KCIL Phone Coffee Morning
Have you wanted to take part in KCIL member coffee mornings, but you haven’t been able to, as you’re not online or you find video calls difficult? KCIL will be hosting a phone coffee morning – 11 am 18 June; all you need is a phone. Contact [email protected] or call 020 85469603 for more infomation. Many thanks to […]
National Diversity Awards
KCIL is honoured to be nominated for the 2021 National Diversity Awards – Community Organisation Award. We appreciate the nomination and the votes that we’ve received. It’s not too late to vote; you can vote here. There have been eight nominations for the National Diversity Awards in Kingston this year. To learn more, visit https://www.kingston.gov.uk/news/article/112/kingston-has-achieved-eight-local-nominations-in-the-national-diversity-awards.
Announcing #KCILSummer
KCIL is planning on getting outside this summer with its members. There will be a trip on the river with The River Thames Boat Project, a visit to Wisley Gardens and trips to Kew Gardens. KCIL members will be receiving their postcard invite in the next few days. The first trip will be to Wisley Gardens on 3 June, […]
New ‘Tell Us About Your Care’ website
The regulator for NHS and care services in England – The Care Quality Commission – have acknowledged that they have not focussed on the needs of people living with a disability and the families that support them. To this end, they have asked that people share their experiences of using the NHS and care services. […]
PA Vacancy News
Did you know that the pay rates for some of our PA positions have recently increased? So now is an even better time to start looking into working as a personal assistant. PAs make a massive difference to the disabled people they support. The roles are varied, rewarding & flexible. You can find our current […]
Audio guide to voting at the Local Elections
Did you know that you can listen to news from KCIL on Talking Newspapers? Kingston Talking Newspaper is online at https://listen.talking-news.info/kingston, on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Alexa, and by phone. This week Brian has posted the audio guide to voting at the upcoming elections.
KCIL Coffee Morning – the switch from net Direct Payments to gross Direct Payments
KCIL would like to invite Direct Payment users in the borough of Kingston, to the rescheduled Direct Payment Users Online Coffee Morning, 11.00 Wednesday 31 March. We will be discussing the change from net Direct Payments to gross Direct Payments, which will be happening from June 2021. A ‘net’ Direct Payment means that RBK deducts […]
Wellbeing Tips
KCIL took part in Kingston First’s first-ever Wellbeing Week last week. Team KCIL created a series of wellbeing tip videos about things that they find help them. We posted them on the KCIL Twitter and Facebook accounts; our Participation Advisor Phil was a particular baking success. But wellbeing isn’t just for one week, so you […]
COVID Vaccine Q&A
At KCIL’s February Coffee Morning, we were joined by Melvyn Narraidoo from Royal Borough of Kingston Council, Fergus Keegan from NHS South West London CCG and David Ashley from Mark Bates Ltd. Melvyn gave us an update on PA vaccinations. Fergus answered more of our questions around the coronavirus vaccine. And David responded to questions […]
Access All Areas: KCIL Access Services Launch
KCIL would like to invite you to the launch of their new Access All Areas services. Building on our previous experience as accessibility consultants and incorporating our staff, members, service users, and trustees’ lived experiences. We can help organisations/service providers and employers ensure that they meet their legislated accessibility requirements. From the planning stages of […]
