Easy read services

Mencap's accessibility unit provides a range of communication services.

We offer support and advice to enable people with a learning disability to be included in community life and to have access to good information in appropriate formats.

The unit is staffed by people with and without a learning disability. We work to a set of easy read standards called Make it clear.  These standards have been drawn up in collaboration with:

• people with a learning disability
• speech and Language Therapists
• carers 
• people who do not have English as a first language
• they also incorporate good practice from the RNIB

We review our standards via feedback from users of our service, people with a learning disability and independent audits of material we have produced.

Easy read documents
We have experience of working with many different organisations , statutory and non-statutory bodies to produce easy read information including

• Government - national and local
• Healthcare Commission
• Police forces
• NHS
• Energy companies
• BBC
• Charities

We can produce easy read material from text and images right through to fully designed booklets and leaflets.

CD recording
Mencap has its own recording studio and we are able to produce good quality audio CDs.  Voice recording is done by people with and without a learning disability as appropriate.

Websites
We have experience in producing easy read pages for websites and can give advice about how to make sites easy for people with a learning disability to use.

Training
We run half day and full day training sessions on a range of topics to do with written communication and inclusion.  Training sessions can be adapted to meet the needs of different organisations.

Advice
We are always happy to give advice about easy read and communication.  We offer a "first hour free" consultation service.

Contact us:
The accessibility team
Telephone: 020 7696 5551
Email: accessibility@mencap.org.uk