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Wednesday 2nd September 2026



🌿 A very special addition to our Cottage garden! 🌿 A huge thank you to Joan, who used to volunteer with us at Thuraday Club for many years, for very kindly donating this fantastic New Zealand Flax (Phormium) to our garden. And when we say it’s big… we mean BIG! 😂 Getting it to the Cottage was an adventure in itself as it only just fitted into the car! Despite the rain showers, our volunteers got straight to work making sure it was planted and given plenty of water so it didn’t dry out. The plant loves full sun, which really brings out the beautiful colours in its leaves, so we may decide to move it to an even sunnier spot in the future. For now though, it’s safely in the ground and looking very impressive! 🌱 Thank you so much, Joan, for thinking of us and for giving the plant a new home at the Cottage. It’s lovely that someone who has previously volunteered with us is still helping our garden grow. 💚 And thank you to our volunteers who helped get our rather enormous new arrival settled in! Read More

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Wednesday 2nd September 2026



We were delighted to welcome Peter Dowd MP to our Cottage on Friday – and our members did a fantastic job of showing him around and sharing some of the things they've been getting up to. Matty and Paul are regular users of our new gym facilities and took over as tour guides, showing Peter their favourite equipment. Paul's favourite is the treadmill, and he had another achievement to share too. Paul got involved in running through a Couch to 5K initiative we were funded for in the past – and he has kept going! He is now just two runs away from his 50th parkrun and earning his 50 parkrun milestone T-shirt. 🏃👏 The tour didn't stop there. Members showed Peter our gardens, boxing gym, table tennis area and charity shop, sharing the things they enjoy about our building and Mencap along the way. Rachel talked about her work delivering Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training around the country. We've have met with Peter previously to talk about some of the issues people with a learning disability face, so it was brilliant for him to hear Rachel talking about how much she enjoys delivering the training and to see just how proud she is of what she's doing. We also heard about the connections our members are making in the wider community, including working with In Another Place as preparations get underway for the Narnia Experience. And Sue and Phil, two of our longest-attending members, shared some fantastic memories from over the years – including abseiling down Liverpool Anglican Cathedral! 😲 Of course, no visit to the Cottage would be complete without making sure Peter sampled a gorgeous coffee from our coffee shop too. ☕️ A huge thank you to Peter for taking the time to come and see us, and particularly to our members who came along on a very wet and bleak Friday and spoke with such passion about the things they do, the opportunities they've had and what Mencap Liverpool & Sefton means to them. We can tell people what we do – but the best people to tell the story are our members. 💙 #LearningDisability #MemberVoice #Community #Liverpool #Sefton Inclusion Read More

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Wednesday 2nd September 2026



🎙️ We’re on YouTube! Earlier this year, members from Mencap Liverpool and Sefton were invited to be the very first guests on Mencap’s new Let’s Talk About Your Community podcast. Now the full podcast is available to watch on YouTube! 💜 Our members Ste, James, Adam and Sue joined the conversation to talk about their community, what matters to them and the things they’re involved in here in Liverpool and Sefton. A huge thank you to the Community Support Group at Mencap for inviting us to be the first guests – and most importantly, for creating another space where people with a learning disability can speak for themselves and have their voices heard. 🎧 Have a watch and let us know what you think! ▶️ https://youtu.be/hHoTjXX7m_Y #LearningDisability #Liverpool #Sefton #Podcast #Community Inclusion Read More

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Wednesday 2nd September 2026



We've been spending time at In Another Place in Bootle, helping people make connections and become more confident getting involved in their community. It's been particularly lovely seeing Luke become a firmly established part of the group and really finding his feet. What started as an introduction to somewhere new is becoming somewhere he knows, enjoys and feels comfortable attending. Last week it was also great to see Karen there. Karen is already a well-known face at In Another Place, and after we'd spoken the day before, we'd arranged to meet there. We're really pleased that she's now planning to start joining us more regularly too. 💙 These are the little successes that matter – connections being made, confidence growing and people finding places where they feel they belong. We'd love to encourage more people to join us, so if you know an adult with a learning disability in Liverpool or Sefton who might like to get involved, please get in touch. #LearningDisability #Community #Outreach #Liverpool #Sefton Read More

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Tuesday 25th August 2026



Each Tuesday some of our Mencap Members meet up and take part in different activities 🎨🎳🤩 Recently going for a monthly lunch and catch up has been worked into the mix and it's been fabulous! This month we went to the Marine Bar & Kitchen in Waterloo and everyone enjoyed a tasty lunch, catch up and made some plans for the future! ✨ Lovely afternoon finished off with a short walk in the sun 🌞 Read More

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Tuesday 18th August 2026



winner winner chicken dinner! was it you??? Read More

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Saturday 15th August 2026



🐝 A fascinating morning last week learning all about bees! I joined the Garden Drop In this morning and had the chance to listen to a brilliant beekeeping session from Dave Cowhig. Dave had such a great way of bringing the world inside a beehive to life. I loved his analogies and the pictures he painted with his words – from the guard bees acting as the bouncers of the hive, tough and protective but apparently not always the brightest, to the undertaker bees, whose importa1qnt job is to remove bees that have died from the hive. We learned about the different roles bees have, how incredibly organised a hive is and, of course, the famous waggle dance, which bees use to communicate information about where to find food. We even got the whole dance demonstrated! There were plenty of props to look at, beekeeper veils to try on and different honeys to taste. I tried lavender honey for the first time and absolutely loved it. 🍯 It was also a real reminder of just how important bees and other pollinators are to our environment and food supply, and why creating places where they can thrive matters. And the garden is certainly doing its bit! 🌸🐝 It's looking absolutely lovely at the moment, with plenty growing and flowering to make it a welcoming place for bees and other wildlife. There was some lovely teamwork happening in the garden too. A metal and mosaic table and chairs donated by Jim have been given a new lease of life, with James sanding them down and Carol painting them – and they've come up a treat. A really interesting morning and a great example of how someone who genuinely knows and loves their subject can make learning about it entertaining, memorable and fun. Thank you to Dave for sharing so much of his knowledge – I definitely came away knowing far more about the secret life of bees than I did when I arrived! 🐝🍯🌼 Read More