As Chair of the Senedd’s Petitions Committee, I’m working with STAND North Wales CIC on making #BlueBadges lifelong for those with lifelong conditions. This is a social justice issue - and we must fix the system.

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A driver’s eye ciew (parked, of course) of the main entrance to Lidl, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, where pallets of compost and shelves of plants block the way from the blue badge parking spaces. From this angle, it’s not immediately obvious that the display is actually taking up one of those spaces, too.

Standing at the entrance to Lidl, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, where the entrance is blocked by plant displays, and one of the blue badge spaces is actually being taken over by the store so they can sell a few shrubs. The only way a person can get from their car to a blue badge space, or vice versa, is by walking into oncoming traffic, which is also unsighted due to this menagerie. I myself, when visiting the store with my blue badge holding wife, came cropper when I had to push the trolley off the higher portion of the footpath. The trolley came close to toppling over and depositing its contents everywhere. Can only imagine how much more difficult it would be for a person with difficulties with mobility.

I find #Lidl in general show little respect to people with disabilities, but my local store in #Castleblayney in #Monaghan takes the biscuit. Access limited by plant display, and now they’re taking up one of the precious spaces, too. To say nothing of actually enforcing #bluebadges

So if we have #BlueBadges for accessible parking, I’m thinking a scheme of #RedBadges may be required for Santa Parking

Ho Ho Ho!

In case you’ve ever been curious about #BlueBadges ♿️ here is why they matter (disabled parking).

-The bays are wider to allow room for wheelchairs, canes, guide dogs, equipment.
- They are located near to destinations and safe walkways/oacemevys
- They often have free concessions. This is …