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    "Do You See Me?" is our new campaign 4 people with disabilities campaigning A campaign is when people work together to try to change something. to make sure that people with a learning disability 3 Teenagers A learning disability is to do with the way someone's brain works. It makes it harder for someone to learn, understand or do things. are fully included and valued in all aspects of life.

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    Mencap receives £500,000 funding from Google.org to deliver accessible online harms training, to help support people with a learning disability online

    Date
    2 December 2022
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    Mencap launches new GP resources for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people with a learning disability

    Mencap, the UK’s learning disability charity, has launched its new ‘easy read’ GP Learning Disability Register resources which are designed to support people with a learning disability from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities.

    Date
    1 December 2022
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    "Adam and Alison deserve for this nightmare to be over" - Mencap responds to a report by ITV News investigating Rampton Secure Hospital

    Date
    2 November 2022
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    "The social care system is on the brink of collapse" - Mencap Responds to the CQC State of Care Report

    Date
    21 October 2022
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    'Superhero' charity CEO swims the length of the London Marathon to raise vital funds for Mencap

    Edel Harris OBE, Chief Executive of the learning disability charity Mencap, is swimming the length of the London Marathon – 26.2 miles - to raise vital funds for people with a learning disability.

    Date
    20 October 2022
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    Mencap urge Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) across England to sign their Treat Me Well pledge to tackle health inequalities

    As BBC Panorama investigate the shocking health inequalities faced by people with a learning disability, Mencap are calling on ICS leaders to show their commitment by signing their Treat Me Well pledge

    Date
    10 October 2022
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    Priced out and forgotten: Mencap head to Westminster to demand support for most vulnerable this winter

    Date
    22 September 2022
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    Hollyoaks Stars Tackle Terrains to reach Snowdon Summit for Learning Disability Charities

    Triumphant trekkers, including actress and Mencap ambassador Emily Burnett, take on ten-hour challenge in aid of Mencap

    Date
    30 August 2022
  • Title

    Chelsee Healey, Jorgie Porter and Jessica Fox among stars backing celebrity 'Push to the Peak' challenge for learning disability

    Hollyoaks stars share video messages for co-star Emily Burnett and her aunt Teresa Pope, who has a learning disability, as they prepare to scale Snowdon this weekend in aid of Mencap and Sunday Circle

    Date
    26 August 2022
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    “The tragedy that happened to us as a family and to Diana is happening almost on a daily basis” – Dame Carolyn Fairbairn DBE, Royal Mencap Society’s Chair of Trustees

    Date
    28 July 2022
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    Mencap responds to the governments Women's Health Strategy

    Today, the government has published the first ever Women's Health Strategy for England to tackle the gender health gap

    Date
    20 July 2022
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    Mencap responds to new analysis from the Health Foundation

    According to new analysis released today by the Health Foundation, NHS in England could face a shortfall of almost 40,000 nurses by 2024

    Date
    20 July 2022

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