Royal Mencap Society

Mencap is the leading voice of learning disability. Everything we do is about valuing and supporting people with a learning disability, and their families and carers.

We’re here to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and their families now, and fight alongside them for a better future. We team up with our network of over 400 local groups to reach people across England, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Our objectives
We want to have made a significant and measurable improvement to people's attitudes towards people with a learning disability.
We want to have contributed to improving the quality of life for people with a learning disability.
We want more people with a learning disability to have stronger friendships and relationships, and be better connected to their communities.
We want to see an increase in the skills and understanding of healthcare professionals, so that health outcomes for people with a learning disability improve.
We want more children aged 0-5 with a learning disability and their families to receive the right early support.
We want more people with a learning disability to have real jobs in the open labour market, and for more employers to know that people with a learning disability make good workers when supported properly.

The services we provide range from round-the-clock care to helping someone join in with local leisure activities, providing advice and information on things like employment and education, helping someone to live independently for the first time, and even things like reporting a crime to the police.

In a nutshell, we try to help in any area of a person’s life where they need support.