{"id":169,"date":"2020-03-04T16:50:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T16:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/educationandfamilies\/?page_id=169"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:49:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:49:56","slug":"discount-card","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/money\/discount-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Discounts and concessions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many schemes offer grants, discounts or savings to families with a child who has special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). See our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/money\/other-financial-support\/\">support from national organisations and charities<\/a> page for some suggestions of these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Max Card<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Devon County Council offer a free discount card called the Max Card. It&#8217;s available to families with children aged 0-18 who have SEND, when they sign up to our Disability Register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2020\/11\/360-max-card-300x197-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Max Discount Card\" class=\"wp-image-504 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>If you are the main parent and\/or carer of a child or young person with SEND you can join our Disability Register. When you join we&#8217;ll send you a free Max card (valid for two years) as a thank you for helping us know about the different needs of our communities so that we can improve services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The card allows eligible children and young people free or discounted admission to local and nationwide attractions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information visit <a href=\"https:\/\/mymaxcard.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">the Max Card website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Apply for a Max Card<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To request to become part of our disability register, complete our online form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fdcfc74e wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a onclick=\"dataLayer.push({&amp;apos;buttonEvent&amp;apos;: &amp;apos;Information page&amp;apos;});\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=gzehjWjLP0S7S5l_d_1b-3Mj0aQNWcZBqXA-YDQ4iK5UNThCNkNNTDJQRlZWTzJXWUlFSkxYNVdSVS4u\" rel=\"noopener\">Join the disability register<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Alternatively you can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>download the form and completed it, then post to the address below.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ask us to send you a copy in the post to complete and return.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>email the completed form to <a href=\"mailto:Maxcard@devon.gov.uk\">Maxcard@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Postal address<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Disability Register (Max Card)<br>Disabled Children\u2019s Service<br>Devon County Council<br>Topsham Road<br>Exeter<br>EX2 4QD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the card has expired, if you wish to receive a new one and remain on the Disability Network register, you will be required to re-register and a new card will be issued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Max Card is free to families with children aged 0-25 who have SEND and provides free or discounted admission to more than 800 attractions nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":124,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-169","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-26 06:50:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73333,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169\/revisions\/73333"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}