Proud, Strong and Visible
European Network on Independent Living
ENIL is a user-led network of disabled people, with members throughout Europe. Our mission is to advocate for Independent Living values, principles and practices: provision of personal assistance and other community supports and services, a barrier-free environment and adequate technical aids, together making full citizenship of disabled people possible.
About our organisation
ENIL is a network based on solidarity and peer support
ENIL is a forum for all disabled people, Independent Living organisations and their non-disabled allies on the issues of Independent Living. ENIL represents the disability movement for human rights and social inclusion, based on solidarity, peer support, deinstitutionalisation, democracy, self-representation, cross-disability and self-determination. Our vision is of Europe where all disabled people are able to exercise choice and control over their lives, on an equal level with others; where they are valued members of the community and can enjoy all of their human rights, as set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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ENIL works to strengthen the empowerment of disabled people, through providing resources for peer support and peer-to-peer training. ENIL enhances the European disability sector by providing an arena for the sharing of disabled people’s experience of services and by providing expertise on independent living. Our Youth Network brings together young people, making their voice heard in the independent living movement.
Recent News
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Amendments to the Global Europe Programme launched
Today the EUFunds4IL Coalition is launching detailed amendments to the Global Europe Programme. The complete amendments can be downloaded in pdf here and in …
Gisèle Caumont’s Autobiography on Independent Living
By Jamie Bolling A must to read if you read French! Gisèle Caumont has published her autobiography at the age of 87 taking the …
Do disabled activists dream of electric PAs? – Book announcement!
Our board member, Antonia Trikalioti, not only dreams of electric PAs, but she has also recently published a science-fiction novel, named “The Succession“. It …
Find out about Independent Living in your country
The Independent Living survey was launched in 2020, to find about the state of independent living around Europe. Its results are updated regularly and shared with policy and decision makers at the European level.
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16/06/2026 – 30/06/2026
Promoting Age Equality: Strategic Litigation Training Series (StratAGEic)We are pleased to invite you to a three-step learning process on strategic litigation, a progressive pathway guiding participants from understanding structural problems, to …
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29/09/2026 – 01/10/2026
REGISTER NOW! Freedom Drive 2026The Freedom Drive is back! 👉 Click here to register for the Freedom Drive 2026 Organised by the European Network on Independent Living, the …
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05/05/2026 – 05/05/2026
ONLINE FILM SCREENING – £12.40 an Hour for a ShowerThe story of Disabled people’s struggle to abolish home care charging in Hammersmith & Fulham To mark European Independent Living Day 2026, we invite …
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