One week to go! 🏃

We're so excited to join our runners next week as they take part in the TCS London Marathon to raise money for Mencap.

Good luck everyone and thank you for your support! 💜

This month, we’re joining Skills for Care in #CelebratingSocialCare and the incredible people who work in care. 💜

Our Learning Disability Helpline is a free help and advice line for people with a learning disability, and their families and carers.

Thanks to your donations our helpline responded to 658 enquiries last month.

📲 Please donate today: brnw.ch/21wIKXH

What is the impact of the social care crisis on people with a #LearningDisability ?

Our acting CEO Jackie O'Sullivan shares her insights, findings from our Why We Care report on the effects to frontline workers and outlines solutions in Open Access Gov.

Read here👇
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Every Story Matters is your chance to share your experience of the pandemic which will feed into the investigation by the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

☎️ If you have a learning disability & want to share your story, please contact our Learning Disability Helpline on 0808 808 1111.

'I could look at her and I always knew what the next step was in life.' 💬

To celebrate #NationalSiblingsDay2024 , our employment co-trainer Natalie talks about how her relationship with her sister, Jennifer, has grown over the years. 💗

Read more: mencap.org.uk/blog/i-could-l… 👈

Happy #NationalSiblingsDay2024 ! Today we are celebrating siblings who have grown up with a disabled brother or sister. Join the conversation and tell us your #Itsasiblingthing Jo Whiley
sibs.org.uk/nsd/#nsd-invol…

After six years as Chair of the Voices Council, Jack Welch stepped down at the end of last month.

He shares more about the other aspects of his life and how his experience as Chair has been used elsewhere. mencap.org.uk/blog/voices-be…

🚨Pre-application seminar Mon 8 April 5-6pm🚨
Fee-paid Specialist Lay Member - First-tier Tribunal, Health, Education & Social Care Chamber (Mental Health).
➡️Register for the seminar: 👇bit.ly/JO-FPLMHESC-se…
➡️More info on 23 Apr exercise launch here:👇bit.ly/JAC-info-app-p…

Every Story Matters is your chance to share your experience of the pandemic which will feed into the investigation by the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

☎️ If you have a learning disability & want to share your story, please contact our Learning Disability Helpline on 0808 808 1111.

Hannah is on a work experience placement at the Midlands Art Centre.

In a recent compliments slip, Hannah was described as a “delightful waitress”.

“She [Hannah] was happy, cheery and her customer service skills were impeccable. Thank you for brightening my morning!” 💜

“When you're not perceived by other people and your social needs are so deprived…you don’t actually know you exist”

Alexis Quinn who was held for 3 years in a mental health facility due to her autism speaks to Victoria Derbyshire about her experience.

#newsnight