The Coalition on Charging is a group of organisations chaired by the
National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL). The coalition was established to
campaign against the current system of charging for community care services.

The Coalition members include: NCIL, Age Concern, Scope, the Multiple
Sclerosis Society, Disability Alliance, Alzheimer''s Society, People First,
Mind, Radar, the Alliance for Inclusive Education, Counsel and Care, United
Kingdom Disabled Peoples Council (UKDPC), Action for Blind People, Royal
National Institute for the Deaf, Arthritis Care, British Polio Fellowship,
Carers UK, Equalities, Help the Aged, the Parkinson''s Disease Society, Mencap.

The Coalition is writing an up to date report, highlighting the current
situation with charging for care, to ensure that the issue is on the
government''s agenda when looking at the future of social care.

The report is aimed at the Department of Health and Government.

The Coalition has created one set of survey questions for individual people
who need support and their carers. There is a separate set of survey questions
for organisations representing people who need support and representing carers.

If you would like to complete the individuals survey, you can find this on
the NCIL website by clicking on this link (the survey is at the borrom of the
page):

http://www.ncil.org.uk/cpr.asp?fldType=1&action=view&id=12