We are Mencap

We want to make the UK better for everyone with a learning disability.

We help people with a learning disability, their families and their carers.

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We work hard to make the UK a place where people are kinder

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and people with a learning disability are treated fairly and are included.

People with a learning disability help to lead Mencap.

The Voices Council is a group of people with a learning disability who share their views and experiences to help Mencap’s Board of Trustees make decisions.

We have to have at least 1 trustee with a learning disability.

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Trustees are the people who make sure that the charity does what it says it will.

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The law says trustees are responsible for the charity.

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We listen to the ideas and stories of people with a learning disability to help us decide what to do and to make our plans for the future.

Our history

Judy Fryd had a daughter with a learning disability.

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In 1946 she started The National Association of Parents of Backward Children.

This became Mencap.