Disability Advice Services Lambeth

Who we are

Disability Advice Service Lambeth (dasl) is Lambeth's leading pan-impairment Disabled people's organisation. 

We are a member organisation because Disabled people are stronger when we work together

Our services

We have provided peer-led services in Lambeth since 1984. 

Our current services include:

• Advocacy, both statutory and non-statutory
• Direct payments support, peer support and training for employers
• Sport and social activities for Disabled people
• Enabling members to influence and campaign on issues that are important to them
• Supporting Disabled Lambeth residents to have their say and get involved in decisions made about our borough and in local organisations
• Advice on Welfare Benefits issues (this service is currently closed while we recruit)

Our culture and values

Our vision is of a world in which diversity is valued, difference is celebrated and equal rights and opportunities are enjoyed by all. 

We work to support Disabled people in Lambeth and other London boroughs to:

•    achieve our legal rights and entitlements
•    be in control of our lives and independence
•    be active in our communities and not isolated
•    grow our skills and fulfil our personal ambitions
•    be listened to and influence change together

We believe in the social model of disability, which states that we are Disabled by barriers placed by society, rather than because of our impairments. By capitalising the D in Disabled people, we emphasise the exclusions placed on us and embrace our shared identity.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

Working for systems change

We want to remove the systemic barriers that Disabled people experience every day - the attitudinal barriers, the physical barriers, the communication and information barriers. These are the barriers that disable us, that oppress and exclude us.

The oppression, exclusion and discrimination people with impairments face is not an inevitable consequence of having an impairment, but is caused instead by the way society is run and organised.

We work to influence people who hold power and make decisions in order to end Disabled people’s exclusion and oppression and to enjoy the same rights and opportunities as non-disabled people.