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TV Licence - Is This True?
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According to my Grandma, we can get a half price TV licence, because someone (me) in our family is visually impaired.
According to the TV Licence site, the only people that can get them half price arblind people and according to moneysavingexpert.com, visually impaired (blind, partially sighted and anything that can't be corrected with glasses) can get it half price.
I know about blind people getting them half price, but dos anyone know if this is true for other visually impaired people?
According to the TV Licence site, the only people that can get them half price arblind people and according to moneysavingexpert.com, visually impaired (blind, partially sighted and anything that can't be corrected with glasses) can get it half price.
I know about blind people getting them half price, but dos anyone know if this is true for other visually impaired people?
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Where on MSE does it say that? The only bit I can find is a copy of the bit off the TV Licensing website about the 50% discount and needing to provide TV Licensing with a certificate from your opthalmologist confirming you are blind or visually impaired.
The TV Licensing website always refers to "blind or severely sight impaired". If you are considered severely sight impaired you need to phone them and get the current license transferred to your name (presumably it's currently in your parents' names) then you can apply for a discount. Might be an idea to phone them with the name of your condition and ask if they consider that severe.
from - http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/tv-licence#discount
Do you already have such a certificate from your opthalmologist? If not, they should be your first port of call.
I already have a certificate from my opthalmologist.
If you look further down the page it also says you can get a refund on the part of this year that you've already paid for in full...
To get a half price TV license you have to be registered blind. The best way to do it is to ring TV Licensing to inform them that someone in the family is registered blind.
The license will need to be in their name, and a copy of the blind certificate will need to be sent to their Bristol office. Remember that the license will be registered at the blind persons address, so if they aren't living with you, you still need your own license.
Once the blind certificiate has been checked the blind person will be given a reduced license.
Exactly. I was talking to a lecturer at a uni open day and he told me that the (now ex) head of department was blind, and that was for Couter Science.