Our Purpose is the way in which we talk about MacIntyre. At our very core, our values and our DNA are the same now as when we were founded.
Our values, defined in the MacIntyre DNA, are shaped by our founder Ken Newton Wright’s visionary belief in “the learning potential of people with learning disabilities, their value as individuals, their right to equality and their importance to society”.
You can see Ken Newton Wright talk about his vision in this film from the 1970s:
From there, we developed our vision, our mission and our purpose which defines what we do, which you can read here.
In 2022, we launched the refreshed MacIntyre DNA with a special episode of the Sui-Ling Show. Sui-Ling sat down to talk to our Chief Executive Officer, Sarah Burslem, about what our DNA means to everyone in MacIntyre and their shared vision for true equality:
