MENCAP

We support people with a learning disability to get a job or take a college course, or we can help them find a place of their own to live in. We offer advice about things like respite care, individual budgets or transport services. We run residential/day care services and leisure groups that are so important to so many people with a learning disability, and their families and supporters. We support people with a learning disability to be part of their local communities. We lobby the government to change laws so that more and more people with a learning disability can have control over their own lives

As the voice of learning disability, our brand identity is very important to us. It reflects who we are, and our dedication to supporting and representing everyone in the learning disability community. Mencap is a democratic organisation. This means all people's views are effectively heard and the needs of people with a learning disability and their families and carers are properly supported. We have strong relations with a local network of more than 500 affiliated groups. Our local groups are individual charities in their own right, but we work closely with them to ensure people with a learning disability and their families have support locally as well as nationally.