Mertoncil

Mertoncil User-led Deaf and Disabled people's organisation based in The London Borough of Merton. To Identify and challenge discrimination faced by disabled people.

Our Objectives:
To promote the independence and inclusion of all disabled people in Merton. To encourage disabled people, our allies, carers and supporters to work together to achieve change locally. Merton CIL celebrates the broad diversity of disabled people and highlights the multiple barriers to participation that many people face. We positively engage people from diverse communities, such as

members of Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups, older people, LGB groups, who often face additional barriers, discrimination and exclusion. Merton CIL also engages with people from hard-to-reach & newly emerging groups from a diverse range of backgrounds, to better understand their experiences and to identify effective approaches to ensuring their views are heard. Merton CIL provide advice, advocacy, and peer support. Paid staff and volunteers support these services

Our Access Champions are full of determination to make Merton and beyond accessible for all. We appreciate their hard wo...
05/06/2026

Our Access Champions are full of determination to make Merton and beyond accessible for all. We appreciate their hard work so much, and we couldn’t be prouder of them for winning a ‘Volunteer Team of the Year’ award at the Merton Partnership Civic Pride Awards last night. More pics will follow, but here’s a taster for now. You can learn about their main achievements on our website: https://www.mertoncil.org.uk/news/access-champions-shortlisted/

Thank you, too, to for their mammoth efforts to organise everything, from the nominations process to the ceremony. You must be exhausted. Please know that we had fun!

Merton Citizens hosted a fantastic local elections assembly on Monday night. Candidates agreed to our asks relating to h...
29/04/2026

Merton Citizens hosted a fantastic local elections assembly on Monday night. Candidates agreed to our asks relating to housing, work and wages and digital exclusion.

We are incredibly proud of our policy and campaigns trainee Amelia who co-chaired the event and spoke about the impact of digital exclusion. Slide across for a short video.

We are also proud of Merton CIL member and Access Champion Fatheha who have a powerful testimony about her experience of digital exclusion.

Thank you to the Merton CIL members and other local residents who came along to support the event.

are hosting an exciting exhibition, that includes their work and the wonderful banners that we created together (pictur...
26/04/2026

are hosting an exciting exhibition, that includes their work and the wonderful banners that we created together (pictured). 🎨🖼️

On 6 May, we take Craftivism and Chat on the road 🛣️ and visit the exhibition together.

If you would like to come along, you can find out more by visiting our website or keeping an eye on our story over the next few days. 👀

New leadership at Merton CIL! Meet Estifanos, our Chair, Kirsten, our Vice Chair and Charlet, our CEO. Visit our website...
25/04/2026

New leadership at Merton CIL! Meet Estifanos, our Chair, Kirsten, our Vice Chair and Charlet, our CEO.

Visit our website to read more.

We are incredibly proud of the work of our community. We work hard to navigate barriers and push for a community that is...
24/04/2026

We are incredibly proud of the work of our community. We work hard to navigate barriers and push for a community that is truly inclusive.

Each year, we create an impact report that shares a little about our organisation, its work and its impact. Swipe to see what we detailed in the last impact report that we published.

Meet Merton CIL’s incredible staff and trustees ❤️👋
23/04/2026

Meet Merton CIL’s incredible staff and trustees ❤️👋

We are proud members of a community alliance called Merton Citizens. On Monday 27 April from 630pm at Wimbledon College,...
23/04/2026

We are proud members of a community alliance called Merton Citizens.

On Monday 27 April from 630pm at Wimbledon College, Merton Citizens will host a local elections assembly which our Policy and Campaigns Trainee Amelia will co-chair.

Merton Citizens will put their Community Manifesto forward to candidates for leader of Merton Council ahead of the local council elections on May 7th. Merton Citizens will share asks on the themes of Housing, Living Wages, Digital Exclusion and Mental Health.

Visit our website or see our story for more information. We hope to see you there!

We will believe that joy is an integral part of activism! Craftivism and Chat aims to supports our community to: ☀️Build...
22/04/2026

We will believe that joy is an integral part of activism!

Craftivism and Chat aims to supports our community to: ☀️Build optimism and resilience through peer support.
🏡Create a stronger sense of community to power local work pushing for social change.
✊🏽Challenge the systems that take away our choice and control and impact our well-being. Joy and connection stand up to efforts to isolate and silence us.
❤️Build collective well-being within our community.
♿️Support positive identification as a Disabled person and increase knowledge of the Social Model of Disability.

When we come together, have fun and connect, we make change happen! Will you join us at Craftivism and Chat in 2026?

Free to attend for Merton CIL’s community of members.

Merton’s Walking, Wheeling and Cycling Strategy was published with the word WHEELING due to our Access Champions persuas...
31/03/2026

Merton’s Walking, Wheeling and Cycling Strategy was published with the word WHEELING due to our Access Champions persuasion that it would make it more Inclusive! Congrats and thank you to our Access Champions!!

Merton Council’s Walking, Wheeling and Cycling Strategy - have just published their Walking, Wheeling and Cycling Strat...
12/03/2026

Merton Council’s Walking, Wheeling and Cycling Strategy - have just published their Walking, Wheeling and Cycling Strategy 2026-2035, and we are proud of and grateful to our Access Champions who helped to shape the strategy and convinced the Council to include the word ‘wheeling’ in the title and throughout. We now hope to contribute to the implementation of the strategy!

You can read the strategy by clicking the link in our story.

Picture: Access Champion Simon wheeling down a kerb

Address

Vestry Hall
Mitcham
CR43BX

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+442033973119

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