Concessions pricing | Lee Valley Regional

Concessions pricing at Lee Valley Regional Park venues

We aim to encourage the use of our venues from disadvantaged groups, by offering below market, or concessionary rates for activities to help treat all people fairly. Based on examples of best practice provided by the Audit Commission, Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) has developed a three-tier approach to identifying who concessions apply to:

People outside the normal working age
People with disabilities
People who are on a low income and in receipt of a form a means tested benefit as identified in the table below.

This tier approach is adopted by venues and services operated by LVRPA and venues operated on our behalf by GLL.

LVRPA's venues and services try to ensure that where feasible concessions are offered to these groups. At many venues concessionary rates are offered in the form of ‘off peak charges’.

Evidence for each concessionary category is subject to change dependent on central Government legislation. The table below shows the current forms of evidence that is acceptable. Any changes to the evidence will be updated annually as part of the LVRPA Fees and Charges review process.

Target group	People targeted	Examples of evidence
Group 1: People outside the normal working age	Senior Citizens (men and women) who are entitled to receive the state pension only in line with Government policy.	Proof of age card, pension book, driving licence, passport or proof of date of birth.
Group 1: People outside the normal working age	People aged 18 and under	Proof of age card, passport or proof of date of birth.
Group 1: People outside the normal working age	Juniors – Under 16	Proof of age card, passport or proof of date of birth.
Group 2: People with disabilities, and their carers	People with a disability who receive Disability Living Allowance benefit, (DLA) and require assistance from a carer.	Award letter within the last 12 months from the Department of Works and Pensions (DWP).
Group 2: People with disabilities, and their carers	Groups of people with special needs who require assistance.	Applications must be made in writing to the manager of the venue. The letter must be on official headed paper from group, organisation, school, club, society etc.
Group 3: People who are on a low income and in receipt of one of the benefits identified in column 2	People on Income Support (IS) Employment Support Allowance (ESA formerly Incapacity Benefit) Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) Carers Credit (CC	Award letter within the last 12 months from the Department of Works and Pensions (IS, JSA, ESA, CC). An entitlement notice from Local Authority/ Council within the last 12 months clearly highlighting a reduced charge owing to any of the above benefit entitlements.