National Blue Badge Awareness Week 2026

Nationwide action against Blue Badge abuse runs 11-15 May

Today marks the start of the National Blue Badge Awareness Week 2026. Over the next five days, over local authorities, private parking operators and organisations across the UK will be coming together to help raise awareness of Blue Badge misuse and its impact on those who genuinely rely on accessible parking.

This year’s campaign, which builds on the success of last year’s Day of Action, aims to create the first coordinated national picture of Blue Badge use, misuse and enforcement activity across all parking environments.

The Awareness Week is about more than enforcement. It is seeks to:

• Protect accessibility and independence
• Support fair and proportionate enforcement
• Raise awareness of the impact of misuse and fraud
• Build evidence to support future policy and best practice.

The National Blue Badge Awareness Week is sponsored by National Blue Badge and supported by Landor LINKS' Parking Review magazine, Disabled Motoring UK (DMUK), Police CPI's Safer Parking Scheme, the British Parking Association (BPA), The International Parking Community (IPC) and civil enforcement association CIVEA.

Richard Boultbee, consultant to National Blue Badge, said: “We are delighted again to run this important campaign across the UK, it has grown from a day of action into an awareness week to help it grow bigger and better than ever. We also wanted to provide flexibility for those taking part to run their own local campaigns to boost awareness further.  

“In addition to local authorities, we hope that as many private operators will take part this year to help highlight the situation on private land. There is still time to take part, register now and take part during this week. 

“I will be speaking about to highlights at Parkex the following week and a full analysis will be presented at the Enforcement Excellence event in July, following this show all those organisation that feedback their results will receive a copy of the full report. 

“We hope this will be the biggest gathering of Blue Badge usage data seen in the UK, and something we can all evidence and use to help us further improve the scheme.”

Landor LINKS is providing administrative support and is delighted that so many organisations have signed up to support the initiative. Jason Conboy, managing director of Landor LINKS, said: “We would like to thank everyone taking part this week and all those helping to support and promote the campaign. We look forward to sharing updates and insights throughout the week.”
 
To register your organisation with National Blue Badge Awareness Week CLICK HERE

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Support for National Blue Badge Awareness Week

Russell Hamblin-Boone, chief executive of CIVEA: “National Blue Badge Awareness Week is an important opportunity to raise awareness of the impact that Blue Badge fraud and deliberate misuse can have on people with genuine mobility needs.

“By supporting greater awareness and collaboration, local authorities and their partners can help protect the integrity of the scheme and ensure accessible parking spaces remain available for those who rely on them.

“CIVEA enforcement agents play an important role by helping local authorities recover unpaid penalty charges where individuals deliberately break the rules. Effective enforcement helps to maintain public confidence in this important scheme, whilst protecting accessibility, fairness and independence for the people who rely on it every day.

“CIVEA is pleased to support National Blue Badge Awareness Week and the wider efforts to tackle fraud, improve compliance and support legitimate badge holders.”

The Safer Parking Scheme: “National Blue Badge Awareness Week is here, and we’re proud to stand alongside our partners at Disabled Motoring UK to support this important campaign.

“Blue Badge misuse has a real impact on people who rely on accessible parking every day. When spaces are used fraudulently, genuine badge holders are left at a disadvantage.

“Through our Safer Parking Accessible scheme, we’re committed to helping create parking environments that are fair, inclusive and accessible for all. Let’s work together to protect these important spaces!”

Kim Challis, regional managing director for APCOA Parking UK & Ireland: “As National Blue Badge Awareness Week shines a spotlight on the misuse of disabled parking permits, APCOA is reaffirming its commitment to protecting accessible parking spaces for those who genuinely need them.

“The national campaign supports local authorities in tackling Blue Badge fraud, safeguarding access for disabled motorists and gathering valuable enforcement data. As a leading provider of enforcement services to 22 local authorities across the UK and Ireland, APCOA plays a key role in supporting this effort through proactive patrols and specialist enforcement technology.”