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Mencap press releases on learning disability news and issues.

 
23 May 2013

Lorainne Bellamy from Mencap visits Buckingham Palace

Lorainne Bellamy represented Mencap, the learning disability charity, at the annual Buckingham Palace Garden Party yesterday. She has worked for the charity for 31 years.
 
21 May 2013

Mencap backs damning report into death of 23 year old Tina at Basildon Hospital

Tina Papalabropoulos was 23 years old and lived at home with her parents and her sister. She died on the 30 of January 2009 at Basildon Hospital.
 
15 May 2013

THE O2 FLUSHED WITH SUCCESS FOR LAUNCH OF THE UK’S 500TH DISABLED LOO

 
15 May 2013

MENCAP FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND CELEBRITY SUPPORTERS WELCOMED TO 10 DOWNING STREET

 
13 May 2013

Mencap calls for the resignation of Collin Brewer

Mencap calls for the resignation of Collin Brewer, councillor who likened disabled children to deformed lambs who would be "smashed against a wall"
 
8 May 2013

Investors in charity bond raise £8 million to buy houses for people with a learning disability

 
8 May 2013

Queen’s Speech – Fair for who? Mencap response

 
3 May 2013

Mencap amazed and disappointed at the election of council candidate who called for disabled children to be “put down”

 
18 April 2013

Inspiring young people with a learning disability are joined by celebrities and politicians to celebrate their success

Mencap’s Community Changemakers project encouraged young people with a learning disability design and deliver projects across the country to make community life better by addressing issues such as bullying, access to work, and making leisure opportunities more inclusive.
 
4 April 2013

Mencap targets CCGs with charter to eliminate health inequalities in the NHS for people with a learning disability

Mencap has launched a charter to eliminate health inequalities in the NHS, as new research reveals that over 1,200 people with a learning disability die prematurely every year in NHS care.