• We are a group of adults in Stirling who have a learning disability.
• We elect a management committee every year.  Only people with a learning disability can stand, or vote in these elections.  The management committee meets each month to make decisions.
• We meet and work in partnership with organisations, currently including Stirling Council Community Services, Key Housing Association, and Forth Valley Health Board and also with other members of the local community.

What do we do?

• Run a Drop In and advice centre in Stirling Town, and Drop Ins in the rural area.
• Provide training and volunteering opportunities for adults with learning disabilities.
• Employ staff to help us develop the service.  (We also interview and select the staff).
• Organise and host conferences for adults with learning disabilities.
• Provide training for service providers and other professionals.
• Policy making – we talk to Stirling Council about things that really matter to people with learning disabilities, and sit on various committees.
• Bring people with learning disabilities together with service providers as equal partners.
• Run a Citizen Advocacy project called “Listen Up!”
• Break down barriers that stop social inclusion.
• And lots more!

What do we want?

• To take an active part in our community.
• To develop new skills which will let us take up volunteering, educational and employment opportunities.
• To recruit and train volunteers to help us reach our goals.
• To meet our responsibilities.
• For people to listen and respond.
• To affect the lives of people with learning disabilities in the Stirling area.

Partnership working:

• We work with others who want some of the same things we do.
• We work closely with Key Housing and Stirling Community Services.
• We work with ENABLE.
• We work with other voluntary organisations in Stirling, and in Scotland.
• We are members of the Learning Disability Alliance Scotland, a group that aims to promote the interests of people with learning disabilities in the Scottish Parliament.
• We have links with groups in other countries.