Charnwood Borough Council - Leading in Leicestershire

In the 2001 Census, 15% of the population of Charnwood stated they had a limiting long-term illness with 7.3% of the population having not good health. This makes up a significant amount of the population and therefore, considering the needs of people with disabilities when we design our services and carry out recruitment is important if we can to meet the needs of everyone within Charnwood. 10% of people in Charnwood also provide some kind of unpaid care.

The services the Council provides are often of most need to particularly vulnerable people within the community. This can include people with a wide variety of disabilities. Therefore, it is even more important that we get our services right for people with disabilities particularly the more debilitating disabilities.

Council Services for People with Disabilities

We provide a number of important services for people with disability, please click links below for more information. In addition to these services, it is our policy to provide home visits when required. Please contact the desired service directly.

• Loughborough Shop Mobility located at Loughborough Town Hall.
• Accessible toilets throughout the Borough including the distribution of Radar keys.
• Lifeline and warden services for the elderly and people with disabilities.
• Provision of information in alternative formats including Braille, large print and audio tape.
• Provision of adaptations for our housing tenants.
• Wild Card (our leisure pass) discounts for people with disabilities
• Adaptations to service for example the waste collection assisted list for these people who are unable to move their wheeled bin.
• Provision of Housing and Council Tax Benefits for people with disabilities.
• Funding of community projects that support people with disabilities through our Community Grants Scheme.
• Provision of the concessionary travel scheme for the elderly and disabled.

Disability Equality Scheme

The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 has been amended by the DDA 2005 and places a duty on all public authorities to develop Disability Equality Schemes, please click here for further details.