Porthmadog Centre For Independent Living
The CIL is a user led organisation, which means it is run by the disabled for the disabled people of Gwynedd North Wales. We encourage independent living, help and advice, information, education, socialisation and sports.We provide courses that are accredited to help get work placements.
We have two minibuses to bring the disabled people to CIL. Our vehicles will never be big enough as we are only able to carry so many wheelchairs. Due to this we try to encourage people to make their own way by whichever transport is available to them and if needed we can collect these people from the bus or railway stations in Porthmadog
In our partnerships with Gwynedd Council over the last 13 years or so we have provided a variety of services to disabled people very efficiently, with far lower costs than the Council themselves, and we also include effective participation by disabled people themselves in policy making, management, and implementation.
We wish to increase our role if Gwynedd Council can gradually increase and speed up delegation and sub-contracting to us.
We're currently in the process of setting up a small retailing unit to provide reasonably priced new and used disability equipment. The disability equipment sector is well known for charging high prices for modest items of equipment, simply because the disability sector is still regarded as a specialist area with special sensitivities, and particular health and safety concerns etc. CIL is largely staffed by disabled people, so we are the ones most aware of these issues, and we feel we can provide the retail services well, from an informed position, with a reasonable profit margin. Current mainstream retailers do not re-sell used items, which means that when disabled people discard relatively new items, or when disabled people pass away, valuable disabled equipment is often sent to the nearest skip.
We can also provide businesses with brailling. We have a brailling machine which we are very proud to have the use of. Any work we undertake you will be given a price before we begin
MEET THE TEAM
Diane Durrant - Chairperson
Terence Durrant - Manager
Marc Roberts - Training Manager
David Jones - Line Manager (Direct Payments)
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