Awareness Raising Events
Accessible Museums
One of the highlights of the recent KCIL Conference was the talk by Claire Madge from Autism in Museums. Claire has kindly shared the links from
Disability Awareness Day
On Sunday, 1-3 pm, 5 September, Kingston town centre’s Market Square will be hosting an event to raise awareness of accessibility issues faced by disabled
KCIL Annual Conference 2021
We are pleased to announce KCIL’s annual conference, with special guests Steve Brown and Samantha Renke. Wednesday 15 September 202111:00 am – 3:45 pmCrowne Plaza
Phil’s Healthy Eating Video
KCIL is taking part in British Nutrition Foundation‘s Healthy Eating Week; first up is something everyone at KCIL is always very excited about, a Phil
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.
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
Campaigning
Fighting for Our Rights and Disability Awareness on Educational Curriculums
The ‘Fighting for our Rights’ project (2016-2018), was a Heritage Lottery funded collaboration between Kingston Centre for Independent Living (KCIL), two social enterprises, two university departments (School of Nursing and School of Education) and a local special school. It collected and shared stories from people involved in the Disability Rights Movement (DRM), from 1960s to 1990s, within the local community, in order to inspire future generations of care professionals and teachers in working with people with disabilities.
