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50 years ago the first Gateway Clubs opened. Today these clubs support over 20,000 people with a learning disability each week to access leisure activities and make friends. If that's not a reason to party, we don't know what is! | Mencap

50 years ago the first Gateway Clubs opened. Today these clubs support over 20,000 people with a learning disability each week to access leisure activities and make friends. If that's not a reason to party, we don't know what is! | Mencap

15.2K viewsJun 22, 2016

You can help a child like Laura take their first steps to a brighter future. After just a year of Mencap support, Laura is now able to walk independently - in fact, she took her first steps at the Mencap children's centre! This Christmas there are thousands of families like Laura’s across the UK, struggling to cope without the right support for their child’s learning disability. By supporting our Christmas appeal, you’ll give them the gift of hope. Please donate today: https://bit.ly/3mHY51R | M

You can help a child like Laura take their first steps to a brighter future. After just a year of Mencap support, Laura is now able to walk independently - in fact, she took her first steps at the Mencap children's centre! This Christmas there are thousands of families like Laura’s across the UK, struggling to cope without the right support for their child’s learning disability. By supporting our Christmas appeal, you’ll give them the gift of hope. Please donate today: https://bit.ly/3mHY51R | M

67K viewsNov 2, 2020

With a gift in your Will to Mencap, you can support families like Richard’s so that people with a learning disability can live happy and healthy lives for generations to come. ❤️ 💻 Download your free guide to find out more. | Mencap

With a gift in your Will to Mencap, you can support families like Richard’s so that people with a learning disability can live happy and healthy lives for generations to come. ❤️ 💻 Download your free guide to find out more. | Mencap

23.1K viewsApr 29, 2022

How do you help a child with a learning disability feel safe and happy? You can help them shine and live the lives they choose. | Mencap

How do you help a child with a learning disability feel safe and happy? You can help them shine and live the lives they choose. | Mencap

30 viewsMay 10, 2016

This year, we want to celebrate the BIG and small things we have achieved... because of you. From everyone here at Mencap, thank you for your support in 2015. | Mencap

This year, we want to celebrate the BIG and small things we have achieved... because of you. From everyone here at Mencap, thank you for your support in 2015. | Mencap

17 viewsDec 31, 2015

If your child has a learning disability, and you're worried about their future when you're no longer around, then look no further. We're here to help. | Mencap

If your child has a learning disability, and you're worried about their future when you're no longer around, then look no further. We're here to help. | Mencap

140.4K viewsMar 9, 2017

Take on a 15km run, complete 150 press ups or dance to 15 songs in a row - it's up to you what you do. 🏃‍♀️ We've got some great fundraising ideas and you will be raising vital funds for the 1.5 million people in the UK who have a learning disability. | Mencap

Take on a 15km run, complete 150 press ups or dance to 15 songs in a row - it's up to you what you do. 🏃‍♀️ We've got some great fundraising ideas and you will be raising vital funds for the 1.5 million people in the UK who have a learning disability. | Mencap

26.6K viewsJul 10, 2020

What are Tom’s hopes for his daughter’s future? “I hope one day Rosie will have a good level of independence… this will only happen by receiving the right level of support." ✨ Help people with a learning disability and their loved ones achieve their goal of independence with a gift in your Will to Mencap 👌 Download our handy Guide to Wills to learn more | Mencap

96.3K viewsOct 18, 2019

Join Team Mencap and you can make a real difference to the lives of people with a learning disability! | Mencap

42.7K viewsFeb 8, 2021

Make sure your loved ones are taken care of after you’re gone. 👨‍👩‍👧 Write a free Will online today with our partners, Bequeathed. 💻 👉 Follow these simple steps: | Mencap

57K viewsMay 10, 2021

When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? A shop keeper? A mechanic? 9 out of 10 children with a learning disability won't be offered a job. Help us help them shine. | Mencap

65.9K viewsJun 21, 2016

Do you know what a learning disability is? If not, watch this video! Please share this video and help us tackle the myths about learning disability! | Mencap

52.9K viewsMar 19, 2015

About us - Learning Disability Charity - Leeds Mencap

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“The people who know where my legacy will do the most good, are the people in Mencap.” 💬 – Richard, Mencap Supporter With a gift in your Will, you can help make the UK the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. ❤️ 💻 Download your free guide to find out more. | Mencap

33K viewsDec 16, 2022

Why Mencap?

There are over 2,000 people with a learning disability and autistic people locked away in secure hospitals right now, often far from home and family. This is Leo's story. Write to your MP today and show you will not stand by and let this scandal continue: https://bit.ly/-Time-To-Act | Mencap

1.1K viewsOct 21, 2023

This Learning Disability Week, we want to show that many people with a learning disability are fit to work and can do a job well. Meet James. 👋 He is enrolled in our supported internship programme and is doing his work placement at The Shrewsbury Arms pub. James' job coach said: "James has been able to recall regular customer names and their drink preferences. In particular there is a man who comes in daily and on one shift, by the time he had entered the door and got to the bar, James already

2.5K viewsJun 21, 2023

Support worker roles at Mencap

Watch how to support someone with a learning disability to vote. | Mencap

25 viewsDec 15, 2015

Santa is doing an amazing favour for the Lord Mayor’s #Charity Appeal - #Leeds Mencap. If you make a donation to the Lord Mayors Charity, please use the link below, #Santa will record a special personal message for you in time for #Christmas (we will send it to you on WhatsApp). donate online to the Lord Mayor’s Charity through JustGiving: https://checkout.justgiving.com/c/197723 After your kind donation - email santa@leeds.gov.uk to give the names and details of your message from Santa - includ

885 views5 months ago

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Harry, Digital Accessibility Officer at Mencap, shares what a learning disability means and why the right support matters💜 | Mencap

128K views8 months ago

Isn't it annoying when you miss out on something everyone else is enjoying? Don't miss out when it comes to your health. By telling your GP that you have a learning disability, and adding your name to the learning disability register, you can get better healthcare - and you could get a complete health check every year. | Mencap

116.8K viewsMay 12, 2017

One hour to go until our Big Christmas Party! Join Jade and Christian and a whole host of celebrity guests for Christmas celebrations at 4pm here on our Facebook Live. 📺 Warning - video contains flashing lights. 💡 | Mencap

1.9K viewsDec 17, 2020

Today, we are celebrating Team Mencap. We're passing the baton up and down the nation. 🗺️ We might not be running the Virgin Money London Marathon together today, but we're still training, still working hard, in spite of the difficulties. Thank you Team Mencap. ❤️ Want to support our runners with a learning disability? Visit: https://bit.ly/3bCMgVp 👈 | Mencap

17K viewsApr 26, 2020

Meet Lynne! 👋 Lynne lives in Essex and is supported by Mencap. For Learning Disability Week she wanted to share the importance of friendships, especially during lockdown! 😊 Here she explains why her friend Becky is a good friend to her. 💕 | Mencap

3.4K viewsJun 21, 2020

Down's Syndrome is way more than just a diagnosis or definition. ✍️ Each person is unique with their own dreams, interests and talents like anyone else. 👍 Hear from Liam Bairstow about what having Down's syndrome means to him.👇 | Mencap

8.5K viewsAug 6, 2019

Say hello to Jess. 👋 She has had the COVID-19 vaccine 💉 and wanted to share her experience. 💬 Jess hates needles and was feeling really nervous about it. 😖 But she shares her top tips that helped her get through it, including taking lots of deep breaths! ❤️ She was excited to get the vaccine as well. 🙋‍♀️ By having the vaccine, she feels that she is going to stay safe from coronavirus. 👍 Jess is really looking forward to things getting "back to normal" and being able to hug her loved ones

7.6K viewsFeb 28, 2021

What is it like to be a Support Worker? Watch our short film and find out! We have lot's of Support Worker vacancies across the country: https://www.mencap.org.uk/jobs | Mencap

7.2K viewsMay 23, 2015

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