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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

1 November 2019

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.

Learning Disability Work Experience Week: Vijay's Story

21 November 2016

Vijay Patel

Vijay recently did a week of work experience with Vanquis. Find out how it went and what he’s planning to do next

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