Stay Up Late

People with a learning disability have the right to Stay Up Late and have fun just like everyone else!

 

People with a learning disability have the right to choose how they live their lives - including staying up late and having fun.

 The ‘Stay Up Late' campaign was started by Heavy Load, a punk-rock band formed of people with and without a learning disability. They started the campaign because people with a learning disability were having to leave their gigs and go home early because their support workers had come to the end of their shifts.

Mencap believes that:

• people and organisations providing support should be flexible
• local authorities should make sure that people with a learning disability are provided with the right support so that they can ‘Stay Up Late'.

If you want to ‘Stay Up Late'...

• Tell your care provider - we have produced a green card that you can use to tell your staff when you would like to go out late.
• If the green card doesn't work, you should write to your local authority. We have produced a sample letter to help you.

Show your support for staying up late!

Email your local authority

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