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Cost of Living Help

Help with Transport Costs

Gold Card

Gold Card is Derbyshire County Council's travel and library card for older people and people with certain disabilities.

Gold Card currently allows you to travel free, on local buses, throughout Derbyshire, from 9.30am up to 11pm weekdays, and at any time during weekends and on bank holidays.
Gold Card also allows you to travel free, off-peak on local buses throughout the whole of England, from 9:30am to 11pm weekdays and at any time during weekends and bank holidays.
Gold Card holders can also travel free-of-charge anytime on Derbyshire Connect Dial-a-Bus 'shopping' buses.

Find out more about Gold Card on the Derbyshire County Council website

50% off travel if you’re on Universal Credit

You may be eligible for a Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Card if you’re on Universal Credit.

Find out more information on the National Rail website

Bus Passes

In England you can get a bus pass for free travel when you reach the State Pension age. Apply for an older person’s bus pass
If you’re disabled then you may be eligible for a disabled person’s pass if you live in England. Apply for a disabled person’s bus pass

Free Legal Advice

The Student Legal Advice Centre at Derby Law School offers pro bono advice and assistance in a range of areas of law:

Family Law Clinic
Support at Court in Family matters (Derby Courts)
Reach Out Clinic – family law advice for people in prison
Immigration Family Reunion Clinic
Legal Triage Clinic (University of Derby students only)
Policy Clinic
International Human Rights Clinic
Business Clinic (for small businesses and entrepreneurs)

For more information, visit the University of Derby website

Low-Cost and Free Paint

The Derby Community RePaint scheme, which is managed by the Play and Recycling Centre (PARC), was created to help community groups, schools and people who are on low incomes, or in receipt of benefits, by providing affordable and usable leftover paint from commercial and trade sources.

Every litre of paint you obtain from this scheme would otherwise go to landfill, so whatever colour you choose, it's green!

For more information about the scheme and to register, visit the PARC website

CoL Support Resources - Leaflet, Posters, Translations & Toolkit

Help spread the word, to ensure that Derby residents are getting all the help that they are entitled to!

We have put together a selection of materials including a leaflet and a series of posters covering the key messages surrounding the Cost of Living support for Derby residents, including an A3 poster translated into 10 languages. You can download them here.

We can supply a small amount of printed materials per organisation if required. If you would like to receive some then please email which materials you require and a brief outline of where you plan to use them to communicationsandmarketing@derby.gov.uk

We have also produced a Communications Toolkit, which contains a library of marketing resources that community organisations and partners can use to help spread the word of the help and information available to Derby residents. You can download that below: Cost of Living Communications Toolkit