What is the Disability Charities Consortium (DCC)?
The Disability Charities Consortium (DCC) brings together leaders from the UK’s leading not-for-profit disability organisations Organisations are groups like companies and businesses. to work with each other and the government The Government are the people who run the country. They decide how much tax people should pay for things and how things like the National Health Service should work. to make sure disabled people’s experiences are reflected in UK policy making. Mencap is proud to be part of the DCC collaborating with other charities to influence government.
Our work together
In October 2026, the DCC wrote an open letter to the
Prime Minister
The Prime Minister is the leader of the government.
, Andy Burnham. We’re calling on the Government to back young disabled people and invest in their futures ahead of the Milburn Review. The review is looking into the increase in the number of young people not in
education
Education is when you learn things. When you fill in a form to get a job, education means you write where you went to school, college or university.
,
employment
Employment means having a job.
and training’s final recommendations.