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1 in 4 disabled say they have been bullied at nightclubs or music concerts - Mencap urges music venues to help stop harassment of people with a learning disability
Almost 1/3 of young people with a learning disability have been afraid of staff at gigs and clubs
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Mencap responds to Government plans to allow councils to increase social care precept by 3%
Today (Thursday 15 December), the Government has announced how it plans to try and solve the social care funding crisis which is currently facing millions of older and disabled people.
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Mencap and The Challenging Behaviour Foundation respond to CQC Review into investigations of deaths of patients in NHS services
Today the Care Quality Commission published their report on their review of how NHS trusts identify, report and investigate the deaths of people using NHS services in England.
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Mencap marks 70 years with the launch of new online community providing peer-to-peer support for parents of children with a learning disability
Survey reveals parents of children with a learning disability are most useful group to provide emotional support to parents
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Almost two-thirds of parents miss social engagements due to fear of public reactions to their disabled child – New Mencap survey of 1000 parents
Survey of over 1000 parents of children with a learning disability highlights how concern about public attitudes towards learning disability leave parents feeling isolated and unwelcome in public
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Mencap response to Autumn Statement 2016
Mencap highlights an Autumn Statement that fails to mitigate any of the damaging effects of the £30 a week cut to Employment and Support Allowance and failure to explain how the Government intends to halve the disability employment gap
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Mencap response to ESA Cut debate – MPs vote 127-0 to halt controversial cuts to ESA and Universal Credit, following warnings from the disability community
Following a debate in Parliament on Thursday 17th November, MPs have overwhelmingly voted to postpone a £30 weekly cut to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Universal Credit.
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70 charities back letter urging the Government to re-assess cuts to Employment and Support Allowance ahead of House of Commons vote
MPs will debate the £30-a-week cut to the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and equivalent in Universal Credit
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New research highlights how public attitudes contribute to just 5.8% of people with a learning disability in paid work
Mencap announce call for employers to consider candidates with a learning disability; following the recent DWP Green Paper’s failure to set any meaningful milestones to meet the governments manifesto promise of halving the disability employment gap
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Mencap response to Green Paper on Work, Health and Disability – risks undermining security of sick and disabled people
Our response to The Department for Work and Pensions' Green Paper on Work, Health and Disability
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First in-depth research on public attitudes towards learning disability for 30 years’ reveals confusion, support yet small group of negative attitudes
Mencap today launches a new awareness campaign, Here I Am, backed up by an initial release of the first in-depth survey of public attitudes towards learning disability for over 30 years run by Mencap and Ipsos MORI, alongside a new campaign video
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Charities renew pressure to move people with a learning disability out of inpatient units, five years on from Winterbourne View scandal
Mencap, the Challenging Behaviour Foundation and the National Autistic Society release ‘Making it Happen’ guide for campaigners
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