Mencap responds to Skills For Care report: “Size and Structure of the Adult Social Care Sector and Workforce in England"

Mencap issues extreme heat warning, urging early action to protect people with a learning disability

The learning disability charity Mencap is urging individuals, carers and families to act now as extreme heat sweeps across the UK this week, with temperatures expected to reach the mid-to-high 30s

Mencap Responds to The Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry on Thursday 18 June 2026

‘Misplaced fear’, not cost, is stopping employers hiring people with a learning disability

Employers across the UK are being held back from hiring people with a learning disability by a ‘misplaced fear’ of getting it wrong, not by cost or capability, new polling reveals.

‘The biggest rollback of disability rights in a generation’ – Charities respond to Supreme Court ruling

Mencap Announces Mohini Raichura - Brown as New Executive Director of Fundraising

Responding to The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change’s new report, An Emergency Handbrake for UK Welfare: Stabilising Spending, Supporting People

Mencap criticised the Tony Blair Institute’s welfare proposals, warning they would increase hardship for people with a learning disability rather than remove barriers to work.

Mencap Responds To The Timms Review Call For Evidence On Personal Independence Payments

The Disability Charities Consortium Responds To UK COVID Inquiry Module 3 Report

Mencap Responds to Youth Employment Drive Announcement

MENCAP RESPONDS TO MANDY WIXON SENTENCING

Mencap welcomed the strong sentence given to Mandy Wixon and said the case highlights the increased risk of abuse and exploitation faced by people with a learning disability.

New exhibition reveals human cost of people with a learning disability and autistic people wrongly locked away in mental health hospitals

Families fighting for loved ones’ freedom share stories of abuse, isolation and years of trauma inside mental health units, whilst holding on for hope