ILF payments to the most severely
disabled people in society are under threat!
2010 saw our ILF awards frozen and
the closure of ILF to new applicants.
This autumn the Department of Work
and Pensions (DWP) will conduct a consultation.
Indications are that this will be
about how ILF is reformed/ closed down and how/if we will continue to receive
similar funding 3 years from now.
We are not people who are used to
campaigning but this is an issue which we feel will seriously affect the lives
of disabled people and those who are carers.
We want to send this clear message
to Westminster
and Holyrood:
1)
We need our ILF awards to be
protected indefinitely.
2)
We need the awards to be
“living awards”, increasing and decreasing with our care needs and
care costs.
3)
We want ILF policy to improve and be
more in keeping with Self-Directed Support but what may work for England is unlikely to work here in Scotland due to
legislative differences and pace of change
4)
We want those who come after us to
have the same opportunity for Independent Living that we have.
Please use our website to inform
yourself, share your views and take action to protect your payments!
The quality of countless lives
depends on our ILF payments!
