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CHANGE

Units 19 & 20
Unity Business Centre
26 Roundhay Road
Leeds
LS7 1AB

Tel: 0113 243 0202
Fax: 0113 243 0220

Web: www.changepeople.co.uk

CHANGE is a leading national equal rights organisation led by Disabled People. They believe in equal rights for all people with learning disabilities. They employ people with learning disabilities on equal salaries to co-work on projects, campaigns, training and making information easy to understand, alongside people without learning disabilities. This means that all the work they do is led and checked by people with learning disabilities at every stage.

Checked: 15 Oct 2008

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