New Personal Assistant Training Dates for February
KCIL, with the support of funding from Skills for Care, is running a new round of free Personal Assistant/Support Worker training. The training is open to – PAs employed by Direct Payment holders, people interested in becoming PAs, Direct Payment holders (including friends and family who are also involved in support), people who may be […]
Happy Holidays from KCIL
Happy Holidays from everyone at KCIL. The KCIL office will be closed next week. However, after the Christmas bank holidays, you can still reach the KCIL team, plus our Sutton Independent Travel Training and Sutton Personal Assistant Support projects, by email or phone on 020 8546 9603. A massive thank you to everyone who has […]
Sutton Independent Travel Training Workshop
Join us for our next Independent Travel Training workshop at The Link School on Wednesday 17 January. Your chance to find out more about Independent Travel Training and to talk about what you think about travelling independently in Sutton. Contact 020 8546 9603 or email [email protected] for more information.
KCIL AGM 2023
KCIL held its 2023 AGM today, where we ratified the minutes of the last AGM and KCIL’s accounts for 2022 – 2023, and reappointed trustees Lawrie and Patricia. We also heard speeches from Kingston’s Mayor, Councillor Diane White, KCIL Treasurer and Acting Chair Lawrie Lee and KCIL’s CEO Jason Lamont. Where they talked about the […]
Direct Payment User Group
Join us for the next KCIL Direct Payment User Group meeting. Ask your questions to the KCIL team, Melvyn from Kingston Council and David Ashley from Mark Bates Insurance. 12 – 2pm 13 December Kingston Christmas buffet included Contact – 020 85469603/[email protected]
Celebrating Disabled People-Led Organisations this International Day of Disabled Persons
Sunday, 3 December, marks International Day of Disabled Persons, a day where organisations from the big (the United Nations and the World Health Organisation) to the small (disabled people-led, community-based organisations like KCIL) come together to call for action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, for, with and by disabled people. There are more than […]
Launch of the Kingston Disability Network
KCIL’s CEO, Jason Lamont attended the launch of Kingston’s Disability Network yesterday (16 November 2023), Jason writes – It was good to attend the inaugural meeting of the Kingston Disability Network at Fusebox and see so many of our VCS colleagues join together to commit to making this network a success. The network has been […]
UK Disability History Month 2023
16 November to 16 December marks UK Disability History Month. This year’s theme is Disability, Children and Youth, and it looks at the experiences of disabled children and young people in the past, now, and what is needed for the future. The Fighting For Our Rights oral history collection features many of the interviewees talking […]
KCIL AGM 2023
Calling all KCIL members! Watch out for the KCIL AGM invite in your post or email. Our AGM is on 7 December; you can attend in person or online. If you are attending in person, KCIL would like to invite you afterwards for Christmas drinks in Kingston Marketplace. Not a member yet? It’s not too […]
Latest Free PA/Carer training in Kingston – new courses added
Our next round of free PA/Carer training includes new training courses! Fill in the form below or call 020 8546 9603/email [email protected] to book your place. Wednesday 29 November 10 – 2 pm First Aid Friday 1 December 10 – 12 pm Mental Health Awareness 12.30 – 2.30 pm Dementia Awareness Monday 4 December 10 […]
