Access to Stroud District Council
See Information for People with Disabilities to find out about access to council offices and leisure facilities.
Local information
Guide to transport for people with disabilities in Gloucestershire: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=3727
For information on the various types of transport in Gloucestershire that provide alternative to the public bus visit Accessible and Flexible Transport from the Gloucestershire County website.
Concessionary fares
If you live in Stroud District and have a disability you may be eligible for a bus pass or travel tokens (you can choose which). A bus pass will entitle you to free travel on registered bus services: travel tokens also give free bus travel, but there is a limit to the number of tokens that can be issued to an individual per year. See our A-Z entry for contact details and further information.
Blue (formerly orange) badge scheme
Blue badges give registered blind people and those who are unable or virtually unable to walk the ability to park close to the facilities and services they need to use. See Gloucestershire Social Services' information sheet:
www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleID=2362
Gloucestershire Red Cross
Provides a Transport & Escort service which enables vulnerable people who find it difficult to use private or public transport, unaided, to make essential journeys that will maintain and improve their quality of life. See the GUiDE website for more details.
Motability
This national charity helps disabled people and their families to become more mobile and provides vehicles and powered wheelchairs to disabled people. www.motability.co.uk
Transport for users of Social Services
See Gloucestershire Social Services' information sheet:
www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=2452
