Sheffield Centre For Independent Living

Promoting choice, control and

inclusion for disabled people

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Sheffield Centre for Independent Living

We are a membership and user led organisation, run and controlled by disabled people. We promote independent living for disabled people in Sheffield. By independent living we mean that disabled people have the same freedom and rights to exercise choice and control over their own lives as any other person.

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Consultation

Working with a number of civil society disabled people’s organisations, the Office for Disability Issues has set up a Network of Networks to enable two-way communication between disabled people and the government.  Sheffield Centre for Independent Living is part of the Network of Networks and wants to give Sheffield’s disabled people the opportunity to influence Government decision-making on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Independent Living Strategy by taking part in their consultation. The consultation responses will then help inform the Government’s response in the UN Convention’s 2011 report, as well as the Independent Living Strategy Group’s Annual Report.  We would like as many disabled people as possible to be involved in the consultation and there are a number of ways that you can do so .

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Job Vacancy : Partners for Inclusion Development Worker

Partners for Inclusion is looking for a part time, fixed contract Development Worker to work with the Core Executive under the supervision of the Sheffield Centre for Independent Living Executive Director (External) to deliver components of the PfI Strategy. Knowledge of a social approach to disability is essential and applications from disabled people are welcome.

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SCIL Launch

The ILS Board of Trustees decided to change the name of ILS to Sheffield Centre for Independent Living to re-inforce our status as the Sheffield CIL.

In 2008 funding was secured to develop an independent information service and an advocacy service focusing on accessing NHS funded services.  These new initiatives were identified by disabled people at the 2006 Sheffield Wednesday Partners for Inclusion event as being their priority.

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