access to certain things, it's awful.

Surely they’d be better letting disabled people in for free and charging everyone else (including carers) and that would be an easier way of dealing with it.

That in itself would be discriminatory the other way - discriminating against people because of their lack of disability Which isn't equality. And (apologies for sounding snippy) some able-bodied folk get very irate if they experience discrimination. You only have to read the "why can't I park in a BB space" threads that pop up so often.

No I'm disabled and don't think it's fair. I have an RHS membership and when taking it out I was told that I could have someone as a carer free but when I went they made the other person pay. But I am mobile with a rollator but do need someone with me for safety. I just couldn't be bothered to complain with the hassle of it. Yes good idea about taking a Pip letter.
On another note in Rhodes my daughter and I were admitted free to all museums and they couldn't do enough to help us.

Florence does your sister have a cea card? Its a years card that you do pay for but then allows for a carer to be admitted free.

Not everyone that cares for a disabled person qualifies fir caters allowance. I don't and have three autistic sons one of whom is a wheelchair user. I've never had to show proof that I'm a "registered" career before. I think it's discriminatory