Our fundamental beliefs:
- We believe that every human being has equal dignity and the
right to be treated with equal respect, whatever their impairment,
age, health and other circumstance. We are all different, but
we are all entitled to be treated with respect.
- We believe that the natural diversity of human beings should be
welcomed and cherished. We are all different, and our
differences and our needs help make the world a place worth living
in.
- We believe that people truly flourish not as lone individuals
but when they are part of our communities.
- We also believe that these communities only flourish when they
welcome full membership and support the active participation of
everyone, whatever their personal circumstance.
- We all need extra help from time to time, and some of us need
that help regularly and throughout our life. This might be as
a result of disability, old age, ill-health or other circumstance.
The fact that this need for extra support exists is both
natural and an important opportunity for all of us to recognise our
need for support and our mutual interdependence.
There is no need for people who need extra support to be
excluded from full and active participation in community life and
it is wrong that so many current systems exclude people.
Last Updated : 21 January 2011. Page Author: Laura Bimpson.
