Annual review: Mencap
Annual review: Mencap
Making Mencap a better place to work
We are making Mencap an even better place for all groups of people to work.
For example:
We are working to make sure that all our staff are paid fairly. That includes our support workers.
We are making sure that we listen to all our staff so they can have their say.
We are making sure 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.
and other groups of people help us to make big decisions.
A group of people with a learning disability already help us to make decisions.
They are called the
Voices Council
The Mencap Voices
Council
A council is also called a
local authority
A local authority is also called a council. They are a group of people who make decisions about some of the things in the area where you live like schools,
social care
Social care means the services that give care and support to people who need it.
(support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
. 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.
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.
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They will be an even bigger part of our work in the future.
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