Cork CIL specialises in working with people with disabilities aged 18-65 in their homes and in the community offering supports to promote independent living, choice, and control in their daily lives In Dublin in emerged as a movement in 1992 and the Cork the Cork Centre for Independent Living followed in 1996. Driven by a group of people with physical disabilities their aim was to raise awareness about the Independent Living Movement, advocate for services to facilitate their independence and to establish a support network to empower peers. The purpose of Cork CIL remains to work to ensure that disabled people achieve independence, choice and control over their lives and full participation in society as equal citizens. At the centre of the Independent Living Philosophy are people, and disabled people like everyone else being able to have control, with the opportunities to make decisions about to how they live their life. Cork Centre for Independent Living is a community-based service. We work mainly in the south Lee area of Cork city providing Assisted Living Services on behalf of the HSE and work to ensure that the philosophy of independent living underpins our services. This page is to create a community, a welcoming and authentic environment for all Service Users, staff, stakeholders, and friends of CCIL to share information and connect. CCIL intends to use this page to share information and developments . Posts from followers are welcome and will make this a shared and engaging space, we want to hear your good news stories and topics that are relevant to Cork CIL, its PAs and Service Users, the disability sector as a whole and the Cork local community. If you would like to share any article/ video/post please email socialmedia@corkcil.ie
We expect all followers to be respectful, kind, and courteous. This is not a platform to exchange personal contact information or personal or sensitive information. Self-promotion, spam, or irrelevant links will not be shared. All posts will be screened by admin to ensure that they are respectful, relevant and adhere to the Page/Group Rules. Posts from followers criteria:
We will accept posts about:
• Personal milestone/achievements
• Sharing of disability issues
• Promotion of Disability Supports
• Resources/opportunities for people with disabilities in Cork or nationally if relevant
• Good news stories
• Relevant local information and/or events
We will not accept:
• Self-promotion
• Any comments that involve hate speech or bullying: Degrading comments or posts about things such as race, religion, culture, sexual orientation, gender, or identity will not be tolerated or shared in this space. If any follower makes such a comment it will be removed.
• Anything that violates GDPR and/or the privacy of any individual
• Spam or unsolicited/irrelevant links
• Anything that is inflammatory, inappropriate, and not in line with the values and message of Cork CIL
Comments on page posts will be monitored and must meet the guidelines specified above. You are reminded to be respectful to other members of the Cork CIL and wider Facebook community. Any comments deemed to be irrelevant, inappropriate, or not in line with values and message of Cork CIL will be removed. Comments containing unauthorized links or spam will be removed. The decision on what is posted to Facebook ultimately lies with Cork CIL. Cork CIL reserves the right to reject any content or remove any comment it deems irrelevant, inappropriate, or not in line with the values and message of Cork CIL.
