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Action over misuse of Barton-upon-Humber club's disabled parking
A school is introducing measures to stop people misusing its disabled parking comes after members of Barton Inclusive Football Club, based at Baysgarth Sports Village in Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, reported difficulties and suffering verbal abuse while trying to use the new measures include a reporting system to highlight offenders, improved signs, patrols and community founder Sophie Bartup said: "For our players and some of our volunteers, being able to park close to the pitch is essential."
The club, which has more than 300 members and 50 volunteers, caters for people with additional needs or long-term mental health difficulties, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service."We work really hard to create a safe and welcoming environment for everyone," Ms Bartup said."We've been experiencing challenges at the site due to the misuse of disabled parking bays."What may not seem a big thing to some people, to us as a club and to our players it's really important that they feel they can park safely."
'Deeply concerned'
The sports village is part of Baysgarth School, and head teacher Jade Driscoll said: "We are deeply concerned by recent incidents involving non-blue badge holders misusing accessible parking bays on our site, and we are taking proactive steps to address this issue."The school has recently increased the number of accessible parking of people misusing the parking facilities could be shared with the community policing Bartup said the measures taken by the school were appreciated by the club.
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