Registration fee: Registration will start in March. There will be a small participation fee, with reduced rates for ENIL members and Personal Assistants.

 

Fundraising: We advise everyone to contact their Members of the European Parliament and ask for sponsorship to join the Freedom Drive. Each MEP has a generous budget to bring people from their own country to Brussels each year. You can download the template to get in touch with your MEP here.

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Contact person: The mailbox for the Freedom Drive is freedom.drive@enil.eu. This will be checked by different members of the ENIL team involved in the Freedom Drive organisation. We will aim to reply to all queries promptly.

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Travel and accommodation: All participants are responsible for covering their travel and accommodation costs. ENIL will only be in a position to cover the costs of speakers and members of the Board (ENIL and ENIL Youth). Unfortunately, we cannot consider other requests for funding due to our limited budget (with the exception of Stipends, explained below).

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Stipends: We will award two Martin Naughton stipends to young disabled activists from Europe and two Solidarity stipends, supported by the Robert Bosch Foundation, to disabled activists from the Global South. The criteria and application procedure will be published by the end of February. Please check this website regularly for more details.

 

Accessible hotels: Please book early, as there are many events taking place in Brussels in September. For a list of accessible hotels, please check the website of Handy Brussels.​​​

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Parking in Brussels: To benefit from free parking in the Brussels Region, Parking Brussels only recognises the European Disability Parking Card (the UK Blue badge is unfortunately no longer recognised). To do this, you need to pre-register your European Disability Parking Card:

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• Send an e-mail to handicap@parking.brussels;

• Requesting that the attached European Disability Parking Card be “linked” to the vehicle's license plate N°.... (indicate number) of the vehicle;

• Attach a copy of both sides of the European Disability Parking Card to the e-mail.

 

Once this is done, you must still display the European Disability Parking Card on the vehicle's dashboard.

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For private parking, this site lists a number of private parks companies where you can find the parking lot closest to where you are. Each parking lot shows the maximum height of the vehicle.

 

It is also advised that you check that your vehicle meets the LEZ (Low Emission Zone) conditions for driving in the Brussels Region.

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More practical details will be added soon.