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Learning disability news from Mencap.

Taxi sign
 
8 March 2013
Findings will help shape the taxi services for disabled people and their carers
Una Brown
 
7 March 2013
Prestigious award for Mencap in Northern Ireland’s development manager
Bedroom tax
 
7 March 2013
Call to government to look again at how the ‘bedroom tax’ affects disabled people and their families
Infant school girl plays with bubbles
 
6 March 2013
Important victory for children follows Mencap’s campaigning on the Children and Families Bill
Mareen Humphreys
 
6 March 2013
Information officer reaches quarter century mark with Mencap in Northern Ireland
 
5 March 2013
Castlebeck, the company which ran Winterbourne view assessment and treatment centre which closed in 2011 after horrific abuse was uncovered, has gone into administration
Super Me
 
4 March 2013
Project highlights the super powers of young people in Northern Ireland
Winterbourne families
 
26 February 2013
Government’s Winterbourne lead meets families of those abused
Mencap needs you!
 
22 February 2013
After becoming the first charity to create a Harlem Shake video, we've been challenged to a Shake-off! The #CharityShakeOff, to be precise.
Mutual carers
 
21 February 2013
An inquiry into the financial impact of caring and the impact of changes to the benefits system on carers and their families is being launched by Carers UK