Our Mission

Throughout Wales there are many groups striving to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities. These organisations recognise that people with learning disabilities are first and foremost people; not patients, customers or clients, and they should have the same rights to self-determination, paid work and the highest quality of life they can achieve as other people.

Many of these organisations are working in partial or complete isolation from others. Links-Wales aims to improve the effectiveness of these organisations, by including them in a network that shares and learns from best practise, knowledge and information. Links-Wales will further develop a directory of member products and services that will be shared amongst the membership and other organisations, encouraging mutual support and development. Links-Wales will also work with up to 5 organisations at any one time, to assist them in developing ideas and projects into trading entities and ultimately Social or Community Enterprises.

Our Principles

The above mission statement will be underpinned at all times by the following principles:

• The need to build a more socially inclusive economy
• The need to maximise a person's potential for independence
• The need to promote people with a learning disability as having the ability to become citizens
• The need to improve the definition, delivery and dissemination of best practice