Benefits and discounts
Our foster carers have access to a range of employee benefits.
Quick links
- Active Luton
- Annual rail ticket discount
- Arriva Travel Club
- Kaarp employee discount scheme
- MOT discounts
- Vauxhall offer
Active Luton corporate rates - April 2023 to March 2024
Corporate rates are only available to employees of companies on the Active Luton corporate scheme. Monthly memberships (except annuals) will incur a start-up payment of £17.50.
Sign up in centre - ID required.
Multi-centre membership
Monthly: £38.99
Annual: £389 (12 months for 10)
Available at:
- Inspire: Luton Sports Village
- Lea Manor Recreation Centre
- Lewsey Sports Park & Pool
- Stockwood Park Athletics Centre
- Hightown Community Sports & Arts Centre
Dual-centre membership
Monthly: £26.99
Annual: £269 (12 months for 10)
Available at:
Rail ticket discount
Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd offers a 50 per cent discount on rail season tickets for the Thameslink route if you're commuting to work in Luton stations.
Arriva Travel Club
We've joined forces with Arriva Shires to offer you some great value savings on local bus travel in the Arriva Shires areas.
If you have kids, up to two children can travel for free at weekends and on bank holidays when you all travel together. Just show your season ticket when boarding.
You can buy a yearly ticket from as little as:
- £45.84 for the Luton & Dunstable zone
- £68.34 for Orbit - travel in all Beds & Bucks zones
- £73.33 for travel in all zones in the whole of the Arriva Shires area
Kaarp employee discount scheme
Kaarp is a scheme that enables you to buy products and services at a discount.
- Entertainment
- Finance
- Health
- Motoring
- Shopping
- Travel
Offers available include stays in top hotels, gifts, insurance, and entertainment activities. There's even discount on gift vouchers for a huge range of popular high street retailers.
MOT discounts
As a council employee, you qualify for a discount of £10 on MOT inspections for cars/vans (vehicle classes four, five and seven) and £5 off for motorcycles, carried out by our Fleet Transport team.
Offering an excellent, reliable and cost-effective MOT service, the testing station is open:
- Monday to Tuesday from 7am to 8pm
- Wednesday to Friday from 7am to 7pm
Find out more about MOT discounts.
Vauxhall partner offer
Exclusive £500 saving for you and up to 3 friends or family with Vauxhall Partners.
As a Vauxhall partner you can also enjoy a free Vauxhall care package. We’ll even give you 20 per cent off Vauxhall approved accessories so you can really make it your own.
Contact us
If you have a query about fostering and would like to learn more, please contact us between:
- 9am and 5.30pm, Monday to Thursday
- 9am to 4.30pm Friday
Fostering team
E: [email protected]
T: 01582 547633
- Express an interest and start your fostering journey