Welcome to our web-site 

DaCE is an organisation of disabled people established in 1999 to provide services and support for other disabled people who live and work in the area of north Cumbria stretching from Wigton through Carlisle and covering Eden district. It is a 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.    

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. From this location in the northernmost part of Cumbria we provide a wide range of services and support for disabled people living and working in our area. 

We moved into our new offices on Kingmoor two years ago. It is a full accessible office with a direct bus route (no. 62) from the centre of Carlisle to a few yards from our building. The opening ceremony was performed by the Mayor of Carlisle and Mr Brian Scowcroft, owner of the Kingmoor site.  

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 an interim Independent Living Centre for north Cumbria with our colleagues in Carlisle People First and Cumbria Mobility Services. This means there are a wide range of services available from our premises. We are planning to develop this on a much larger scale and to expand the services and support that can be accessed from what will become a one-stop shop on Kingmoor.  

(Some members of the DaCE team on a recent staff trip to Blackpool)

The pages on this site describe some of our projects and activities. If you want to know more about any of these things 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. Alternately you can call us on 01228 674882 (lo-call all the time). 

Disability Association Carlisle & Eden,                                                Regents Court,                                                                                      Kingmoor Business Park,                                                                   Carlisle  CA6 4SJ        

People First can be contacted on 01228 674965

Cumbria Mobility Services: 01228 674545 or 07766088220 (mobile);      web-site: www.cumbriamobility.com 

DaCE is a member of NCIL (National Centre for Independent Living).

If you would like information about Kingmoor Business Park, click here.