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Welcome to Disability association Carlisle & Eden working in Cumbria to support disabled people's independence DaCE is the home of stress-free Direct Payments DaCE is a user-led organisation of local disabled people established in Carlisle in 1999 to provide services and support for disabled people who live and work in Cumbria. DaCE is a local organisation that only exists to support local disabled people and their families and carers and as a not-for-profit charity all of our funds are spent on providing support for people in Cumbria.
Cumbria is a very large area geographically and mainly rural, with all of the problems that are normally associated with rural areas, namely isolation, lack of access, especially where public transport is concerned, inadequate service and support infrastructure, absence of locally accessible advice and information, and, of course, poor awareness of the issues facing disabled people. It is these barriers to full inclusion in society which we work to combat.
At DaCE our aim is to involve local disabled people in developing, managing and running the services local people need. We also want to provide the support disabled people need in order to achieve greater independence, and as part of this we have now established a Centre for Independent Living(CIL) in Carlisle. This has only been possible with the help of Cumbria County Councillor Stewart Young, an ardent campaigner for better opportunities so that disabled people can take control of their own ives. There are a wide range of services available from our offices throughout the County. The pages on this website describe some of our projects and activities. If you want to know more about any of these please contact us. You can e-mail us at DaCEbase@aol.com or directly from this web-site if you go to the contacts page. Alternatively you can call us on 01228 674882.
The DaCE staff team: Welfare Benefits Advisers, Indepedent Living Co-ordinators, Indepedent Living Advisers, Payroll Officers, Finance Officers, User Involvement Officer, Training officer, Project Development Officers - all working to support local disabled people. We have offices in Carlisle: Regents Court, Kingmoor Business Park, Carlisle CA6 4SJ and Barrow: Waterside House, Bridge Approach Barrow-in-Furness LA14 2HE |
DaCE has a number of offices but our main base is on the Kingmoor Business Park just to the north of Carlisle, very close to junction 44 of the M6, and a stone's throw from Scotland. 
