MENCAP

We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Image file Our work includes: providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose; providing advice through our helplines and websites; campaigning for the changes that people with a learning disability want.

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. Our vision is a world where people with a learning disability are valued equally, listened to and included. We want everyone to have the opportunity to achieve the things they want out of life. People with a learning disability and their families have set out in our Mencap manifesto what is needed to make our vision and their rights a reality, these are: To be treated as equal citizens and have control over their lives. To have a childhood like any other child. To live independently as adults. To have support to get a job. To have opportunities to lead fulfilling lives - both for people with a learning disability and family carers. To receive good healthcare. To have sufficient income and be economically active. To have opportunities for friendships, relationships and a family life.