Stumped for something to do at the weekend?
MENCAP LIVERPOOL invites you to take part in a fundraising event with a sporting twist. On Sunday, June 12, we will be holding the Mencap Liverpool Indoor Cricket Tournament giving you the chance to have a laugh with friends and colleagues to help raise money for a worthy cause. This charity cricket contest offers great [...]
Local families unite with Mencap Liverpool against big cuts
LIVERPOOL FAMILIES have been finding out how to fight for their rights, thanks to the ‘Big Cuts’ event organised by Mencap Liverpool last Wednesday. More than 75 people who have a learning disability, or who care for someone who does, attended the all-day event where they gained invaluable advice on how to access support, and [...]
Free football sessions by Liverpool FC
Liverpool Football Club are putting on free football sessions for children and adults with learning disability. Four nights a week at St Margaret’s Church of England School there will be sessions, with Tuesday for severe learning difficulties, Wednesday for the visually impaired, Thursday for the physically disabled and Friday for wheelchair users. The Respect 4 [...]
The crucial questions in the Future of Care green paper
The government’s green paper on Shaping the Future of Care Together is a hefty document, so we’ve taken a read through it and here are the key points and questions that we need your feedback on. There are more and more volunerable people surviving in our community. Life expectancy is growing year by year. Who [...]
The Specials: a drama about young people with learning disability
We stumbled across The Specials the other week and it’s something we’d really like to share with you. Forget Skins on Channel 4, this is great real life stuff. It follows five housemates with learning disability in Brighton, as they are cared for, party hard and have relationships. It’s all video based, so you can [...]
