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Independent Living

Click the links on the left to find out more information about all aspects of independent living.

Below are some websites which might be useful.

National Centre for Independent Living

This website is designed to be a resource on independent living and Direct Payments for disabled people and others working in the field.

National Centre for Independent Living website

The British Council of Disabled People (BCODP)

'The British Council of Disabled People is the UK's national organisation of the worldwide Disabled People's Movement. We were set up in 1981 by disabled people to promote our full equality and participation in UK society, and we now represent some 126 groups run by disabled people in the UK at national level. Between them our member groups have a total membership of around 350,000 disabled people.'

The British Council of Disabled People website

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