Independent Living Centres
ILCs provide a place where you can find out about equipment, adaptations and telecare and see, try and in some cases buy specialist equipment for independent living. They can also be known as Assisted Living Centres or Disabled Living Centres (DLCs).
"Centres for Independent Living" on the other hand are organisations run by disabled people, which may not have equipment display and demonstration areas.
Some ILCs have had to close due to cuts in funding, however these essential resources are still in place in different areas of the country, listed here alphabetically by location:
Equality Together
(Previously Bradford Disability Service)
Manningham Mills Community Centre
Lilycroft Road, Bradford BD9 5BD Telephone: 01274 592474
Website: www.equalitytogether.org.uk
Email: enquiry@equalitytogether.org.uk Follow link to view location on Google Maps
Bristol Home Independence Centre
WE Care & Repair, 5 Hide Market, Bristol BS2 0PL Telephone: 0300 323 0700
Website: www.wecr.org.uk/bristol
Email: info@wecr.org.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Driving and Mobility Centre – Bristol
The Vassall Centre, Gill Avenue, Bristol BS16 2QQ Telephone: 0117 965 9353
Fax: (0117) 965 3652
Website: www.thisisliving.org.uk
Email: mobserv@thisisliving.org.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Centre for Help and Advice For The Disabled - Caerphilly
Heol Fargoed, Bargoed, Caerphilly, Wales CF81 8PP Telephone: 01443 822 262
Website: www.chad-ilc.co.uk
Email: info@chad-ilc.co.uk View location on Google Maps ►
DISABILITY POSITIVE
Sension House, Denton Drive, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 7LU
Telephone: 01606 331 853
Website: https://www.disabilitypositive.org/
Opal Assessment and Demonstration Centre - Coventry
Unit 17-18 Bishopgate Business Park, Widdrington Road, Coventry CV1 4NA
Telephone: 02476 787820
Website: www.coventry.gov.uk/opal
Email: occupationaltherapy@coventry.gov.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Croydon Equipment Solutions Ltd
The Aztec Centre,,28 Boulogne Road, Croydon CR0 2QT Telephone: 020 8664 8860
Website: www.equipment4care.com
Email: aztec.centre@croydon-equipment-solutions.com View location on Google Maps
LIVE INCLUSIVE
- Office E, 1 Cavendish Court, South Parade, Doncaster, England, DN1 2DJ
Telephone: 01302 592400
Website:http://www.liveinclusive.co.uk/
View location on Google Maps ►
Dudley Assisted Living Centre
1 Jack Newell Court, Ebenezer Street, Coseley WV14 9LP
Telephone: (0300) 555 0055
Website: www.dudley.gov.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Dundee Independent Living Centre
Unit T Charles Bowman Avenue, Dundee DD4 9UB Telephone 01382 307631
Website: http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/dilc
Email: dilc@dundeecity.gov.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Disabled Living Centre - Dunstable
Dunstable Disability Resource Centre, Poynters House, Dunstable LU5 4TP
Telephone: 01582 470900
Website: www.drcbeds.org.uk
Email: information@drcbeds.org.uk View location on Google Maps ►
bled Living Centre - Elgin Disa
Independent Living Centre, Moray Resource Centre, Elgin, Scotland IV30 1RX
Telephone: 01343 551339
Website: www.moray.gov.uk
Email: info.ilc@moray.gov.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Independent Living Centre - Exeter
Devon House, Newton Abbot TQ12 4PB Telephone: 01392 380181
Website: devon.cc/ilc
Email: ilc-exeter@devon.gov.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Disabled Living Centre - Grangemouth
Dundas Resource Centre, Oxgang Road, Grangemouth FK3 9EF
Telephone: 01324 506000
Website: www.falkirk.gov.uk
Email: lindsay.russell@falkirk.gov.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Disabled Living Centre - Grantham, Lincolnshire
Unity House, 22 Tollemache Road South, Spittlegate Level, Grantham
NG31 7UH - nearest one to Leicester
Telephone: 0345 054 7171
Website: http://www.redcross.org.uk/en/Where-we-work
Email: adminlincs@redcross.org
Halton Independent Living Centre
Collier Street, Halton, Cheshire WA7 1HB Telephone: 01928582920
Website: www.bridgewater.nhs.uk/halton
Email: ann.jeffers or patricia.spoor @bridgewater.nhs.uk
Helpline: www.halton.gov.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Hartford Independent Living Centre
5 Hartford Business Centre, Chester Road, Hartford CW8 2AB Telephone: 01606 881980
Website: www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
Email: jackie.waring@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Hertfordshire Action on Disability, Welwyn Garden City
The Woodside Centre, Welwyn Garden City AL7 4DD Telephone: 01707 324581
Website: www.hadnet.org.uk
Email: exhibition@hadnet.org.uk
Helpline: 01707 324581 View location on Google Maps ►
Inspire Community Trust - Kent
20 Whitehall Lane, Slade Green, DA8 2DH Telephone: 020 3045 5100
Website: www.inspirecommunitytrust.org
Email: info@inspirecommunitytrust.org View location on Google Maps ►
Isle of Man Independent Living Centre
Level 1,Community Health Centre, Douglas IM1 4BR Telephone: 01624 642561
Website: https://www.gov.im/categories/caring-and-support/independent-living-centre/ View location on Google Maps ►
People Matter IW – Newport, Isle of Wight
Independent Living Centre, 11 Orchard Street. Newport PO30 1J2 Telephone: 01983 241494
Website: www.peoplematteriw.org/
Email: admin@peoplematteriw.org View location on Google Maps ►
William Merritt Disabled Living Centre, Leeds
Aire House, 100 Town Street, Rodley, Leeds LS13 1HP Telephone: 0113 350 8989
Website: www.wmdlc.org/independent-living-centre
Email: info@wmdlc.org View location on Google Maps ►
Disabled Living Centre - Liverpool
Life House, Summers Road, Liverpool L3 4BL
Telephone: 0151 709 0121
Website: www.disabilitytradingcompany.co.uk
Email: liverpoolmills@disabilitypartnership.org.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Disabled Living Foundation - London
DLF, Unit 1, 34 Chatfield Road, Wandsworth SW11 3SE
Telephone: 020 7289 6111
Website: www.dlf.org.uk
Email: info@dlf.org.uk
Helpline: 0300 999 0004 View location on Google Maps ►
Disabled Living Centre - Lothian
Smart Centre, Astley Ainslie Hospital, Lothian, Scotland EH9 2HL
Telephone: 0131 537 9190
Website: www.smart.scot.nhs.uk
Email: Lothian.dlc@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Disabled Living Centre - Manchester
Burrows House, 10 Priestley Road, Worsley M28 2LY
Telephone: 0161 607 8200
Website: www.disabledliving.co.uk
Email: info@disabledliving.co.uk
Helpline: 0161 839 8383 View location on Google Maps ►
Milton Keynes Centre for Integrated Living
330 Saxon Gate West, Milton Keynes, MK9 2ES
Telephone: 01908 231344
Website: www.mkcil.org.uk
Email: info@mkcil.org.uk
Helpline: 01908 234000 View location on Google Maps ►
Disabled Living Centre - Newcastle Upon Tyne
Disability North, The Dene Centre, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE3 1PH
Telephone: 0191 284 0480
Website: www.disabilitynorth.org.uk
Email: reception@disabilitynorth.org.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Norfolk Coastal Centre for Independent Life
Wood Farm Lane, Gorleston, Gt Yarmouth NR31 9AQ
Telephone: 01493 663626
Email: nccfil@redcross.org.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Northamptonshire Centre for Independent Living
Gladstone Road Resource Centre, Gladstone Road, Northampton NN5 7EJ
Telephone: 01604 588501
Website: www.northamptonshirecil.org.uk
Email: information@northamptonshirecil.org.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Disabled Living Centre- Semington
Wiltshire & Bath Independent Living Trust, St George's Road, Semington BA14 6JQ
Telephone: 01380 871007
Website: www.ilc.org.uk
Email: welcome.ilc.semington@googlemail.com View location on Google Maps ►
Better Living Centre, Solihull
Unit 4 Elmdon Trading Estate, Bickenhill Lane Solihull B37 7HE
Telephone: 01213 290909
Website: solihull.mylifeportal.co.uk/betterlivingcentre
Email: blc@solihull.gov.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Disabled Living Centre - Truro
Tremorvah Industries, Unit 8 Threemilestone Industrial Estate, Truro TR4 9LD
Telephone: 01872 324340
Website: www.tremorvah.co.uk
Email: enquiries@tremorvah.cornwall.gov.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Warrington Centre for Independent Living
Beaufort Street, Warrington, Cheshire WA5 1BA
Telephone: 01925 240064
Website: www.disabilitypartnership.org.uk
Email: info@disabilitypartnership.org.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Equipment & Demonstration Centre - Weston-Super-Mare
Winterstoke Road, Weston-Super-Mare BS23 3YW
Helpline: 0300 323 0700
Website: www.wecr.org.uk
Email: info@wecr.org.uk View location on Google Maps ►
Disabled Living Centre - Wolverhampton
Neville Garratt Centre for Independent Living
Wolverhampton City Council, Wolverhampton WV1 3PR
Telephone: 01902 553648
Website: http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/article/2799/Neville-Garratt-Centre-for-independent-living
Email: info.ces@wolverhampton.gov.uk View location on Google Maps ►