When Brian Rix asked me to contribute a chapter on everything Mencap wants to see change for people with a learning disability – and to do it in around 5,000 words – my immediate (private) reaction ...

Wirral Mencap's first Charity Golf Invitational on Friday, May 15 at Bidston Golf Club will bring together local businesses and community members for a full day of golf, hospitality, and fundraising ...

Mencap knows that people with a learning disability face huge inequalities. They are more likely to be socially isolated and sadly, people with a learning disability die on average up to 23 years ...

A New Forest nurse is preparing to take on one of the world’s most famous marathons.

A “trailblazer” mother who founded Mencap is to be honoured with a blue plaque at the house where she set up the learning disability charity. Judy Fryd began her campaigning work at her home in ...

The founder of a charity which supports people with learning disabilities to live full lives will be honoured with a Blue Plaque. The accolade to Judy Fryd, who founded Mencap in 1947, will be put up ...

This year's theme for World Down Syndrome Day is 'Together against Loneliness', which is a global call to action that challenges all of us to break down the barriers perpetuating isolation for people ...