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Learning Disability Helpline

Our free helpline service offers advice and support for people with a learning disability, and their families and carers.

What is Mencap's Learning Disability Helpline service?

The Learning Disability Helplines are Mencap’s free help and advice lines for people with a Learning Disability, their families and carers. We are a very busy service , and we help as many people as we can, however we are not a crisis service and we cannot always respond straight away to urgent issues. 

For the contact details of all other Mencap departments please visit our Contact us page.

If you need help urgently there are useful contact numbers on our Crisis advice page, however where there is an immediate risk of harm you should call 999.

How to contact our Learning Disability Helplines

Our 3 free helpline services offer advice and support for people with a learning disability, their families and carers.

  • Learning Disability Helpline in England
  • Learning Disability Helpline in Wales
  • Learning Disability Helpline in Northern Ireland.
How to use this advice tool (Easy Read)

We have made Easy Read instructions on how to use this tool to find the things you want to know about.

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About the Learning Disability Helpline (England)

The Learning Disability Helpline in England can advise you if:

The Learning Disability Helpline (England) can advise on:

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Easy Read translations about the Learning Disability Helpline service

Our Helplines are a vital lifeline for many

In this article Rachel tells us more about the Learning Disability Helpline, why it's so important and how you can help keep our lines open.

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Cost of living advice

Are you worried or concerned about the cost of living crisis and how it may affect you or someone you love? We have expanded our helpline and now have specialist cost of living experts to help advise you.

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Help us step in when most needed

Our Helplines are a lifeline to so many people, we simply must be there to help.

Your donations keep this essential service running.

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We hold the Advice Quality Standard so you can be sure about the quality of the advice we provide.

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The Mencap helpline is a member of Advice UK in England.

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