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21 December 2017
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12 March 2018
Amy Clarke
Hear from Amy, who last month went into Parliament to speak to MPs of the Petitions Committee about cyber bullying and online abuse.
6 March 2018
Youssef Abidat
Hear from Youssef, our Campaigns Assistant, who attended the Treat me well launch event at the Royal College of Nursing in London. Find out what he has to say about the event; what happened and how he got involved.
Holly Hobson
Hear from Holly, the Area Administrator in the Hayle Mencap Office, in West Cornwall, on how she celebrated the launch of our new health campaign, Treat me well.
27 February 2018
Jane Raca
Hear from Jane about her experiences with taking her son James to hospital, and her thoughts around disabled people having the right to ask for reasonable adjustments
Hear from Jane, whose son James has a learning disability, on why she thinks it is essential that senior medical staff should have mandatory disability awareness training.
26 February 2018
Charlotte Calvert
Charlotte is running the London Landmarks Half Marathon this March. Hear why she's decided to take on this challenge and raise some money for Mencap
19 February 2018
Amy Hubbuck
Hear from Amy, who took part in the 10k race at our Run Hyde Park event in 2017
31 January 2018
Lorna .
Hear from Lorna who took part in Snowdon Trek in 2016 to raise money for Mencap
Anne Grant
Anne has a learning disability and mental health issues. Here, she shares two very different experiences in hospital, where reasonable adjustments were and were not made.
30 January 2018
Hear from Amy, who last week attended a preview screening of the latest episodes of the BBC's Silent Witness, and was invited to speak to some of the cast and crew about issues around disability which featured in the episode
