Supporting people with a learning disability to live their lives to the full💜 Find out more: linktr.ee/mencaphttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3mgpkbpa7ec2mBehind every detention is a family missing birthdays, celebrations and everyday moments together. Join us, and ask “What does it take to bring people home?” 📍Opens Friday 13 March, Rich Mix, Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, London. Find out more brnw.ch/21x0ABG10 Mar 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpkbpa7ec2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3mfc4lfscyc2oNew research from @nihr-gmpsrc.bsky.social highlights stark inequalities for men with a learning disability diagnosed with prostate cancer. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Feb 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfc4lfscyc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3mf4qtihzgs24We’re offering £500 grants for organisations helping more people with a learning disability join their GP’s learning disability register. 👉Better healthcare starts with being on the learning disability register brnw.ch/21x02AN #ImIn https://brnw.ch/21x02AN18 Feb 2026 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf4qtihzgs24https://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3megn7jbh4k2g⏰ Something powerful is coming to London. Save the date.09 Feb 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3megn7jbh4k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3me4akp2wcs2eFree speech is not hate speech. Using the R-word is never acceptable.05 Feb 2026 11:04 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4akp2wcs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3m7njvyze7k2t1/4 🎨Huge congratulations to Nnena Kalu on becoming the first artist with a learning disability to win the Turner Prize. Her colourful and expressive sculptures are helping break down barriers, showing that people with a learning disability can achieve anything.10 Dec 2025 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7njvyze7k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3m7hwgbmdgs24💜 We’re saying I’m In, are you? 👉 Swipe through to see the 3 big benefits of joining the Learning Disability Register. #ImIn #LearningDisabilityRegister08 Dec 2025 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7hwgbmdgs24https://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3m73drsgjgk2n1/4 💜 Our #ImIn campaign is raising awareness of the learning disability register and encouraging everyone with a learning disability to join. #LearningDisabilityRegister03 Dec 2025 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73drsgjgk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3m6kfarkor22q1/2 🚨 The chancellor Rachel Reeves has released the government's Autumn budget today. There was lots in the budget, including some plans that will impact people with a learning disability and their families. Swipe to find out what we think. #Budget202526 Nov 2025 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6kfarkor22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3m6fdtmaxfc2k1/5 📢 Today, we joined the Care and Support Alliance and other charities like Age UK and Carers UK to deliver a symbolic red box of real stories to the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves at 11 Downing Street. #SocialCare #FiguresThatMatter24 Nov 2025 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6fdtmaxfc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3m5tp5vnrm22j1/5 💬 "We're human like the rest of the world" says Annabell Downey told @skynewsrss.bsky.social #LearningDisability17 Nov 2025 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tp5vnrm22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3m5gosbvkok2k1/4 What if your pay simply…stopped? 💷 For many disabled workers in the UK, that’s the reality from this point in the year. #DisabilityPayGapDay #EqualPay #LearningDisability #DisabilityRights Figures come from Trades Union Congress (TUC)12 Nov 2025 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5gosbvkok2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3m5bobja5p22v1/4 BBC News reports that nearly 1 in 8 young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training (NEET) with more young people claiming health and disability benefits than ever before.10 Nov 2025 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5bobja5p22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3m4xlfwi4jc2q1/5 Yesterday, the Government announced the National Financial Inclusion strategy which highlights the need for better inclusive and accessible customer support from banks so they can support people with a learning disability. #FinancialInclusion #LearningDisability #AccessibleBanking06 Nov 2025 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4xlfwi4jc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3m4vh6rij5k2f1/4 Today, the government published the Keep Britain Working review on how to support more disabled people in employment. At Mencap, we know that 86% of people with a learning disability who are not in work want a paid job 💼 #Inclusion #LearningDisability #KeepBritainWorking05 Nov 2025 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4vh6rij5k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3m22cggtbes2j1/3 💻✨ Lived Experience Advisor, William, is talking about the new Online Safety Act, a law designed to make the internet safer, especially for children and young people. #Mencap #OnlineSafetyAct #LivedExperience30 Sep 2025 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m22cggtbes2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3lzl7wyp2dc2g1/3 🏃‍♀️Meet Abi, a special needs teacher from Essex with a heart as big as her running spirit. This year, she ran the London Landmarks Half Marathon for Mencap, as a thank you to Mencap, who supported her family when her nephew Henry was born with Down Syndrome.24 Sep 2025 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzl7wyp2dc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3lzjc4vnfss221/3 💜 This September, three generations of Judy Fryd’s family are stepping forward for One Big Walk. #OneBigWalk #TeamMencap #LearningDisability23 Sep 2025 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzjc4vnfss22https://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3lz6ogebljk2uGood luck to our amazing Mencap Myth Buster, Ellie Goldstein, as she takes to the BBC Strictly dancefloor💃 #Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing #TeamEllie #MythBuster #LearningDisability19 Sep 2025 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz6ogebljk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3lywxvw6bqk2h🧵 1/4 Behind the stats are real people. #NoJourneyLeftBehind #BigPublicTransport #Accessibility #Inclusion #LearningDisability16 Sep 2025 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lywxvw6bqk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3lyn2nstamc2h1/3 🚇❌ After a few days of London tube strikes, many people have been struggling to get around but for people with a learning disability, the impact can be even harder. #AccessibilityMatters #LondonTubeStrikes #LondonStrikes12 Sep 2025 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyn2nstamc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3lyii3eockc2t1/5 🚨 People with a learning disability are dying on average 20 years younger than those without. Almost 4 in 10 of these deaths are avoidable, caused by barriers to healthcare and lack of access to public health and prevention programmes. #LeDeR #LearningDisability10 Sep 2025 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyii3eockc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3lxyw6rryc22tOur 2024/25 Annual Report is available to read on our website. Find out how Mencap has made progress over the last financial year and learn more about how we’ve used our funds to support people with a learning disability. 👉An Easy Read version is also available here brnw.ch/21wVstA https://brnw.ch/21wVstA04 Sep 2025 10:18 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxyw6rryc22thttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3lxyvy7u7k22y1/8 Shocking new figures from the latest LeDeR report reveal that people with a learning disability are dying nearly 20 years younger than the general population at 62 and a half years old. 39% of these deaths were avoidable, compared to nearly 22% for the general population.04 Sep 2025 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxyvy7u7k22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3lxuohqzees2cThe LeDeR report is out and it shows people with a learning disability are still facing shocking health inequalities and dying 19.5 years younger than the general population. They are also 3 times more likely to die from treatable conditions. Read the full statement brnw.ch/21wVphy02 Sep 2025 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxuohqzees2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3lxhdjfmvbk2oWills, trusts, and securing the future of your loved one with a learning disability can be a scary subject. But if you want to find out more, members of our Wills & Trusts team and the Mencap Trust Company will be on our online community next week.28 Aug 2025 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhdjfmvbk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3lww5kvyhwk24Today we launched our new report #NoJourneyLeftBehind, shining a light on the devastating impact the public transport system has on people with a learning disability.21 Aug 2025 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lww5kvyhwk24https://bsky.app/profile/mencap.org.uk/post/3lw7fj34knk2wMinister for Social Security and Disability, Stephen Timms, was on site today at Yusen Logistics in Northampton.12 Aug 2025 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:5227dg7a6dwabd6cgikg5ucx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw7fj34knk2w