KCIL Office Opening Hours this Christmas
As the festive season approaches, we at the Kingston Centre for Independent Living (KCIL) want to extend our heartfelt wishes to all our community members. This time of year is about reflection, togetherness, and gratitude. We are incredibly thankful for your continued support, partnership, and commitment to creating a more inclusive and accessible world for […]
KCIL AGM 2025
KCIL members are cordially invited to Kingston Centre for Independent Living (KCIL) Annual General Meeting. When: 1.30pm – 2.15pm 23 January 2025 with coffee and mingle afterwards 2.15pm- 3pm. Where: There are options to attend in-person or online: In-person: Kingston United Reformed Church, Eden St, Kingston upon Thames KT1 1HZ Online: Zoom The AGM will give you the […]
New PA/carer training dates for January 2025
New free Personal Assistant/Carer training dates for January 2025, in Kingston and New Malden. Open to PAs, carers, unpaid carers, people thinking about becoming PAs and people employing or thinking about employing PAs, the free training gives you a boost to a rewarding career. Friday 24 January 2025 Kingston 10 – 2 pm First Aid […]
Five ways to help KCIL this Christmas
Help KCIL this Christmas to continue its work supporting disabled adults and children in your local area into 2025. This festive season, we are fundraising to support our befriending projects. Each £50 raised provides much-needed funds for us to host three disabled people at one of our events in 2025. We’re excited to see what […]
KCIL Membership
The ongoing Cost of Living Crisis has been particularly hard for disabled people. For this reason, we are making KCIL membership free for 2025. If you are already a member, the free offer will be from your next renewal date. If you want to sign up as a new member, our free membership offer starts […]
Have your say about how KCIL communicates and the events it runs
We would like to hear from you about how you find out information about KCIL, what KCIL events you’ve been to in the past, and what KCIL events you’d like for the future. Fill in our short (7-minute) survey to have your say. If you would like the survey in an alternative format, please get […]
A big KCIL thank you to Malden Golf Club
A massive thank you to everyone at Malden Golf Club who raised £5,700 in aid of KCIL’s work supporting disabled people in the local community. The money raised will go towards KCIL’s events supporting disabled adults and children in the next year.
Upcoming Sutton ITT workshops
The Sutton ITT team will visit two schools over the next two weeks. Workshops will be open to parents, carers, and students at the schools, so come and find out more about the benefits of Independent Travel Training. Wednesday 13 November 2024 – 9 am Carew Coffee Morning with Sutton ITT (Carew Academy parent/carers and […]
New venue for KCIL’s free Manual Handling training
Earlier this month, we held our first Manual Handling training session at our new venue in New Malden. The new venue gave our trainer and her students the opportunity to have hands-on experience with equipment they may find in the homes of the people they support. Thank you to Kingston Council, which offered us the […]
ILG-PA
These days, many jobs come with an EAP package (employee assistance programme). These are usually a telephone advice line for mental health support and can come with additional benefits such as discounts in shops. Recognising the valuable support PAs provide, ILG has created ILG-PA, an employee assistance programme specially for PAs. ILG-PA includes: 24/7 Counselling […]
