Our history

Disability Action originated in the 1950’s as a standing committee under the support of what is now the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (NICVA).

Over the next 3 decades they developed and in March 1986 became the Northern Ireland Council for the Handicapped and then the Northern Ireland Council on Disability (N.I.C.D) in February 1987.

Finally in 1992 NICD changed its name to Disability Action NI in 1992.

Disability Action also has two subsidiary companies, Disability Action (NI) Employment & Training and Disability Action Tradeable Services LTD, which houses a number of our projects.

Latest

NEWSFLASH: ‘Is it me?’ Research - Deadline Extended

If you want to be part of the research on how attitudes impact on the independent living choices of disabled people, you still can. The deadline has been extended until Friday 26th July.
Libraries NI Digital Citizen Project

Libraries NI is running a new project called the ‘Digital Citizen Project’ which aims to deliver digital learning throughout Northern Ireland. The courses are FREE and are aimed at people with limited digital skills.
CastleCourt supporting Disability Action in Charity Partnership

CastleCourt Shopping Centre in Belfast city centre has chosen Disability Action NI as their Charity Partner for 2019-2020.
Disabled people research how to protect their well-being and human rights

The DRILL (Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning) Programme, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, has recently awarded £100,000 in funding to Queen’s University Belfast to undertake a piece of research titled ‘Getting Our Voices Heard (GOVH)’.