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Thursday 24th April 2025



❗️Sponsored walk time 🤩 On Thursday 15th May our members, staff and volunteers will be taking part in a sponsored walk. Starting from our community cottage in Crosby to Altcar training camp Hightown and back. We will also be holding a community fun day at the cottage throughout the day. To celebrate our walkers at the finish line and the community there will be a bake sale, games and just a fun day. If you would like to sponsor our team please see our just giving page: www.justgiving.com/team/mencapliverpoolseftonwalk Or come show your support on the day and join in with the fun at the community cottage grab yourself a cheeky cake or 2 🍰🧁 The day will be starting at 10am 6-8 Mariners road, Crosby, L23 6SX If you would like any more details please contact Hannah on 07881 869846 Read More

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Thursday 24th April 2025



Yesterday, we said goodbye to Marianne Manson, our amazing Volunteering and Community Co-ordinator. Over the past two and a half years, Marianne has been a driving force behind so many of our successes. From tirelessly writing grant and trust applications to securing vital funding, her work has helped us continue to grow as an inclusive, welcoming hub for our community. She’s led inspiring projects with a lasting impact—like Seeds of Change, which explored the history of Mencap Cottage and saw our members collaborate on a play with @_inanotherplace and co-write a wonderful book (still available to buy!) with our volunteer Paul Tandy. She also brought creativity to life with the vibrant @coffeeatmencap Upcycle event alongside @gemma_longworth_diy , local artists and a team of volunteers turning old furniture into unique, colourful pieces and equipping our members with the skills to do it themselves. Marianne truly lived our values of “creating a world where everyone is valued equally.” She found funding to make our beloved Cottage fully accessible (building work is underway!) and supported projects like our weekly gardening group and helping members take part in the Crosby Park Run. The good news? Marianne isn’t leaving us completely—she’ll still be volunteering at Thursday Club because, in her words, “I just love working with our members.” Thank you, Marianne, for everything. We’ll miss you around the office, but we’re so excited for what’s next in your journey. Wishing you all the very best in your new role! Read More

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Thursday 17th April 2025



Our @mencapliverpool member Sue has been preparing for the next recording of our Radio Show 'Reach Out'which is broadcast on @lcr_106.7fm On the next show Sue will be interviewing Paul Tandy one of our volunteers and Marianne Manson Volunteering and Community Co-ordinator about the history of Mencap Cottage. As part of the @heritagefunduk 'Seeds of Change' project Paul and Marianne researched the history of our cottage and also Mencap and wrote a book. Sue was looking through the book they wrote and preparing questions for them both - it was really interesting but one thing in particular caught her eye and she read the passage out loud. Sue was the matron in the play about the cottage - the matron was an important figure for many years when it was a convalescent home and a place where the poor children of Liverpool came for fresh air, wholesome food and kindness. Sue has worked really hard and he next edition of 'Reach Out 'promises to be as good as the last! Read More

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Thursday 17th April 2025



This week was our 5th week of the @firstpersonprojectcic FundaMENTALLY Healthy Course and we talked about Goal Setting and Motivation. The atmosphere of openess, honesty and trust that the staff at First Person Project have created has truly benefitted our members to speak up and express how we feel, ask questions and share stories. We talked about our dreams and how sometimes dreams are fictional - like winning the jackpot on the lottery and how sometimes dreams can come true if we make a plan and set goals. We talked about motivation and people said that the thing that makes the most impact Is when we receive praise or a compliment on the work that we have done - we need to be aware of the ripples we make on the people and world around us and the lives we touch. We also talked about self motivation when things get tough - our members do have more strategies in place than we realise - like booking tickets ahead of time so that we have to go and not cancel last minute was a great example of this. Next week is our last session and we have thoroughly enjoyed working with the team at First Person Project CIC - thank you particularly to Tom, Alice and Shannon and thank you to our members for engaging and getting fully involved to get the most from this brilliant opportunity we've been given. See you all next week! Read More

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Thursday 17th April 2025



There were lots of fantastic organisations that were present to speak with staff @whisc_liv @andysmanclubuk @unisontheunion @nhspensionhelp @enterprisecreditunion @firstpersonprojectcic @gemma_longworth_diy @cottageofdreamsuk @emmaswildgarden @the_lodge_wellness_centre @thebraincharity @royalbritishlegion @firstpersonprojectcic Thank you to Natasha @alderhey for including us at your Staff Wellness day Read More

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Thursday 17th April 2025



Also at the @alderhey Staff Wellbeing Day we had a lovely catch up with Laura from the @thebraincharity It was a brilliant event and a great opportunity for @mencapliverpool Outreach Champions to promote what we do - great work team! Read More

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Monday 14th April 2025



We have also had a catch up with @gemma_longworth_diy who revamped the furniture @coffeeatmencap in May 2023 and spent a gorgeous 3 days with members teaching us all how to sugar soap, paint and prime our furniture - and it is all going strong today! She was also very impressed with our mini chairs decorated by one of our chair artists Lorraine Hughes - they are funky! We use these at events to promote @coffeeatmencap Read More