Local transport

Other local services include dial-a-ride (wheelchair accessible transport, which can be booked to take you from door-to-door) and reduced fare taxi schemes.

Shopmobility schemes provide wheelchairs and scooters for disabled people to help them get around town and shopping centres. Local authorities must also offer people with a disability free off-peak bus travel on local bus services.

Visit shopmobilityuk.org|  or call 0844 414 1850.

Contact your local authority (council) for details of transport services available to people with a disability in your area.

London Taxicard Scheme

This scheme provides subsidised door-to-door transport for people who have difficulty using public transport due to serious mobility impairment. Taxicard holders make journeys in licensed London taxis, and the subsidy applies directly to each trip. The scheme is funded by the participating London boroughs. For more information and an application form, visit taxicard website| or phone 0845 415 4156.

Reduced taxi fare schemes are available in other locations. Contact your local authority (council) for more information.

In Northern Ireland

In Northern Ireland call 0845 650 1190 or see www.communitytransport-ni.com| for details of community transport services.

Other local services may include reduced-fare taxi schemes and the Shopmobility NI scheme (visit shopmobilityni.org| or call 028 9080 8090), which provides wheelchairs and scooters for people with a disability to help them get around their local area or shopping centre.

For more information, visit nidirect.gov.uk/people-withdisabilities.| You can also contact your local council for details of transport services and concessions available to people with a disability in your area.