Our Mission
We work to ensure that people with a learning disability A learning disability is to do with the way someone's brain works. It makes it harder for someone to learn, understand or do things. are fully included within their communities and have opportunities to work and make independent choices to enjoy a happy, healthy, and independent life according to their aspirations.
Mencap is considered a key stakeholder by the government The Government are the people who run the country. They decide how much tax people should pay for things and how things like the National Health Service should work. in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and a policy and thought leader on learning disability. Also, as one of the largest providers of personal support services to people with a learning disability we are able to speak with authority and are held in high regard by commissioners and regulatory bodies.
Working with Trustees, you'll oversee the Executive Team’s delivery of our Big Plan and radical organisational change as we move to devolved, empowered and accountable self-managed teams.
About you
Do you believe in and share Mencap’s determination to support people with a learning disability to shape their own happy and healthy lives?
Does our Big Plan resonate with you and excite you?
Are you committed to leading an inclusive and diverse Board as we seek to oversee complex risks, significant innovation and transformation, adopting agile approaches as we learn?
The Voices Council
Mencap’s Trustees work closely with the
Voices Council
The Mencap Voices Council are a group of 12 people with a learning disability. They share their views and experiences to help Mencap's Board of Trustees make decisions.
, which is our dedicated panel of people with a learning disability. The Voices
Council
A council is also called a local authority. They are a group of people who make decisions about some of the things in the area where you live. These include: schools, social care (support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
provides invaluable advice and input to the Board and ensures that the Board remains focussed on the core mission of the organisation.
The Role
The term of appointment is four years with the possibility of renewal for a period of up to four more years. This is a voluntary role. The Chair is asked to give 3-4 days a month to Mencap.
Each year, Mencap has four regular board meetings and a two-day meeting that incorporates a review of
strategy
A strategy is a plan to show what an organisation, or a person, wants to do and how they are going to do it.
and more time to consider bigger issues.
For more information and to apply, download the pack.
How to Apply
Mencap is being supported by Macaulay Search. Applications should be sent by email to [email protected] and must be received by the end of the day on Monday, the Monday, the 10th of January, 2022.