Mencap, which supports people with learning disabilities, opened a store on Coronation Parade, on the High Street, as a place to shop, donate and volunteer. It was opened on February 12 and people can ...

Just 30% of people would feel comfortable sitting next to someone with a mild learning disability, new research has revealed. As part of their Here I Am campaign, Mencap has released their results of ...

More than half of people with learning disabilities in employment say their first job helped them gain independence, according to Mencap's First Employment survey. The survey of just over a thousand ...

Mencap has exposed widespread public ignorance about what constitutes a learning disability in a survey published today as part of the launch of a new identity for the charity. The poll of over 1,600 ...

Telecoms giant Vodafone has teamed up with learning disability charity Mencap to connect over 45 supported living homes using Internet of Things technology. The Connected Living project will use ...

Back in 1958, the groundbreaking ‘Brooklands Experiment’, conducted by New Zealand psychologist Professor Jack Tizard in Reigate, UK, compared the progress of children with a learning disability ...

Held at Salisbury Guildhall on Saturday, January 31 2026, the event was looked forward to by the local learning-disabled community and their carers.

LONDON -- Learning disability campaigners are calling on dating app OkCupid to apologise and remove an “offensive and discriminatory” question from its site. Users who signed up for OkCupid were asked ...

As it is a new shop opening, people are encouraged to support the Ely Mencap shop by bringing in donations of clothes, bags and shoes that are in a good condition. The shop will open at 10am on ...

Harvey Price has been announced as a new ambassador for the learning disability charity Mencap. On Wednesday, it was revealed that he would be working with Mencap, saying he hopes he can be a voice ...