Mencap and Omaze
This partnership will fund
education
Education is when you learn things. When you fill in a form to get a job, education means you write where you went to school, college or university.
and awareness initiatives, advocating alongside 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.
for a fairer and more inclusive society - one where people with a learning disability have equal chances in life, can contribute to and feel included within their
community
A community is the people and places in an area.
and can live without fear of prejudice.
Supporting Mencap
Everyone who enters this Omaze prize draw, will be supporting Mencap …and they may also win this stunning house!
Help break down barriers
1.5 million people in the UK have a learning disability and face barriers every day.
More than anything else, societal barriers,
discrimination
Discrimination is when someone is treated differently (usually in a bad way) because of things like their disability or their
religion
Religion is to do with the things you believe about the world. For example you may believe there is a god or something else. Examples of religions are Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism.
.
and a lack of understanding of learning disability mean that people with a learning disability are often invisible in society, sometimes locked away and often unable to do many things people take for granted.
- 1.5 million people in the UK have a learning disability and face barriers every day due to stigma and discrimination.
- On average, people with a learning disability die up to 23 years younger than the general population and many deaths are avoidable.
- In the UK, over 2000 people with a learning disability and/or
autism
Autism is a disability. Autistic people find it difficult to understand what other people think and feel. They also find it difficult to tell people what they think and feel. Everyone with autism is different.
are locked away in mental health in patient hospitals, many of them unnecessarily. - Currently only 5% of people with a learning disability have a job. 86% of people with a learning disability want to work, but just need a bit more support to do it.
Support Mencap
Help to raise funds and awareness for Mencap, and have the chance to win a beautiful house in the Yorkshire countryside worth over £2.5 million, plus £250,000 cash!
Do something Omazing
This is what we could do with the money we receive from the partnership:
£1,000,000 could fund our campaigning work for a year and specialist legal support for eight families.
£1,500,000 could fund groundbreaking research, the learning disability helpline and specialist legal support for eight families.
£2,000,000 could fund two years of campaigning work and a groundbreaking research programme.
AND £3,000,000 could fund two years of campaigning work, two years of running the learning disability helpline AND a groundbreaking research programme.
Enter today to win even more
For a limited time, Omaze is giving away an early bird prize to those of you who enter early. Not only could you win the grand prize, a house worth over £2.5 million, you’ll also have the chance to win a Mercedes AMG GT 63s plus £150,000 in cash just for entering early.
