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SpeakingUp
1a Fortescue Road,
Cambridge
CB4 2JS
Tel: 01223 566258
Web: www.speakingup.org
Speaking Up supports and empowers people with learning difficulties, disabilities and mental health problems to speak up for themselves.
Speaking Up provides advocacy services, self advocacy based projects and resources for people with learning difficulties, mental health issues and physical disabilities. Their mission is Voice – Action – Change.
Voice
They enable people who experience learning difficulties, mental health issues or other disabilities to find their voice and shape their own lives.
Action
They create positive choices for disabled people, by helping organizations to understand their needs and representing their views or supporting them to speak up for themselves.
Change
They lead society towards recognizing disabled people as equal and valued citizens with the same choices and opportunities as everyone else.
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