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Kingston Centre for Independent Living (KCIL) from Kingston Upon Thames Talking Newspaper

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KCIL is a user-led organisation based in Kingston upon Thames. For over forty years we have campaigned for full equality of status, opportunity and inclusion for all disabled people. We provide a range of services to ensure that disabled people who live, work or study in Kingston are able to lead independent lives. We also provide disability-related advice and information to other interested individuals or organisations. Our vision is to be the leading service provider for all disabled people in and around Kingston. KCIL aims to support disabled people (and people with long-term illnesses) to achieve inclusion and independence. We will do this by: * Providing quality support services that meet the needs of disabled people; * Creating a sustainable organisation by ensuring that all our work is fully funded; have a broad range of funding streams allowing us to invest in the development of new services which meet local needs; * Raising our profile with disabled people, organisations in the voluntary and community sector, local business and with the general public; * Eliminating social and attitudinal barriers to full inclusion for disabled people; * Influencing the development of local and regional and campaigning on issues of national relevance; * Working in partnership with like-minded organisations to achieve our goals. KCIL believes in: Full inclusion and equality User-involvement and consultation The Social Model of Disability and concept of Independent Living Working with all disabled people regardless of age, sex, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief and cultural belief and impairment Reducing and eliminating discrimination and dismantling social and attitudinal barriers Working in partnership with any organisation which shares our vision of full human and civil rights for all. In order to achieve our aims, we work in partnership with statutory agencies and voluntary and community sector organisations to ensure that the needs of disabled people are considered at all levels of local policy development.