What are local groups/Network Partners?
In addition to Mencap, there are hundreds of organisations Organisations are groups like companies and businesses. working with us in communities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, who respond to the local needs of 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 their families.
We call these local groups Network Partners as they are affiliated with Mencap.
As they are affiliated they are all run independently under the Mencap name and they all offer a variety of information, advice and support to people with a learning disability. Some share our name as a local Mencap group and may also share our Mencap brand.
All Network Partners share our
values
Values are the things that are important to you. Mencap's values are being passionate, inclusive, brave, positive, and kind.
while operating as independent charities with their own governance and
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.
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Network Partners are local groups affiliated with Mencap
Network Partners form a diverse network of like-minded groups and organisations - both national and local - from large-scale service A service gives people what they need, like healthcare services that help people when they are ill, and support services that give people support. providers, to small social groups who organise sport activities over the weekends.
All share the same aim - to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and to increase the opportunities available to them in their local areas.
How can I find a local group/Network Partner?
If you have a learning disability, or know someone with a learning disability who might be interested in joining a local group, there are 300+ locations across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
