Disability Aociation Carlisle & Eden

DaCE is an organisation of disabled people set up in 1999 to supply services and support for other disabled people who live and work in the field of N Cumbria stretching from Wigton through Carlisle and covering Eden district. It is a huge area geographically and mainly rural, with all of the problems that are normally associated with rural areas, namely isolation, lack of access, especially where public transport is concerned, inadequate service and support infrastructure, absence of locally accessible advice and info, and, of course, poor awareness of the issues facing disabled people.