NCIL, Radar and Disability Alliance vote to become Disability Rights UK

Three of the country’s leading disability organisations have agreed to join together within months. Members of the National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL), Radar and Disability Alliance (DA) voted for this move at separate annual general meetings held over the last fortnight.

The new charity, Disability Rights UK, led, run and controlled by disabled people, with disabled people making up at least three-quarters of its board members.

Disability Rights UK will also focus on:

• promoting “meaningful” independent living for disabled people
• promoting disabled people’s leadership and control
• breaking the link between disability and poverty
• campaigning for disability equality and human rights

The new organisation will be based in Radar’s current central London headquarters.

More information

• creating a powerful voice for people with lived experience of disability and health conditions - Press release on the proposed unification of DA, RADAR and NCIL. (13 September 2010).
• news item on merger - Update website
• radar website information