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our lightest and brightest team in oxford mencap the voice of learning disabilty looks to
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young
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find their place in society

Mencap is the leading voice of learning disability and the home off opportunity. Everything we do is about valuing and supporting people with a learning disability, and their families and carers.

It's not how we create the journey it's how the story finishes, Mencap will continue to show it's support for those with disabilities to put a happy ending to their story.

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.
So we can be sure we are working towards our vision, we use the Mencap manifesto to help us target our work and keep track of progress. We are currently updating it and looking to improve the way we measure outcomes against each of its eight domains.

Our values
•Being people centred.
•Empowering, including and respecting all people.
•Challenging wrong ways of thinking about learning disability.
•Transforming lives.
•Being brave and developing new ideas.

Mencap's basic values have not changed in recent years. We will, however, explore
whether we are expressing them in the most effective way.

We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose.

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.