About Us
Who is NCIL? Now Disability Rights UK
Disability Rights UK (formerly NCIL) is a not for profit organisation that is run and controlled by disabled people. We have a membership of individual disabled people and organisations. Our executive board manages and directs the organisations activities and the staff team undertakes the work of the organisation.
What does NCIL do?
NCIL's primary aim is to promote independent living. This means disabled people having control and choice over our own lives. To do this we give support and information around Direct payments and Individual Budgets, we try to make sure that disabled people can get accessible information in these subjects and provide newsletters, books, leaflets and videos/DVD’s. (see our publications section). We also have an Employers Kit which helps employers and prospective employers with issues around employing staff on a direct payment or individual budget.
We have meetings for people to talk about and develop new ideas around independent living. We work with the Department of Health and other policy makers to try and make sure disabled people can live independently.
Part of making sure disabled people can live independently is to campaign to improve the rights of disabled people by working for better civil rights and effective policy. We are constantly keeping up to date with current issues and work together with other groups and disabled people to make sure that the Government knows what disabled people need and want. To find out about our current Campaigns and News please click on the links.
We also provide an online discussion Forum so people can discuss issues that they need help and advice on with other people that have had similar experiences The forums are designed to be a place where people help each other, not necessarily a place where individuals ask NCIL for information, you can do this by contacting the office. Topics are added by the Forum members and moderated by NCIL.
NCIL regularly undertakes research, consultancy and training and has a register of suitably experienced disabled people to undertake this type of work. If you would like to know more about this look under NCIL services.