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"How society treats its most vulnerable citizens is always the measure of its humanity"
20 January 2020
Hear from Edel Harris, CEO of Royal Mencap Society, about a visit by Rt Honorable Boris Johnson MP to Mencap on Friday 17 January 2020.
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Judy Fryd's 110th Birthday
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Royal Mencap Society's next Chief Executive Officer, Edel Harris, discusses Judy Fryd's life and work on what would have been her 110th birthday.
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