Kingston Centre for Independent Living (KCIL) is a user-led disability charity. We are a non-profit that aims to meet the needs of disabled people in the local community and beyond. We represent and support the full equality and inclusion of disabled people.

KCIL runs projects to support disabled people to live as independently as they choose. To find out more about our services, click on one of the boxes below.

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Payments

Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Independent
Travel Training

Personal Assistant Support and Vacancies

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Information, Advice & Guidance

Events

About KCIL

A recent photo of Ann in Wisley Gardens

In Memory of Ann Macfarlane OBE

It is with profound sadness that we share the news of the death of our Patron, Ann Macfarlane OBE. Ann was a giant of the

9 June 2026

Graphic advertising Kingston and Croydon Direct Payment Forums online event about Personal Assistant Employment Status. It asks “Do you have a self-employed PA?” and shows two people talking at a table, with a laptop showing speaker David Ashley from Independent Living Group. The graphic says the event will give practical, supportive guidance about understanding whether a PA is genuinely self-employed, based on the new Personal Assistant Employment Status guide.

Do you have a self-employed PA?

Join our online Direct Payment Forum on PA employment status KCIL’s next Direct Payment Forum will be a joint online event for people in Kingston

5 June 2026

A KCIL trustee steering the boat, text reads All Aboard! KCIL Boat Trip 30 July

KCIL Boat Trip 2026

Join KCIL for a relaxing summer boat trip along the River Thames! We will be setting off from Kingston at 10:00am and travelling up the

20 May 2026

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