Making private hire services more accessible to disabled people
A good practice guide for Private Hire Vehicle operators and drivers
Some useful contacts
The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC)
Zone 1/14, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, LONDON. SW1P 4DR
Telephone: 020 7944 8011
Minicom: 020 7944 6100
Email: dptac@dft.gsi.gov.uk
Mobility and Inclusion Unit
Department for Transport, Zone 1/18, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, LONDON. SW1P 4DR
Telephone: 020 7944 6100
Minicom: 020 7944 3277
Email: miu@dft.gsi.gov.uk
Department for Transport free literature
PO Box 236, WETHERBY. LS23 7NB
Telephone: 0870 1226 236
Fax: 0870 1226 237
Email: dft@twoten.press.net
Briteboard
Unit 1, Fortune Way, Triangle Business Centre, LONDON. NW10 6UF
Telephone: 020 8964 5300
Email: briteboard@aol.com
Centre for Accessible Environments
Nutmeg House, 60 Gainsford Street, LONDON. SE1 2NY
Telephone: 020 7357 8182
Email: info@cae.org.uk
CHANGE
Units 18-20, Unity Business Centre, 26 Roundhay Road, LEEDS. LS7 1AB
Telephone: 0113 243 0202
Email: changepeople@excite.co.uk
Community Transport Association
Highbank, Halton Street, HYDE, Cheshire. SK14 2NY
Telephone: 0870 774 3586
Email: ctauk@communitytransport.com
Deafblind UK
100 Bridge Street, PETERBOROUGH, Cambridgeshire. PE1 1DY
Telephone: 01733 358100
Minicom: 01733 358858
Email: info@deafblind.org.uk
Disability Rights Commission
7th Floor, 222 Gray's Inn Road, LONDON. WC1X 8HL
Telephone: 08457 622633
Minicom: 08457 622644
Email: enquiry@drc-gb.org
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (GDBA)
Burghfield Common, READING. RG7 3YG
Telephone: 0870 600 2323
Email: guidedogs@guidedogs.org.uk
Kirklees Metropolitan Council
Building Controls and Licensing Service, Rooms 8-10 Estate Buildings, Railway Street, HUDDERSFIELD.
Telephone: 01484 223470
The London Private Hire Car Association
213 Kenton Road , HARROW, Middlesex. HA3 0HD
Telephone: 07956 329288
Fax: 020 7723 0609
Email: lphca@btinternet.com
Mobility & Access Committee for Scotland (MACS)
Forsyth House, Rosyth Europarc, ROSYTH. KY11 2UU
Telephone: 01383 428031
Email: macs@ednet.co.uk
The Mental Health and Transport Group
c/o Lambeth Mind, The Co-op Centre, Unit 2a, 11 Mowll Street, LONDON. SW9 6BG
Email: mh.transportgroup@talk21.com
The Multiple Sclerosis Society
MS National Centre, 372 Edgware Road, Staples Corner, LONDON. NW2 6ND
Telephone: 020 8438 0700
Email: info@mssociety.org.uk
The National Association of Taxi and Private Hire Licensing and Enforcement Officers
Mr David Blurton (NATPHLEO Training Co-ordinator)
9 Sedgefield Close, Llwyn Onn Park, Cefn Road, WREXHAM. LL13 0PZ
The National Private Hire Association (NPHA)
8 Silver Street, BURY, Lancashire. BL9 0EX
Telephone: 0161 280 2800
Email: info@npha.co.uk
Road Transport Regulation Branch
Department of the Environment, Room G-20, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, BELFAST. BT2 8GB
Telephone: 028 9025 4100
The Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR)
12 City Forum, 250 City Road, LONDON. EC1V 8AF
Telephone: 020 7250 3222
Minicom: 020 7250 4119
Email: radar@radar.org.uk
Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
105 Judd Street, LONDON. WC1H 9NE
Telephone: 020 7388 1266
Email: helpline@rnib.org.uk
The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
19-23 Featherstone Street, LONDON. EC1Y 8SL
Telephone: 020 7296 8199
Email: helpline@rnid.org.uk
Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults (MENCAP)
123 Golden Lane, LONDON. EC1Y 0RT
Telephone: 020 7454 0454
SCOPE
6 Market Road, LONDON. N7 9PW
Telephone: 020 7619 7100
Transport & Travel Research Ltd
Minster House, Minster Pool Walk, LICHFIELD. WS13 6QT
Telephone: 01543 416416
Email: enquiries@ttr-ltd.com
Verifeye (UK) Ltd
1 Branksome Business Centre, Cortry Close, POOLE, Dorset. BH12 4BQ
Telephone: 01202 732266
Email: verifeye@v21mail.co.uk
Published: 03 December 2003
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