Archive for October, 2009
Free event: Planning for the future
It was an issue that came up at the Mencap Liverpool Annual General Meeting, what happens to someone with a learning disability when their parents/carers are gone? Royal Mencap’s Wills & Trusts team are running a series of free information sessions that parents and carers can come along to and find out more about setting [...]
Mencap Liverpool Annual General Meeting 2009 highlights
The 2009 Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place at Greenbank Sports College, Liverpool on Friday 9th October 2009. Over 40 members of Mencap Liverpool turned up, including the trustee board, to vote through the new strategic vision for the organisation as presented by Chief Executive, Sarah Jones. The new vision for 2013 was met with [...]
Banquet Exhibition at St George’s Hall, Liverpool
Mencap Liverpool’s Access to Heritage Project is exhibiting ‘Banquets and Puddings’ at St George’s Hall, Liverpool (how to find it) until 31st October 2009. The exhibition has been featured on BBC North West Tonight, in the Liverpool Daily Post and on BBC Radio Merseyside. We recommend you get along to this exhibition while you can. [...]
Trustee meeting highlights: 28/09/2009
The Mencap Liverpool trustee board met at the Gateway Centre, London Road on 28th September 2009. The trustees was attending were Ed Gilchrist, Ed Walker, John Courtney, Peter Cowan, Rod Wilson and Alan Griffiths (Find out more about the trustees). The chief executive of Mencap Liverpool, Sarah Jones and the Project co-ordinator of the Employment [...]
Mencap founder to appear on first-class stamp
The founder of Mencap, Judy Fryd, is to appear on a first-class stamp as part of the Royal Mail’s ‘Eminent Britons’ collection. Fryd was the mother of a son with learning disability and she campaigned to secure the right for every child with a learning disability to receive an education. She formed the National Association [...]
Annual General Meeting 2009 notice
Mencap Liverpool invite you to our Annual General Meeting. It’s on Friday 9th October 2009 at 7 PM at Greenbank Sports Academy Rathbone Room, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool, L17 1AG. Tea, Coffee, Juice and Biscuits will be served from 7 PM. There will be information for you to look at and interesting people to speak to [...]
