About Us

We are a user led organisation, over 75% of our management committee is made up of people and families of people with disabilities.

Embrace Wigan and Leigh is a charity dedicated to helping people with all types of disabilities and their families gain the support they need to live a fulfilling life.

We offer support, advocacy, advice and information (among others) to make sure people live a life as inclusive and meaningful as possible. We believe everyone has a right to live the life they choose and not to become isolated just because they are different.

Mission Statement
To help people with disabilities and their families secure the future for themselves/their relative and to provide them with peace of mind. This means ending isolation and loneliness, creating financial security, enabling everyone to make a contribution, ensuring choice, and creating genuine homes.

Our Vision and Values...

Marianne Williamson: In every community there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart there is the power to do it.

Vision
The vision is simple: we want everyone to have access to a good life. Not suprisingly a good life for people with disabilities is not very different from a good life for anyone else: friends and family, a place of one's own, financial security, choice and the ability to make a contribution to society.

We envision a future where people with disabilities:

• Are supported by caring family anf friends.
• Are encouraged to participate in and contribute to their community.
• Have their wishes and choices respected.
• Have financial security.
• Live in a place of their own choice.
• Are protected from abuse and exploitation.
  

Values
In all of our work, we will be guided and inspired by four core principles:

1. Caring relationships are the key to safety, security and a good life. Cultivating loving networks for individuals with disabilities is the heart of our work.
2. Contribution equals citizenship. People with disabilities have important contributions to make to our communities, and we work to ensure the people we serve are recognised for their contributions.
3. Self-sufficiency makes us more effective. Independence from government funding enables Embrace Wigan and Leigh to advocate on behalf of individuals and families without fear of consequences.
4. Commitment to family direction. Embrace Wigan and Leigh is structured to ensure it will always be directed by and accountable to people with disabilities and their families.

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