disability positive

Name

disability positive

Legal name

Cheshire Centre for Independent Living

Website

https://cheshirecil.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Support and Independent Living Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

Keywords

• Disability advocacy services
• Independent living support
• Personal budget assistance
• Care arrangement services
• Payroll administration services

Headquarters

HQ city

Northwich

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Charitable services and government-funded programs: CCIL operates as a registered charity (Charity No: 1091744) providing services to disabled people, likely funded through a combination of charitable grants, government contracts, and donations. The organization provides Arrangement of Care and Support Services under contract with local authorities (Cheshire, Wirral, and Warrington).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Disability Positive, operating as Cheshire Centre for Independent Living (CCIL), is a UK charity that provides advocacy, independent-living support, personal-budget and direct-payment assistance, supported banking, payroll administration, and care-arrangement services. It also delivers community engagement, learning, youth, short-break, and respite programs for disabled people, carers, and families.

Product overview

Cheshire Centre for Independent Living (CCIL) operates as a disability-positive organization offering a comprehensive portfolio of services organized around personal budgets, advocacy, and community engagement. The core service portfolio includes Personal Budgets (encompassing Direct Payments Support, North West Personal Assistance, Payroll Services, Supported Banking, and Learning Service), Advocacy services (including Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy and Continuing Healthcare Advocacy), Personal Health Budgets Support, and Community Engagement Services (Connect, Buzz Youth Activity Group, Short Breaks, and Good Company). Additional services include Arrangement of Care and Support, Cheshire East Brokerage, Cheshire West Creative Breaks, and Volunteer Opportunities. The organization primarily provides social care and support services rather than a technology product, with no public-facing API or AI-powered capabilities documented.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Advocacy Provides support and representation for disabled people so their voices are heard in decisions affecting their lives.
• Community Engagement Helps disabled people connect with their communities and access social opportunities, including Good Company programs for adults.
• Supported Banking Assists disabled people with managing their finances safely and independently.
• Payroll Services Provides payroll administration for people employing personal assistants, including PAYE, National Insurance, and related administrative tasks.
• Cheshire East Brokerage Helps people in Cheshire East arrange and coordinate their care and support packages under a brokerage service.
• Arrangement of Care and Support Service Arranges care and support for people across Cheshire, Wirral, and Warrington.
• Cheshire West Creative Breaks Service Provides short breaks and respite, including creative activities and family support, for disabled children and young people in Cheshire West.
• Learning Service Provides educational and training services that help disabled people develop skills and knowledge for greater independence.
• Meeting Room Hire Provides meeting-room facilities to community groups and organizations.
• Direct Payments Support Provides support and guidance to people receiving direct payments for personal health and social care budgets.
• Personal Health Budgets Supports individuals managing personal health budgets to arrange healthcare and related support.
• Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy Provides specialized advocacy for people who lack the mental capacity to make specific decisions, as required under the Mental Capacity Act.
• Continuing Healthcare Advocacy Provides advocacy support to individuals undergoing NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment processes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Disabled people achieve greater independence, choice and control over their lives through comprehensive support services

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Disabled people's led organisations networkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 July 2020CCIL joined with other disabled people's led organisations from across England to write to the Prime Minister highlighting concerns about the government's record on disability rights during the COVID-19 pandemic. This represents a coordinated advocacy effort among disabled people's organisations.
• Cheshire East CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCIL operates the Cheshire East Brokerage service, providing arrangement of care and support services under contract with the local authority.
• Cheshire West and Chester CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCIL provides the Arrangement of Care and Support Service for Cheshire, Wirral and Warrington areas, including the Creative Breaks Service for Cheshire West.
• North West Personal Assistance (NWPA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCIL hosts information about NWPA which provides resources for finding personal assistants and features on their website linking to the NWPA platform for PA recruitment.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Surrey Coalition of Disabled People: Regional disabled people's organization providing independent living, advocacy and personalisation services in Surrey. Directly comparable operating model and service mix to CCIL, but serves a different English region.
• Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People: North West England disabled people's organization providing advocacy, independent living support and DPO-led services. Directly comparable CIL/DPO model to CCIL but serves a different metropolitan region.
• Norfolk Coalition of Disabled People: Norfolk-based disabled people's organization providing advocacy, independent living and personalisation support. Runs a comparable DPO-led CIL model to CCIL across a different region.
• Inclusion London: London-based consortium of deaf and disabled people's organizations providing advocacy, policy and independent living support. Operates the same CIL/DPO model as CCIL but serves London rather than the North West.

Broad incumbents

• Scope: One of the largest UK disability charities, providing information, support and campaigning across all disability categories nationally. Much larger and broader than CCIL but overlaps on independent living advice and personalisation support.
• Mencap: National UK charity for people with learning disabilities, providing services, advocacy and family support across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Broader and far larger than CCIL but overlaps on advocacy and personalisation.
• Sense: National UK charity supporting people with complex disabilities (including deafblindness). Operates services, advocacy and personalisation support nationally, overlapping with CCIL's brokerage and advocacy functions.

Emerging players

• Carers Trust: National UK charity supporting unpaid carers, including young carers. Overlaps with CCIL's carer support and respite/short-breaks services but operates a network of local carers' organisations rather than a single CIL model.

Direct peers

• Disability Rights UK: National UK disabled people's organization offering policy advocacy, resources and information for disabled people. Highly comparable mission and DPO-led governance model to CCIL, but operates nationally rather than as a regional CIL.

Others

• Think Local Act Personal (TLAP): National partnership programme supporting the implementation of personalisation and community-based support in social care. An ecosystem enabler comparable in mission (personalisation) to CCIL's direct payments and brokerage services, though not a direct service competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/cheshirecil
• Facebooken-gb.facebook.com/CheshireCentreforIndependentLiving
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cheshire-centre-for-independent-living

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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