CitizenCard has launched a partnership with Love2shop. Anyone over 18 who applies online in addition to their CitizenCard gets a Love2shop Partner Card for FREE.

The Love2shop Partner Card is a prepaid card that saves you 7% off all purchases at high street shops such as Argos, Boots, Currys, Debenhams, HMV, Homebase, Iceland, Marks and Spencers, Mothercare, New Look, PC World, River Island, Superdrug and many more.

Every time a person loads money onto CitizenCard Love2shop card they get 7% off. That means that if you load £9.30 you get £10 to spend and if you load £93 you get £100 to spend - perfect for when you want to make a big or small purchase. The only extra cost is a one off £1.50 fee the first time you load money onto your card. The card balance can be checked on the move using a Love2Shop app available on Google Play Store® and Apple App Store®.

Existing holders of a CitizenCard can get a Love2shop Partner Card with their new 18+ CitizenCard for just £8 (normal cost £12) using LOVE2SHOP discount code at https://apply.citizencard.com/apply/upg.

First time over 18 applicants can apply at www.citizencard.com and pay £11 (normal cost £15) using code LOVE2SHOP.

CitizenCard has launched a new card design for our under 18 cards. It looks a lot like the 18+ card, but is yellow instead of blue. The new design is for two age bands: 16-17 and Under 16. All cards will now feature the date when the 16-17 cardholders turn 18 and the under 16 cardholders turn 16.

The new cards feature the PASS hologram and display the Trading Standards logo on the front. They also have a UV (ultraviolet) marking in the form of the PASS logo which runs right across the cards. The UV marks can be seen with a UV light.

The new cards are available for £10 using code NEWCARD at www.citizencard.com and existing holders of a CitizenCard can get the new card for just £5 using code NEWU18 at https://apply.citizencard.com/apply/upg

Home Office Minister Norman Baker today (Tuesday 10 June 2014) launched the new 18+ PASS card design that features on 18+ CitizenCards.  The new design displays the logos of the Association of Chief Police Officers, the Trading Standards Institute and the Security Industry Authority (SIA) that licenses bar and club doorstaff across the UK.

Chief Constable Adrian Lee, on behalf of ACPO, endorsed the new design and has written to fellow Chief Constables advising that if the card is refused in bars or clubs the police must investigate.  The police advise that passports should not be used as proof of age and the DVLA oppose driving licences being used for this purpose either.

Andrew Chevis, CitizenCard’s Chief Executive, welcomed the new design which applies to all 18+ PASS cards issued in England & Wales:

“The police and doorstaff are literally on the cards and every major bar and club operator has welcomed the new design.  Any adult across the UK should be able to use these cards in bars, clubs and elsewhere without any difficulty.  The new card is a fitting way to celebrate CitizenCard’s 15^th Anniversary.”

The No ID, No Sale! campaign has also launched today a new retail pack that promotes the new PASS design.  The pack is available free of charge to independent retailers from www.noidnosale.com

CitizenCard is the only non-profit organisation to issue PASS cards across the UK.  It is operated by: Association of Convenience Stores, Camelot, Co-Operative, Experian, Ladbrokes and National Federation of Retail Newsagents.

The new card is available at a cost of £10 from www.citizencard.com using code NEWCARD.  Existing holders of a CitizenCard can get the new card for just £5 using code REPLACE at https://apply.citizencard.com/apply/upg .