Published: November 6, 2013
LCiL welcomes the decision by the court of appeal to overturn the government’s decision to abolish the Independent Living Fund FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Five disabled people who took the case…
Published: November 6, 2013
Partners in the Independent Living Movement have joined forces to launch a campaign against the care tax in Scotland. Over the first three years of the Council Tax freeze, councils…
Published: October 31, 2013
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) announces delays to the roll out of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) All disabled people living in Scotland who currently receive Disability Living Allowance…
Published: October 31, 2013
Earlier on this month LCiL held an event to get the views and opinions from disabled people from Edinburgh and the Lothians on the future of the Independent Living Fund.…
Published: October 30, 2013
Scottish Government have just published the attached: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/10/4039 This confirms disabled people are much less likely to use the internet. Whist overall, 77% of adults used the internet for personal…
Published: October 17, 2013
This week is hate crime awareness week. Find out more here.
Published: October 17, 2013
The current debate around social security is failing ordinary families in Scotland and across the UK. The Scottish launch of the People Like Us campaign took place yesterday as part…
Published: October 14, 2013
A one stop shop of online information for disabled people in Edinburgh and the Lothians has been launched! This site was developed in partnership with disabled people to ensure it…
We are currently experiencing technical issues with the office we are based at. Currently we have no access to our mainline number, and our server. We expect this issue to be fixed by Tuesday afternoon. In the meantime, if there are any urgent requests to email admin directly admin@lothiancil.org.ukor the department you need support from. For anything payroll related please email them directly payroll.team@lothiancil.org.uk
Apologies for the inconvenience, thank you for baring with us while the issue is resolved. LCIL