a4poster Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 (edited) Do any tracks offer disabled people who need an Enabler/Carer free admission for the person accompanying them providing they have proof of the higher rate care component. I know many sports do and wondered what Speedway tracks do. Feel free to add track names in this thread. Edited May 14, 2019 by a4poster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Dodds Posted May 15, 2019 Report Share Posted May 15, 2019 Berwick does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted May 16, 2019 Report Share Posted May 16, 2019 Pretty sure Newcastle has always allowed the Carer in for free, when accompanying a disabled person who needs a Carer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Lady Posted May 16, 2019 Report Share Posted May 16, 2019 Kings Lynn used to but then stopped it. No idea of the current situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted May 16, 2019 Report Share Posted May 16, 2019 Surely it's illegal to not allow a disabled supporter who requires an assistant to not allow the assistant free entry. As the assistant is only there to aid the person who wishes to attend 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a4poster Posted May 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Thanks for the replies. The tracks that we are thinking of visiting are: Plymouth, Swindon, Somerset, Poole & Birmingham. 12 hours ago, Triple.H. said: Surely it's illegal to not allow a disabled supporter who requires an assistant to not allow the assistant free entry. As the assistant is only there to aid the person who wishes to attend For what it’s worth I think Triple.H is correct. Football has a criteria that has to be met before an Enabler/Carer is allowed entry - that is fine, but can you try explaining this to someone who operates a turnstile at Speedway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonis Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 31 minutes ago, a4poster said: Thanks for the replies. The tracks that we are thinking of visiting are: Plymouth, Swindon, Somerset, Poole & Birmingham. For what it’s worth I think Triple.H is correct. Football has a criteria that has to be met before an Enabler/Carer is allowed entry - that is fine, but can you try explaining this to someone who operates a turnstile at Speedway? are you disabled or are you the enabler ? are both of you speedway fans ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a4poster Posted May 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Thanks for the reply. I am disabled and a Speedway fan - the guy who would take me is more of a 'take it or leave it fan'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 20 hours ago, Triple.H. said: Surely it's illegal to not allow a disabled supporter who requires an assistant to not allow the assistant free entry. As the assistant is only there to aid the person who wishes to attend When we opened up in 1997 I was faced with this problem pretty early on, as we had 2 disabled customers who were regular attenders. As well as trying to do the decent thing, lIke others have said, I also thought it was a legal requirement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagonshocker Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 On 5/17/2019 at 9:26 AM, a4poster said: Thanks for the replies. The tracks that we are thinking of visiting are: Plymouth, Swindon, Somerset, Poole & Birmingham. For what it’s worth I think Triple.H is correct. Football has a criteria that has to be met before an Enabler/Carer is allowed entry - that is fine, but can you try explaining this to someone who operates a turnstile at Speedway? Swindon does you will need to go to the portacabin entrance at the far end and full out a small form....the carer will be allowed entry for free and the person in receipt of DLA/PIP will pay whatever there age dictates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a4poster Posted May 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 What do Somerset and Plymouth do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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