About People First Merseyside

People First Merseyside is a Self Advocacy organisation. It is made up of 2 groups, People First Liverpool & People First Sefton.

Our key aims are to:
1. Advance and promote the education of those members of the public with learning disabilities or learning difficulties in particular by the provision of training facilities and workshops in self advocacy and related areas including

• Enabling and assisting people with learning disabilities and learning difficulties to speak up for themselves, to share the ideas and voice opinions of others.
• Assisting and enabling people with learning disabilities and learning difficulties to enjoy the same rights as everyone else, to attain greater independence, freedom of choice and participation in the community.

2. To advance public education about the educational, physical, psychological and emotional needs of people with a learning difficulty or learning disability.

3. To promote or assist in promoting research into all aspects of such needs and to disseminate the useful results of such research for the benefit of the public.