People's Parking are delighted to bring you an e-learning course on Disability Equality specifically for the Parking Sector.The course was developed to provide all staff, including customer facing staff, with a good understanding of what disability equality is so that they feel more confident in dealing with disabled colleagues and customers. It has been written with the parking industry in mind. ...
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Posted on 11/11/2021 20:32:33
People's Parking is collaborating with Cundall and Burdus Access to inform industry knowledge on the type and appropriate number of parking bays when designing car parks inclusive to all potential users. We are particularly interested in the industry standard recommendation for 5% Blue Badge bays which can sometimes be too many or too few depending on the 'sectors' the car park ...
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Posted on 18/06/2021 14:46:07
Helen Dolphin from People's Parking looks at the recent BBC news report which claims there is great disparity between for people with non-visible disabilities and those with physical disabilities qualifying for Blue Badges.In August 2019 the Blue Badge parking scheme was extended to include people with non-visible conditions such as dementia, epilepsy or Parkinson's. in the first 12 months of the ...
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Posted on 23/04/2021 09:03:05
In 2018 the government published the Road to Zero strategy, which set out their mission for all new cars and vans to be effectively zero emission by 2040. This has now been brought forward to 2035. This means there is going to be a requirement for more EV charging points both at businesses premises, homes and car parks. It is likely that the majority of people will charge their cars at home ...
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Posted on 11/01/2021 12:25:37
People’s Parking is delighted to have awarded NCP with their 300th accreditation. It is an amazing achievement to have so many car parks reaching our standards and shows considerable commitment and dedication by NCP to improving their car parks for motorists. People’s Parking, founded by disability rights campaigner Helen Dolphin MBE in 2016, works to improve car parks for customers by ...
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Posted on 13/08/2020 08:46:36
Here at People's Parking we would like to take this opportunity to let you know that travel despite restrictions we will remain trading and will be here to answer any questions or queries you may have. We are aware that many car parks are empty at the moment and parking attendants that are available for work do not have much to do. A number of our customers are therefore taking this opportunity ...
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Posted on 17/03/2020 11:56:35
On Wednesday 15th January 2020 People’s Parking was featured on the Channel 5 programme Britain’s Parking Hell. Director of People’s Parking, Helen Dolphin MBE explained how she first came up with the idea for the accreditation after not being able to take an entry ticket into a car park and having to face abuse from both other parkers and car park staff. Fellow Director Libbie ...
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Posted on 20/01/2020 14:26:34
The House of Commons' Transport Committee has called for a new law to ban parking on pavements across England. In coming to its decision the committee spoke to people with visual and mobility impairments, as well as carers and parents who all suffer as a result of pathways being blocked. The committee said in its report: "Pavement parking can have a considerable impact on people's lives and their ...
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Posted on 09/09/2019 16:52:29
People's Parking was shocked to learn that one in four parent and child bays are misused in supermarket car parks. The research carried out by the online comparison website Confused.com showed that 26% of bays were used by people without a child.Further research has found that there's confusion around the use of parent and child parking bays. Can you park in them regardless of whether you have a ...
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Posted on 21/08/2019 16:00:22
People's Parking have welcomed new rules that will make it easier for those with non-visible disabilities, such as autism, to obtain a Blue Badge. However, we are concerned that the new eligibility criteria are likely to lead to a significant increase in the number of disabled people eligible for Blue Badges across England. DfT has predicted that its new rules will see a six per cent increase in ...
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Posted on 26/06/2019 16:22:37
Helen from People's Parking will be speaking the the Motability Big Event on the 28th and 29th June 1019. The Big Event is the UK's biggest showcase of cars, scooters and powered wheelchairs. Helen will be talking about Blue Badge parking as well as the ULEZ and other concessions. The event is being held at the NEC and is free to attend. For more information ...
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Posted on 14/06/2019 11:59:30
People's Parking was delighted to attend the Allied Mobility day at the Brooklands Museum in Weybridge. In spite of the rain people came out in force and it was great to tell everyone about the accreditation and how it will make their customer experience a lot better.
Posted on 14/06/2019 11:54:32
Helen Dolphin, Director of People's Parking will be talking at Naidex on the 27th March at 12.30 in theatre 6. Her presentation will cover the new Blue Badge eligibility criteria, where you can and can't park with a Blue Badge and other concessions available. As well as over 250 seminars, there will be 350 exhibitors, interactive panel debates and networking opportunities. For more ...
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Posted on 22/03/2019 16:08:35
Technology is advancing at a very fast pace and parking will undoubtedly be affected by new developments including driver less cars. Helen Dolphin from People's Parking features in this month's Parking Experts Roundup talking about her thoughts on the future of parking.You can read the roundup HERE
Posted on 15/03/2019 14:36:17
People's Parking has just finished filming with Channel 5 for Britain's Parking Hell. The first stage of filming was at the NCP Stanley Street Car park in Manchester where Helen and Libbie demonstrated how a People's Parking assessment is carried out. This involved counting and measuring bays as well as looking at the entry and exit into the car park and the payment methods. Once the assessment ...
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Posted on 04/03/2019 11:23:24
This month's cover of Parking Review features Helen Dolphin and Libbie Bilyard from People's Parking, launching the UK's first dual accessible/disabled bay. This picture was taken at NCP's Stanley Street multi storey car park. Helen Dolphin said: "it was a really nice surprise to see we had featured on the front of Parking Review magazine. This is great publicity for People's Parking and for ...
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Posted on 15/02/2019 15:48:53
People’s Parking is delighted to announce that applying for the People’s Parking accreditation has just got easier, for International Parking Community (IPC) members. This is because IPC members can now apply for a People’s Parking accreditation directly through the IPC website when uploading parking sites to the system.A People's Parking accreditation offers a parking operator many ...
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Posted on 23/01/2019 11:15:52
The Department for Transport has launched a new online service for people to apply for a Blue Badge. The new service enables people to apply for a Blue Badge online without needing to send any of their supporting documents in the post and is expected to decrease the amount of time it takes to make an application. An offline system will still be available for those who are not able to apply ...
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Posted on 14/01/2019 14:40:26
The latest NCP car park to open in Salford, Stanley Street, has installed dual electric charging/accessible bays. These are believed to be the first installed in the UK. These bays can only be used by Blue Badge holders who are charging their electric vehicles. This idea was proposed to NCP by Helen Dolphin MBE and Libbie Bilyard, founders of the People's Parking accreditation.Helen Dolphin MBE ...
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Posted on 07/01/2019 12:25:38
It was announced this summer that the Blue Badge disabled parking scheme will be extended to include people with non-visible disabilities such as autism and mental health conditions. The government say that the extension of the criteria is part of their drive to build a society that works for all. It is expected that changes to legislation which are needed to extend the eligibility will be ...
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Posted on 08/10/2018 15:18:13
Research is currently underway to update cycling guidance as per LTN 2/08. Part of this guidance concerns the provision of cycle parking. Currently there is minimal provision for disabled cyclists in most car parks and research has shown that just over a third of disabled cyclists have been unable to park or store a non-standard cycle due to inadequate facilities. This could be, for instance, ...
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Posted on 04/10/2018 12:32:04
The Department for Transport (DfT) has set out its Inclusive Transport Strategy (ITS), which aims to improve accessibility for disabled people across the UK’s transport network. It is hoped that the measures set out in the strategy will make travel fully accessible and inclusive for disabled passengers by 2030. This strategy was produced following the Accessibility Action Plan (AAP) ...
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Posted on 01/08/2018 15:41:30
On 29 July 2018 the Department for Transport (DfT) released its Blue Badge consultation: summary of responses and government response. This followed a public consultation about eligibility issues in relation to the Blue Badge (Disabled Parking) Scheme particularly with regards to non-visible disabilities. The consultation received a total of 6,349 responses from members of the public, local ...
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Posted on 30/07/2018 14:49:46
Dolphin Shopping Centre Multi-Storey Car park has been awarded the People's Parking accreditation by Helen Dolphin MBE. Dolphin founded People’s Parking in 2016, which aims to improve car parks for customers by highlighting those with facilities for disabled people, parents, commuters, cyclists, EVs and those who drive wheelchair accessible vehicles or camper vans. People's Parking also aims to ...
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Posted on 16/03/2018 11:34:32
The annual Blue Badge statistics have been released today and again show that only a small number of local authorities take enforcement of the scheme seriously. The annual Blue Badge survey, completed by local authorities in England, collates data on whether authorities have a policy for prosecuting misuse of the Blue Badge scheme and the number of prosecutions that occurred between 1 April 2016 ...
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Posted on 15/02/2018 12:15:05
People's Parking is delighted to be presenting at the Higher Education Parking Forum run by the International Parking community. The scheme is already in a number of Universities including York, Staffordshire and the UEA and it is a great opportunity for other Universities to find out the benefits of having a People's Parking Accreditation for staff, students and visitors.
Posted on 05/02/2018 15:17:51
It was announced yesterday that the government is proposing
to change the eligibility criteria for the Blue Badge Scheme to include those
people with non-physical disabilities. The government said the proposals
would make it easier for people with conditions such as dementia and autism to
travel to work, socialise and access shops and services in England. It is hoped
the move would help ...
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Posted on 22/01/2018 14:59:56
Although People's Parking is an accreditation for car parks many of the posts on our facebook page are from people complaining about the problem of pavement parking. This is an issue for wheelchair and scooter users, parents with buggies and visually impaired people as when a vehicle parks on the pavement there is not enough space for people to pass and instead they are forced onto the ...
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Posted on 11/01/2018 10:05:06
Helen Dolphin from People's Parking has been out and about with Blue Badge enforcement officers in Norfolk. All car parks accredited by People's Parking must enforce their disabled bays to make sure only Blue badge holders park in them. However, on street officers also have the power to check badges and bring prosecutions where a badge is not being used by the holder. People's Parking would like ...
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Posted on 10/01/2018 16:31:05
The International Parking Community is taking decisive and far-reaching steps to ensure the safety and priorities of consumers are at the heart of new initiatives to improve standards within the parking industry. The progressive trade association has now formalised its partnership with the People’s Parking accreditation scheme for car parks. As a result of this significant move, the ...
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Posted on 26/09/2017 15:53:28
Bradford’s Kirkgate
Shopping has been awarded the People’s Parking accreditation, and is the first
shopping centre in the city to meet the scheme’s stringent requirements. People’s Parking,
founded by independent mobility consultant Helen Dolphin MBE in 2016, works to
improve car parks for customer needs, highlighting the facilities for disabled
people, parents, commuters, cyclists ...
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Posted on 07/08/2017 12:19:27
On 21st June 2017 Allied Mobility hosted a mobility day at Uttoxeter Racecourse in Staffordshire. Allied, who supply Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (WAVs) to disabled people put on several mobility days a year for people to come and see their vehicles. A number of charitable organisations and businesses were also invited including People's Parking. Many of the Allied vehicles are quite high, ...
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Posted on 26/06/2017 10:57:54
NCP’s Addenbrookes Hospital car
park in Cambridge is among 50 of the parking provider’s sites across the UK to
be awarded the coveted People’s Parking accreditation due to its first-class facilities. The People’s Parking scheme was
introduced in 2016 by disability rights campaigner and mobility consultant
Helen Dolphin MBE, with the aim of driving up standards in the ...
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Posted on 02/05/2017 15:24:21
On March 29th 2017 Helen Dolphin spoke to a packed room at Naidex about People's Parking. The talk was attended by representatives from the adapted vehicle market who were interested in finding out more so they could direct their customers to car parks with both disabled access and no height restrictions. This has led to a number of collaborations with other companies including Adapted Vehicle ...
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Posted on 18/04/2017 10:16:03
On 23rd March 2017 People's Parking will be exhibiting at the Transport Systems Catapult whose vision is to create an environment that will make the UK a world leader in transport systems innovation. The Transport Systems Catapult is working to make journeys that are seamless, transport is smart and connected, and delays and congestion are a thing of the past. People's Parking believes that ...
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Posted on 15/03/2017 12:11:49
In the UK, the Supreme Court has recently ruled that disabled passengers have a right to priority access over the wheelchair space on a bus. This was heralded as a victory for disabled people’s rights as drivers are now required to ask passengers blocking the disabled space to move.Although this ruling was about the wheelchair space on the bus it made me think if this would have implications ...
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Posted on 24/02/2017 08:40:42
Helen Dolphin will be talking about People's Parking at Naidex on March 29th 2017. Naidex is the UK's largest disability, rehabilitation andhomecare event and Helen will be presenting to Healthcare professionals, members of the public, retailers and buyers about how her accreditation ensures disabled people can park with ease. For more information CLICK HERE
Posted on 03/01/2017 16:01:27
Having successfully signed up a number of large car park operators People's Parking is delighted to launch its "Find a car park" web search. This will enable motorists and cyclists to locate the facilities they need before leaving the house. The search facility was launched at the annual IPC conference where Helen Dolphin gave a presentation on the benefits to the parking industry of ...
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Posted on 02/11/2016 17:37:45
