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Money, money, money While some of the best things Toilet Talk Radar Keys
about summer holidays are free The National Key
– making memories with loved Scheme (NKS)
Max Card ones, the sun on your face, the Being able to go to the toilet in a clean offers disabled
wind in your hair and the sound and safe environment is fundamental to people
The Max card is a discount of the sea – many other everyone’s health and wellbeing, but if independent
card for families of children you have a disability it’s not always access to locked
enjoyable activities do come at a
with additional needs. possible when you’re out and about. public toilets around
cost. However, we’ve found some
By showing it on entry to more ways you may be able to save on Luckily, there are some great the country, with Radar Keys.
than 800 attractions and events organisations offering facilities that give Toilets fitted with NKS locks can be found in shopping
throughout the UK, including castles, your summertime fun… people with a disability the freedom to centres, pubs, cafes, department stores, bus and train
zoos and bowling alleys, you can get a discount on the stations and many other locations.
admission price. enjoy their summer… You can buy Radar Keys from Disability Rights UK at a
Max Cards are available from participating local authorities and Magical days out Mobiloos cost of £4.50 including VAT. They are also available from
selected charities and cost around £2.50 for a year. some local disability organisations.
Merlin’s Magic Wand
To find out more, go to www.mymaxcard.co.uk Mobiloo vehicles are
offers magical days To find out more, go to
mobile, accessible www.disabilityrightsuk.org/shop
out to families with
CEA Card a child with toilets and changing
places, currently
The CEA card is disabilities. Changing Places
available to hire in
produced by the The charity provides the UK and Ireland. Standard
Cinema Exhibitors tickets and sometimes accessible toilets
Association. travel grants for a trip to a The non-profit social
Merlin Entertainments Attraction in the enterprise says it has plans to expand to other countries soon. do not meet the
It allows a person with UK. However, families will only be awarded one day out You can also hire Mobiloos for public events and venues, needs of
disabilities, aged eight and you need to allow at least eight weeks for your everyone with a
years old and over, to take application to be considered. organised activities or private functions. Mobiloos will come
a carer or support worker to the cinema with them for with an attendant/driver who will set up your Mobiloo, disability.
To find out more and apply, go to supervise its use, keep it clean and ensure a hassle-free
free. Cards last a year and cost £6. People with profound
www.merlinsmagicwand.orgor call 01202 440060 experience for users and hirers. and multiple learning
To find out more or apply, go to www.ceacard.co.uk
To find out more, go to www.mobiloo.org.ukor to book a disabilities, as well as those
mobiloo call 0300 030 1255or email info@mobiloo.org.uk with other physical disabilities, such as spinal injuries,
muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis, often need
extra equipment and space. Changing Places toilets
Getting there Mencap’s accessible transport Contact’s guide offer exactly that.
There is a fantastic section on the for parents There are currently 1,099 Changing Places toilets
throughout the UK. If you are planning to travel outside
Transport can be a big Mencap website about accessible your local area then the interactive Changing Places
stumbling block for people transport. Contact has a very map can show you all the
good guide for Changing Places toilet
with a learning disability It covers public transport and what to do if parents on access to locations along your There are cards
and families with a disabled you have problems using it, and your route. If this is a regular that give you
rights to support on all forms of transport. transport for money off so day
child during the summer. trip, you can also save
There is also information on subsidised disabled people. your route to your trips are cheaper.
Accessible transport is vital
transport, including the Disabled Person’s It covers England, Northern favourites tab.
to be able to enjoy it, so here Railcard, the Blue Badge Scheme, Motability and free Ireland, Wales and Scotland. To find out more and Accessible
are some resources that bus passes, and details of local transport initiatives run by groups in specific locate a toilet, go to transport and
To download, it go to www.contact.org.uk toilets make
could really help… areas across the UK. All this information is available in easy read format. www.changing-
and choose ‘Holidays, Play and Leisure’ or call going out easier.
To find out more, go to goo.gl/N1WrDv or call 0808 808 1111 0808 808 3555 places.org
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