Mobilise
UKCPS forge relationship with disabled motorist charity Mobilise
UKCPS are developing a working partnership with the disabled drivers’ charity Mobilise. Currently we are working on the following initiatives;
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- 1. UKCPS are sponsoring the Mobilise BAYWATCH survey. This is a major annual survey, carried out by Mobilise members, of disabled bay provision and abuse. Currently it covers supermarkets but it is intended to extend to all forms of private parking. Because there is no specific legislation regarding disabled bay provision or use on private land Mobilise consider it important to raise awareness of the issues with all parties.
- 2. UKCPS will offer, on appeal, a discounted payment to blue badge holders not displaying a blue badge. In return we will fund 1 year membership of Mobilise. The discounted charge will be £44 (from the £100 parking charge) to cover our Administration costs and Mobilise membership fee. The reasoning behind this is to encourage the correct use of the blue badge and to raise awareness amongst disabled motorists that the scheme has positive benefits to them.
- 3. Mobilise to give an ‘employee of the month’ certificate as an external reward to a member of the UKCPS team in recognition of good customer service.
- 4. Mobilise to help in the implementation of a detailed UKCPS training package for patrol officers in ‘Disabled Parking Abuse’. Mobilise will provide input into the training materials including counterfeit badges and correct monitoring of disabled bays.
- 5. UKCPS are able to use Mobilise’s expertise to obtain impartial advice in parking abuse situations. We see this of great value in offering a fair appeals process.
- 6. With our working partnership we are in a strong position to offer our expertise to private landowners and managing agents in all aspects of disabled parking provision including the number of bays provided and the appropriate markings on the bays and the location of bays. For example disabled bays for those people using motorised wheelchairs do not always have to be near the entrances to retail units – areas in less used parts of the car park can be used for this, releasing some of the spaces nearer the shops for mother and baby or normal parking use.
- 7. UKCPS will host the Mobilise ‘northern forum’. These forums are an opportunity for all ‘sides’ in the parking spectrum to come together to raise concerns so that there is a greater understanding of all the issues surrounding parking.
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Once you have agreed and signed up to our system, we erect 'enforcement notices' and regularly patrol your car park to issue legally enforceable 'parking charge notices' to those who break the rules. We then collect the parking charges, issue reminder letters and pursue the 'offender' to the Small Claims Court if necessary.
Our standard parking charge notice is £100 discounted to £60 for prompt payment, but this can be varied to suit your particular circumstances. We can operate our system in the smallest car parking situation (1 space) through to large units for thousands of cars. Parking charge application can be limited to contravention of disabled bays or to a whole car park where non-permit holders are given parking charge notices.