Where do I find out about the ‘NOWcard’?
This is a concessionary bus travel pass
scheme for people over 60 and people who are disabled. One Voice has
application forms and our Information Officers are able to help complete the
form. NOWcard applications can also
be obtained and authorised by the Town
Hall.
Lancaster
Town Hall
Dalton Square
Lancaster
LA1 1PJ
Telephone 01524 582958
Opening Times: Monday to Friday 08:45 - 17.15
To down load an application form go to www.nowcard.org/ complete and take to the
Lancaster office above, you will need to provide proof of address and
eligibility (proof of age for an Over 60s pass or proof of disability for a
Disabled pass) and a recent colour passport photograph.
Morecambe
Town Hall
Marine Road East
Morecambe
LA4 5AF
Telephone 01524 582958
Opening Times: Monday to Friday 08:45 - 17.15
Blind or partially sighted, you will
need:
·
A copy of the ‘BD8’ or
'CVI' form issued to you by the hospital or your registration card issued by
your Social Care team are adequate.
·
If you have lost your
copy of the ‘BD8’ or 'CVI' form, you may be able to get a copy from your
appropriate local Social Care team (formerly Social Services) or from the
hospital, which issued it in the first place.
·
Evidence of your
registration as a Blind or Partially Sighted person would be equally
acceptable.
Profoundly or severely deaf, you will need:
·
A brief letter
confirming your condition from a specialist agency or charity providing
services for deaf people would be adequate, or
·
Confirmation in writing
from Social Services that you are included on their Deaf Register, or
·
A letter from an
audiology specialist confirming that hearing loss has been recorded at 70 dBHL
or worse, or
·
Confirmation in writing
from your General Practitioner that you have a severe or profound hearing
difficulty.
Without speech, you will need:
·
A brief letter
confirming your condition from a specialist agency or charity providing
relevant services, often the same organisations who provide services for deaf
people would be adequate, or
·
Confirmation from a
General Practitioner that you would be unable to make clear basic spoken
requests - in any spoken language - such as asking for a particular fare or
checking bus routes with the driver.
·
An inability to speak
English or speech, which is excessively slow or distorted due to a heavy accent
or a severe stammer, would not qualify.
Learning disability, you will need:
·
Confirmation in writing
from Social Services that you are included on their database as a person who
receives - or who has in the past received - services for those with a learning
disability, for example you may be attending a Day Centre for persons with a
Learning Disability, or
·
Confirmation in writing
from the local Health Authority or your General Practitioner that you are
included on their data base as a person who receives - or who has in the past
received - services for those with a learning disability, or
·
If you have recently
moved to Lancashire or Cumbria, confirmation in writing from your previous
local Health Authority or General Practitioner or Social Services authority
that you are included on their database as a person who has in the past
received services for those with a learning disability, or
·
A letter from your
General Practitioner, confirming that your learning disability can be defined
as being sufficiently severe as to warrant access to services for people with a
learning disability provided by the above agencies should you wish to apply to
them.
Without the use of both arms,
you will need:
·
You could physically,
through accident, injury, deformity or other reason, be without both arms. If
this is the case no further supporting evidence will be required, or
·
You could have lost the
long-term use of both arms. In this case confirmation in writing from your
General Practitioner would be necessary.
Disability, or suffered an
injury, this is often termed as a long-term mobility problem. In such a case
you will need:
·
Documentary evidence
that you are currently in receipt of Disabled Living Allowance (DLA) mobility
component at the Higher Rate would be sufficient evidence. Confirmation that
you receive the War Pensioners mobility supplement would be equally acceptable,
or
·
A letter from your
General Practitioner confirming that your condition has a substantial and
long-term adverse effect on your ability to walk would be accepted as
confirmation of your condition, or
·
Your mobility condition
may be sufficiently severe as to cancel the need for supporting documentary
evidence.
Refused grant of a licence,
you will need:
·
A letter from the DVLA
refusing to accept your application for a driving licence because you are not
deemed by them to be physically fit to drive, or
·
Confirmation from your
General Practitioner that you suffer from epilepsy, that you have had an attack
during the past year and that one or more of your attack(s) have occurred other
than when you were asleep, or
·
Confirmation from your
General Practitioner that you are liable to sudden attacks of giddiness or
fainting, other than insulin dependent diabetics where disabling hypoglycaemia
is considered to be controllable, or
·
Confirmation from your
General Practitioner, or the local Health Authority, or your local Social
Services office, that you have a severe mental disorder and are under long-term
medication sufficiently strong as to make you a source of danger to the public
if you were to drive.
NOTE - Anyone who has been refused a driving licence through a persistent misuse of drugs or alcohol does not qualify for a bus pass.