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Disabled Parking at Sainsburys, Had interesting reply to enquiry
Book67
post Fri, 29 Mar 2013 - 11:38
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Hi,

This is my first post here but I've been browsing the site for some time and been active on other forums for many years.

Background is that my wife is disabled and does not have a Blue Badge. We noticed signs up at Sainsbury that said the disabled parking spaces were only for Blue Badge holders. I queried that with their Customer Services team based on my understanding that:
  • The Blue Badge scheme does not apply on private land
  • The shop is obliged under the equality act to make provisions for ALL disabled people

Sainsbury's own corporate website stated:

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All car parks have designated disabled parking spaces. These are situated near the main store entrance for any of our customers with a mobility/access requirement.
(note use of the word "any").

I got a reply today which stated:

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Dear Mr W~

Thank you for your email and your patience while we looked into your query about designated disability parking spaces.

We have received a reply from our internal team and they have advised us that we only allow disabled customers with blue badges to use our disabled spaces which is in line with DFT guidance. If you are registered disabled, you are entitled to a blue badge.

If you have walking difficulties and require wider bays to get in or out of your vehicle, you are welcome to use a parent and child bay. Our website will be updated to display the correct information.

We appreciate you taking the time to bring this matter to our attention.


Kind regards

Katrina Dick | Customer Manager
Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd | 33 Holborn, London | EC1N 2HT


So they ARE insisting on Blue Badges for the disabled spaces but it's fine for disabled people to use Parent and Child spaces. Is anybody aware of the DFT guidance mentioned or come across this policy before?
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- Book67   Disabled Parking at Sainsburys   Fri, 29 Mar 2013 - 11:38
- - tapas600   QUOTE (Book67 @ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 - 11...   Fri, 29 Mar 2013 - 11:59
- - DBC   If you park in a parent and child space without th...   Fri, 29 Mar 2013 - 14:03
|- - tapas600   QUOTE (DBC @ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 - 14:0...   Fri, 29 Mar 2013 - 14:22
- - Book67   QUOTE (DBC @ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 - 14:0...   Fri, 29 Mar 2013 - 14:42
|- - tapas600   QUOTE (Book67 @ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 - 14...   Fri, 29 Mar 2013 - 14:50
|- - jagger   QUOTE (Book67 @ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 - 14...   Fri, 29 Mar 2013 - 17:55
|- - SchoolRunMum   QUOTE (jagger @ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 - 17...   Sat, 30 Mar 2013 - 00:18
- - bama   QUOTE We have received a reply from our internal t...   Fri, 29 Mar 2013 - 15:01
- - Book67   Thank you all for your replies to date. I will be ...   Sat, 30 Mar 2013 - 10:46
- - bama   send a PM to SRM and point her at this thread or j...   Sat, 30 Mar 2013 - 13:18
|- - StuartBu   QUOTE (bama @ Sat, 30 Mar 2013 - 13...   Sat, 30 Mar 2013 - 13:30
- - DBC   Sainsbury's have form over this.They were the ...   Sat, 30 Mar 2013 - 13:29
|- - tapas600   QUOTE (DBC @ Sat, 30 Mar 2013 - 13:2...   Sat, 30 Mar 2013 - 13:35
- - bama   a class action ? how ?   Sat, 30 Mar 2013 - 14:00
|- - tapas600   QUOTE (bama @ Sat, 30 Mar 2013 - 14...   Sat, 30 Mar 2013 - 14:28
- - bama   IIRC its extremely rare and only in very limited c...   Sat, 30 Mar 2013 - 16:22
|- - tapas600   QUOTE (bama @ Sat, 30 Mar 2013 - 16...   Sat, 30 Mar 2013 - 16:31
- - Book67   Thanks for your help on this, both here and on MSE...   Tue, 30 Apr 2013 - 11:23
|- - Jlc   QUOTE (Book67 @ Tue, 30 Apr 2013 - 12...   Tue, 30 Apr 2013 - 11:29
- - dawmdt   It's only the end if you want it to be, I beli...   Tue, 30 Apr 2013 - 11:32
- - Touranman   I have numerous disabilities and my wife has a blu...   Tue, 30 Apr 2013 - 12:16
- - Umkomaas   Breathtaking arrogance fuelled by apparent ignoran...   Tue, 30 Apr 2013 - 14:00
- - bama   was that screed written by the PPC perhaps ? you h...   Tue, 30 Apr 2013 - 15:19
- - trubster   Which sainsburys is this? I fancy some fun and gam...   Tue, 30 Apr 2013 - 15:20
|- - Book67   QUOTE (trubster @ Tue, 30 Apr 2013 - 16...   Tue, 30 Apr 2013 - 15:36
|- - trubster   QUOTE (Book67 @ Tue, 30 Apr 2013 - 16...   Tue, 30 Apr 2013 - 20:27
- - Jlc   The BPA skirt around the issue. (Section 16 here)...   Tue, 30 Apr 2013 - 15:25
- - SchoolRunMum   It's discrimination if a person is disadvantag...   Tue, 30 Apr 2013 - 15:47
- - Lynnzer   I'm trying to get a ticket in a certain town c...   Tue, 30 Apr 2013 - 18:19
- - jdh   If you have to display a blue badge to use the dis...   Tue, 30 Apr 2013 - 20:03
|- - Ming Rider   QUOTE (jdh @ Tue, 30 Apr 2013 - 21:0...   Fri, 3 May 2013 - 21:39
- - wewin   My wife suffers from epilepsy and is on medication...   Wed, 1 May 2013 - 21:22
|- - SchoolRunMum   QUOTE (wewin @ Wed, 1 May 2013 - 22...   Thu, 2 May 2013 - 00:26
|- - nigelbb   QUOTE (SchoolRunMum @ Thu, 2 May 2013 - ...   Thu, 2 May 2013 - 06:27
|- - SchoolRunMum   QUOTE (nigelbb @ Thu, 2 May 2013 - 07...   Thu, 2 May 2013 - 18:36
- - wewin   She doent have mobility problems and the condition...   Thu, 2 May 2013 - 07:30
- - TheDJ   My partner and I frequent our local sainsburys sev...   Fri, 3 May 2013 - 21:12
- - SchoolRunMum   QUOTE (TheDJ @ Fri, 3 May 2013 - 22...   Fri, 3 May 2013 - 22:42
- - TheDJ   QUOTE (SchoolRunMum @ Fri, 3 May 2013 - ...   Fri, 3 May 2013 - 23:17


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