15 October 2009 – ILF gets key to the door with 'living' magazine
The Independent Living Fund has launched a new magazine for over 21,000 disabled people as part of its 21st anniversary celebrations.
The new magazine, ‘living – for independent people’, has been specially designed to be a practical and interesting lifestyle/feature-based publication containing ILF news, information, inspiring user stories and practical advice.
ILF Chief Executive, Patrick Boyle, said, “We pride ourselves on our ongoing relationships with our users through consultation, co-production and providing clear accessible information. Living magazine is another excellent tool to help us do this.
“Our users have been involved in the creation of ‘living’ from the very start, so it’s a real example of our users views informing what we do.
“We want ILF users to take ownership of ‘living’ and think it can help empower them to make the best possible use of the support that is available to live truly independent lives.”
‘Living’ was launched at the ILF annual conference on 12 October 2009, which this year carried a theme of 21 years of making choice real for disabled people. This first special edition features 21 voices of ILF users, carers and its staff giving real life perspectives on the significant contribution the organisation has made over the last two decades.
For more information about ‘living’ please contact David Smith on 07779 083493.
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Notes to Editors
- The Independent Living Fund (ILF) is an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body of the Department for Work and Pensions. It awards payments to severely disabled people to support the cost of their personal care and/or domestic assistance. To get payments from the ILF you have to meet certain conditions.
- The ILF provides financial assistance under the terms of a single publicly financed discretionary Trust Deed – The Independent Living Fund (2006), governed by a Board of nine Trustees.
- The ILF currently provides financial support to over 21,000 disabled people in the UK allowing them opportunities to be fully included in their communities.
- The budget allocated to the ILF for the financial years 09/10 and 10/11 for Great Britain are £340m and £356m respectively. The allocated budgets for Northern Ireland in 09/10 and 10/11 are £10.7m and £11.2m respectively.