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WELCOME TO CHOICES AND RIGHTS: THE CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING

The Centre for Independent Living, covering Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire managed by Choices and Rights Disability Coalition.

The Centre for independent Living (CIL) is a collection of key services for disabled people.

Choices and Rights staff members manage the Information Service, the Direct Payments Support Service, the Access Direct Project and the Disability Equality Training Project. A Habinteg Housing Association employee working in partnership with Choices and Rights manages the Disability Housing Service.

Choices and Rights is an organisation for disabled people in the Kingston upon Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire area. We are 100% run and controlled by disabled people.

Our main aims are:

  • To promote the independence and inclusion of all disabled people in society
  • To Identify and pro-actively challenge the discrimination faced by disabled people
  • To encourage disabled people to work together to achieve change locally

LATEST NEWS!!! - CONFERENCE 2009 - 12TH FEB 2009 KC STADIUM

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A Question of Disability

Developed by ourselves and Hull College, A Question of Disability is an interactive quiz that allows the user to have a bit of fun while learning something!

Take the quiz. Link opens in a new window and only suitable for users with screen resolutions of 1024 pixels by 768 pixels or higher. For Keyboard users use the tab key to navigate through the quiz.

Volunteering Opportunities

Are you a disabled person?

If you are and would like to improve your employability why not consider becoming a volunteer for Choices and Rights Disability Coalition.

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News: Record £5,000 for disability discrimination

April 2008
District Judge Weston, sitting at Kingston-upon-Hull county court, awarded a record £5,000 damages for disability discrimination against a golf club proprietor and former councillor.

Full article here