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29 April 2009
The number of abhorrent acts of violence against people with a learning disability is shocking. This report reveals the true extent of disability hate crime in the UK.
24 April 2009
A new guide to support health and social care professionals to provide best practice end-of-life care for people with learning disability is being launched on 28 April 2009.
24 April 2009
Lee Hope, 42, from Chertsey, Surrey is about to embark on his twelfth London Marathon this Sunday (26 April) and will be raising money for UK learning disability charity Mencap. Lee, who has a learning disability, is part of Mencap's Dennis the Menace running team and hopes to finish the race in 6 hours 15 minutes.
24 April 2009
Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex met people with profound and multiple learning disabilities at their tailored living accommodation in Havant.
23 April 2009
The Adult Social Care Workforce Strategy must prioritise 'quality over quantity' says Mencap
6 April 2009
U2's The Edge has become an ambassador for Mencap, the UK charity that fights for the rights of the 1.5 million people living in the UK with a learning disability.
1 April 2009
Employees at the Travis Perkins Group, one of the UK's leading companies in builders' merchanting and home improvement, have raised over 150k for learning disability charity Mencap.
1 April 2009
Staff of leading construction group Skanska UK have eliminated 100 health and safety hazards recently, thanks to an award-winning fundraising scheme introduced by charity Mencap.
26 March 2009
Not for the fainthearted, Mencap's extreme team is taking part in some of the most challenging and breath-taking endurance events on earth and at the same time making a real difference to the lives of people with a learning disability.
24 March 2009
Mencap's response to Six Lives: the provision of public services to people with learning disabilities - the Health Ombudsman and Local Government Ombudsman's report into the six deaths identified by Mencap's Death by Indifference report
