Disability Research on Independent Living & Learning (DRILL)
DRILL (Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning) is an innovative 5 year UK wide Programme led by disabled people, for disabled people and funded by the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF).
Launched in 2015, the Programme is led by Disability Action NI in partnership with Disability Rights UK, Disability Wales and Inclusion Scotland.
Latest news
Bill Scott highlights some of the key strands coming out of the Inclusion Scotland webinar on DRILL funded projects in Scotland
2nd December 2020
The webinar centred around the experience and need for co-production in research, highlighting that disabled people should no longer be the subject of research, but equal partners in it.
The ‘Match Me’ project explored social housing lettings for disabled people, hearing their experiences as well as working with housing providers to find out about their practices. ...
Webinar – Mutual Benefits: The Potential of Disabled People as Foster Carers
16th October 2020
On 9th November 2020, there will be a webinar to share the findings of the research into the barriers disabled people face in becoming foster carers.
This webinar will present findings which include a short video illuminating the key ethical and pragmatic issues in this neglected area of equal opportunities.
It is hoped that webinars such ...
Mutual Benefits – The Potential of Disabled People as Foster Carers
7th October 2020
There is a huge shortage of foster carers in England. We sought to find out why Disabled people are not being asked to help fill this recruitment gap of 8,500 people.
The University of Worcester worked alongside Shaping Our Lives Service User and Disabled Persons’ Network and the Foster Care Co-operative agency to look in-depth ...
DRILL in Wales: The Impact so Far
3rd July 2020
Jody Mellor reflects on the learning for Wales, as the DRILL project begins to draw to a close, and introduces a series of webinars to share some key learning from the projects.
Historically, research on disability has rarely included
people with lived experience. Disabled people have been excluded from
participating in research about our own lives. Complex statistics ...