PRESS RELEASE: CANCELLED Wimbledon Quiz Your Candidates Event (25th May) Mitcham & Morden and Wimbledon Hustings will not be rescheduled

24 May 2017

Due to the tragic events in Manchester, the General Election hustings set to take place at The Holy Trinity Church in Wimbledon from 11:30am on 25th May 2017 will be cancelled. Both the Mitcham & Morden hustings and Wimbledon hustings will not be rescheduled. Both events have been cancelled and will no longer take place.

PRESS RELEASE: Mitcham & Morden Quiz Your Candidates Event Postponed

23 May 2017

Today's General Election hustings event, planned for this afternoon (Tuesday 23rd May) has been postponed in light of the appalling events at the Manchester Arena last night.

PRESS RELEASE: Quiz Your Candidates Events Set Up For Local Disabled People and Supporters!

18 May 2017

Merton CIL are delighted to announce that two hustings events have been organised in partnership with Focus-4-1 and Merton Mencap. Local Disabled people, friends, family and supporters can come along and quiz some of the candidates hoping for your vote!

Merton CIL Welcomes New Merton Council Equality Strategy

24 April 2017

Merton Council has adopted a new Equality and Community Cohesion Strategy 2017-21. Community representatives, including our Merton CIL Members Group, contributed to the development of the strategy, and raised important points about their experience on inequality.

Snap Election Risks Excluding Disabled People

19 April 2017

With just 7 weeks notice, a snap election has been called for 8th June 2017.   A snap election by definition means that everything happens quickly. From our experience as a grassroots Deaf and Disabled people’s organisation, we know that a fast pace can exclude Disabled people.

CIL Matters Newsletter Issue 18 - Spring 2017

11 April 2017

Reda our latest information-packed newsletter - There is so much to update you on!

We Want To Hear From You!

30 March 2017

If you have used our service over the past 12 months you may receive a call from us asking if you would be willing to provide some feedback on the service that you received.

The Wilson Community Conversations Update

30 March 2017

Last August, Anjan from the Public Health team at Merton Council came to visit the Merton CIL members group to talk about members' ambitions for The Wilson and what that would look like. The Health and Wellbeing Board have now published the results of their consultation and community conversations. Merton CIL members are featured in the report and we hope you feel heard.

The House of Lords Select Committee on Financial Exclusion Reports Back

29 March 2017

Last August, Merton CIL responded to an inquiry by The House of Lords Select Committee on Financial Exclusion on behalf of our members. We told them about the disadvantage being faced by Disabled people across all areas of our lives.

Disability Hate Crime Work Continues

10 February 2017

As many of our members and supporters may know, we launched a new service supporting survivors of hate crime last year, which is funded by MOPAC. We recieved a Thank you letter from Chris Lee of Merton Council and have a new easy read version of our hate crime report.