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Learning Disability Wales
41 Lambourne CrescentCardiff Business Park
Llanishen
Cardiff
CF14 5GG
Tel: 029 2068 1160
Web: www.learningdisabilitywales.org.uk
Best time to telephone: 9.30am - 5.00pm, Monday - Friday.
Learning Disability Wales is the collective voice of the voluntary sector in Wales which promotes the right of people with a learning disability to have valued lives. They:
- work in partnership with other organisations, service users and their parents, carers.
- campaign to help people with learning disabilities achieve valued lives.
- support the voluntary sector and its interests.
- provide and promote good practice.
Checked: January 2007
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