About Us

We are a charity run by people with a disability, to help others with a disability, their family, friends, carers, personal assistants and anyone who has an interest in the problems surrounding disability matters.

We are a united voice working together to influence decision makers and campaigning to remove physical, communicational, and attitudinal barriers in our community. Find out more about us.

This website is designed to be the main portal in our area for finding information focused on issues surrounding persons with disabilities.

We do not have paid staff, all those who work for us are volunteers.  An important source of income for the charity is your donations.  Disability Watford could run for a day on a donation of £10.  You can support us by becoming a volunteer, or making a donation.

Our Campaigns

14%

of people in Watford have a disability

£1000

fine for taxi drivers who will not take wheelchair users

Disability Watford continues to engage in perennial problems affecting persons with disabilities, including:

  • Inaccessible public transport, particularly buses
  • Issues around blue badges and Disabled parking bays
  • Issues with taxi service, e.g. drivers refusing assistance dogs and overcharging wheelchair users
  • Issues surrounding changes to ‘benefits system’ that directly affect people with disabilities

We are proactively engaged to bring about changes to benefit our local disabled community. Find our more about our Campaigns.

Latest News

Disability Action Plan cover page

Government’s Disability Action Plan published

Just over a year ago, to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the government announced that a new...

Access Audits service

A valuable service provided by Disability Watford is the conduct of Access Audits. This service is designed to assess aspects...

Disability Watford team at Herts Pride

Disability Watford at Herts Pride 2023

The annual Herts Pride event took place on Saturday 19th August in Cassiobury Park, Watford.  This event is now...

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More On the Recent Court Case Win

Our last post highlighted a groundbreaking court case for Guide Dog Owners, and we now take a closer look...

Sitting guide dog by Mikhail Nilov

Groundbreaking Court Case win

A Guide Dog Owner has won a groundbreaking court case against a taxi driver and their taxi company. You will...

National Disability Strategy

In July 2021, the Government published its long-awaited National Disability Strategy, which has been in development for several years,...