I am a social worker and used it for shopping but now I’m retired I can’t renew it
Until recently I worked as a social worker and benefited from the Blue Light Card discount scheme for public service employees. I used it to save money on my weekly shop in Asda, as well as in high street stores such as Next.
I retired last summer and when I attempted to renew my card I was turned down. While retired members of the armed forces, police, fire service and NHS are still eligible, social care staff are not because they cannot provide a “consistent form of ID”.
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