Contact Us
Carmichael House,
North Brunswick St.,
Dublin 7,
Ireland.
Tel. 01 8730455
01 8730986
Fax: 01 8730998
Email:
info@dublincil.org
Carmichael House, Center for Independent Living
The first Irish Centre for Independent Living (CIL) was established in Carmichael House in 1992 by and for people with disabilities, with the main aim of ensuring that people with disabilities achieved independent living, choice and control over their lives, and full participation in society as equal citizens. It offered an advocacy and campaigning respresentation role, striving to bring about a social model of service delivery, and to ensure policy decisions would include input from those whose lives were actually affected. It also held an action-research role in monitoring developments in the world of Independent Living.
CIL's main objectives are:
- To provide support for people with disabilities to live and work in the community.
- To provide a forum for people with disabilities to explore and realise their human, civil, social, political, and economic rights.
- To facilitate the raising of disability issues at a local Government, State, European, and International level.
CIL Structure
The Center for Independent Living is a limited company with forty-three members and a Board of Directors. It is the Board of Directors that sets the goals and devises policies for CIL in consultation with its members. In doing so, the Board's role is to map out the future direction of the Independent Living Movement in Ireland. Read more about the CIL board, or about staff currently employed within the Center for Independent Living.
CIL Achievements
CIL has proven to be an effective voice of people with disabilities and has contributed significantly to national policies in relation to people with disabilities over the past number of years. Read more about our achievements.
CIL Commitment
We strongly believe in working at community level. Read more about our commitment.
CIL National Network
Click here for information on the CIL National Network and how it operates, or to find contact details for regional CILs around the country.