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A new partnership agreement has been signed by 48 health, care and housing organisations that commits them to transforming public service delivery to promote people’s independence and wellbeing.
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Specialist care and education provider Cambian Group has acquired Mencap’s further education colleges.
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Mencap’s housing service, Golden Lane Housing (GLH), recently celebrated tenants moving into the final property bought with the £10 million charity bond it raised last year.
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A 9-year-old girl from Cornwall has written her first book, which aims to help other children who become a sibling to a child with Down’s syndrome.
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The government has failed to meet its commitment to ensure that people with a learning disability are supported to return to their communities from units like Winterbourne View.
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Mencap has launched a campaign, called Hear My Voice, that seeks to unite the voices of people with learning disabilities, their families, carers, campaigners and others to ensure the next Government addresses the key issues facing people…
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In this guest blog, to coincide with the launch of the ‘Hear my voice’ campaign, Mencap’s Jan Tregelles explains how important it is for people with learning disabilities to vote in elections.
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Disability charity United Response has published an easy read summary of the European and local elections to make the voting results more accessible to people with learning disabilities.
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An organisation that provides support for adults with learning disabilities to help them live independently has produced a new client-designed DVD for use as an introduction to evaluating its services.
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A new horticultural social enterprise has been established in Perth that aims to get people with learning disabilities, as well as those recovering from mental ill health and other disabilities, job ready.
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