Supporting families from BME communities

Mencap welcomes families, carers and people with learning disabilities from all minority ethnic communities. 

Language Line 

If English is not your first language and you need information or advice, Mencap Direct offers a translation service. Just call Mencap Direct on 0808 808 1111 and tell the operator which language you need.

The operator will ask for your contact details so they can call you back. They will then contact Language Line and you will be able to talk to the operator through an interpreter. This is a three way process.

About Mencap

These publications offer a summary of the services Mencap provides and how you can get more advice and information in various languages.

• About Mencap - English
• About Mencap - Arabic
• About Mencap - Bengali
• About Mencap - Cantonese
• About Mencap - Gujarati
• About Mencap - Hindi
• About Mencap - Punjabi
• About Mencap - Somali
• About Mencap - Turkish
• About Mencap - Urdu

Services for All family handbook

In association with Mencap, the Association for Real Change (ARC) has produced the 'Services for All' family handbook. The handbook contains information on learning disability services for people from black and minority ethnic communities and is available in five languages:

• Services for All in English
• Services for All in Cantonese
• Services for All in Gujarati
• Services for All in Punjabi
• Services for all in Urdu

A hard copy of 'Services for All' is also available from the ARC website and costs £10.

For more information on ethnicity, you can:

• read what Valuing People says about working with black and minority ethnic communities
• read real life stories of families from black and minority ethnic communities below.