The Mencap Manifesto: Easy Reads
An Easy Read summary of the Mencap Manifesto
What is a manifesto?
A manifesto a plan that tells people about your ideas and aims.
A manifesto is usually made before an election by each political party, but organisations can make them too.
The Mencap Manifesto sets out our aims and ideas about:
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Social Care
Social care means the services that give care and support to people who need it.
Social Care is the services that give care and support to people who need it.
- Homes not Hospitals
Homes not Hospitals is the name of our campaign A campaign is when people work together to try to change something. to stop 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. getting stuck in hospitals.
- Healthcare
Healthcare means the care you get from people like your doctor, dentist, care worker or when you go into hospital.
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Employment
Employment means having a job.
Employment is when you get a job. It can be paid or unpaid work.
- Cost of living
The Cost of living means the price of things that people need to be able to live a healthy life like gas, electricity, water and food.
- Bullying
Bullying is when someone hurts you or upsets you. Bullying can be hitting you or saying nasty things to you.
This Easy Read Easy Read is a way of making written information easier to understand. Pictures are usually added next to the writing. is a summary of the Mencap Manifesto.
This Easy Read was first published in February 2024.