Leicestershire Centre for Integrated Living (LCIL) is an organisation of disabled people for disabled people.
We aim to benefit disabled people by promoting services that facilitate independence in daily living and full integration into society with active participation.
Our work involves a variety of projects, training and provision of information.
The Social Model of Disability is the basis of our work - disability is a problem of exclusion from ordinary life rather than a medical impairment.
LCIL premises in the centre of Leicester are fully accessible and provide venue facilities. You are welcome to contact us by phone, email or letter.
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! Important News and Information from Leicestershire Centre for Integrated Living ! |
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19th October 2009 Jo Smith founder and former Chair of Leicestershire Centre for Integrated Living a disability organisation run by disabled people passed away on the 12th October 2009. Jo was an inspiration to all who met her. She spent many years at Stoke Mandeville and in the Young People’s Unit at the General Hospital and it was here that she formed her views on how society has the responsibility and the ability to make life easier for disabled people by removing the artificial barriers that prevent individuals from achieving their true potential and aims. Jo’s vision which she shared with other people was to develop a centre run by disabled people for disabled people. To achieve this she along with an increasing group of individuals campaigned for nearly 10 years to achieve a centre that can truly inspire and empower individuals. Jo was however determined that the focus must remain on the value of the Social Model of Disability and the true empowerment of individuals. Jo though remained totally committed to establishing a centre and was extremely proud of what had been achieved. She recently said that the centre has become far more than she had ever envisaged. This she felt was clearly down to the engagement that takes place with other disabled people that shapes and moves forward the work today.
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