Concession Card
Respect Older People in the Community
ACT Seniors Card
ACT Seniors related information
Affordable essential services
Transport and Mobility
Transport
Action
Community Bus Services
HACC Transport
Seniors Moving Safely
Vehicle Immobiliser Scheme
Canberra Elite (ex-Canberra Cabs)
Cabxpress
Taxi Subsidy Scheme
Pedal Power
Mobility
The Independent Living Centre
Mobility Aids
National Toilet Map
Action
The ACT’s public transport provider.
Gold Card
Free travel on ACTION buses for all Canberrans 75 years of age or older. http://www.action.act.gov.au/concession_fares.html#concession 
Accessible Travel Advice
http://www.action.act.gov.au/accessible_travel.html
Community Bus Services
http://www.dhcs.act.gov.au/wac/community
Buses are run by the Regional Community Services. The service aims to improve the social inclusion and community participation of people who find it difficult to use regular bus services e.g. seniors and other people with mobility limitations.
Gungahlin Regional Community Service
http://www.grcs.org.au/detail_description.php?page_id=7
Northside Community Service
http://www.northside.asn.au/care-a-transport/transport.html
Belconnen Community Service
http://www.bcsact.com.au/inner.php?cat_id=3&cat_name=Community%2BTransport
Woden Community Service
http://www.wcs.org.au/programs/aged_care/
Southside Community Services
http://www.sscs.org.au/page.php?page_id=7
Communities @ Work
Email: Communities@Work
(Tuggeranong & Weston Creek)
http://www.commsatwork.org/tabid/98/Default.aspx
HACC Transport
Administered by the six Regional Community Services and accessible to anybody who is eligible for Home and Community Care (HACC) services i.e. frail aged or people with a disability who is at risk of needing residential care if they do not receive support services. You do not need to be receiving any other HACC service to use HACC Transport.
Gungahlin Regional Community Service
http://www.grcs.org.au/detail_description.php?page_id=7
Northside Community Service
http://www.northside.asn.au/care-a-transport/transport.html
Belconnen Community Service
http://www.bcsact.com.au/inner.php?cat_id=3&cat_name=Community%2BTransport
Woden Community Service
http://www.wcs.org.au/programs/aged_care/
Southside Community Services
http://www.sscs.org.au/uploaded_files/fck/file/HACC%20Transport.pdf
Communities @ Work
Email: Communities@Work
(Tuggeranong & Weston Creek)
http://www.commsatwork.org/tabid/98/Default.aspx
Seniors Moving Safely
A useful website about road safety for older people.
http://www.seniorsmovingsafely.org.au/
Vehicle Immobiliser Scheme
Free or subsidised immobilisers for older cars.
COTA (ACT)
Ph: 6282 3777
http://www.cota-act.org.au
Canberra Elite (ex-Canberra Cabs)
Accessible taxis
Ph: 6126 1596
http://www.canberracabs.com.au/
Cabxpress
Accessible taxis
Ph: 6260 6077
http://www.cabxpress.com.au/
Taxi Subsidy Scheme
Assists people who have a severe disability that prevents them using public transport for a minimum period of 6 months. The scheme provides a subsidy towards the cost of taxi transport.
http://www.dhcs.act.gov.au/disability_act/services#taxi
Pedal Power
A community organisation with the objective: 'More Canberrans cycling, more often, for a better community'.
http://www.pedalpower.org.au/
The Independent Living Centre
24 Parkinson Street, Weston.
This is an ACT Health information resource centre which displaying hundreds of items of equipment that you can try and compare, to help you make informed choices when purchasing products or accessing services.
http://www.health.act.gov.au/c/health?a=sp&did=10046787
Equipment Scheme
http://www.health.act.gov.au/c/health?a=&did=10039863
Home Modifications - Home Help
This service provides home modifications that can assist with mobility, such as ramps and hand rails.
http://www.homehelp.org.au/our-services.html (Click on ‘Home Mods’ tab in centre of page)
Mobility Aids / Scooters
Link to Mobility Equipment in the current Seniors Card Directory.
http://www.actseniorscard.org.au/discounts.htm
Help cut mobility scooter accidents
An average of 6 mobility scooter related deaths occur every year in Australia. If you are thinking about using a mobility scooter please read this guide to help avoid injury.
http://www.productsafety.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/973401
Mobility Scooter Survey
In an effort to better identify the causes of scooter accidents, the NRMA and ACCC invite scooter users to complete an on-line survey between 9 February and 5 April 2012.
www.mynrma.com.au/scooters
National Toilet Map
Helping you to plan ahead when it comes to toilet stops.
http://www.toiletmap.gov.au/
