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11 April 2018
Richard Lawrence & Bernie Conway
Richard and Bernie work for Mencap. Richard is a Project support assistant and Bernie is a People administrator. Both have a learning disability, and are involved with Mencap's running group
7 April 2018
Lloyd Page
7 April 2018 is World Health Day and the theme is #HealthForAll. Lloyd Page, who has a learning disability, shares his thoughts on why people with a learning disability should have the right to good healthcare.
6 April 2018
Desmond Coker-Davies
Desmond has a learning disability, which his local hospital has always accommodated well. Bt when he was referred to another hospital they didn't understand his support needs or make adjustments to his care, it was a completely different experience.
5 April 2018
David Smith
Read a poem about our new health campaign, Treat Me Well, written by David Smith
Michelle .
Local elections are taking place in England on 3 May 2018. Hear from Michelle about why it's important for people with a learning disability to get out a vote, as well as her top tips for voting
21 March 2018
Rob Holland
Hear from Rob about why he's running the London Landmarks half marathon for Mencap
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.
Jack Bishop
Hear from Jack, who, with his brother Ben, is running this year's London Marathon for Mencap
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, whose son James has a learning disability, on why she thinks it is essential that senior medical staff should have mandatory disability awareness training.
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