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Golden Lane Housing Is Now an Includability Committed Employer
Includability is delighted to welcome Golden Lane Housing (GLH) as an Includability Committed Employer for 2022.
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Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.
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"We are thrilled to become an Includability Committed Employer; we truly believe we share a common vision of equity, diversity and inclusion. Mencap’s vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. We have dedicated ourselves to understanding and learning more about diversity and inclusion, and of our collective role in promoting this across all levels of our organisation and within society. "Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy is focused on achieving equality through equity – acknowledging the existence of current and historical inequalities and proactively putting in place, positive action, and adjustments to remove these barriers to equal access and opportunities for everyone we work with and for. We understand that equity, diversity, and inclusion are essential characteristics of a just and inclusive society. We also know that inequalities deprive people of their rights, dignity, opportunities and sometimes, their lives. We are fully committed and beyond proud to be Includability Official Partner and Committed Employer, as only collectively, working together with likeminded organisations who share common vision, through sharing and learning, we can make meaningful change."
Katarzyna Ptak, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Mencap
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Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.
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Mencap
We are Mencap.
Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.
There is still so much to do so that people with a learning disability have the same rights as everyone else and are treated equally in society.
Mencap is going to be working in a different way to help people with a learning disability to make this happen.
At its heart, Our Big Plan has a commitment to listening to and being led by people with a learning disability from all communities. As a result, we will make all our future decisions depending on what is important to people with a learning disability.
Our values
We have a core set of values that were chosen by our colleagues, because they really do represent who we are. We love individuality and the unique perspective that every single person brings to Mencap, but these values show what each and every one of us stands for.
We are Passionate about making the world a better place
We are Inclusive of everyone
We are Brave we challenge and try new things
We are Positive in our work and with each other
We are Kind to everyone
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