EMPLOYERS hold back from hiring people with a learning disability due to a “misplaced fear” of getting it wrong, according to ...

Mencap, the learning disability charity, and Inclusive Employers have issued a lobbying pack, allowing employees across the country to challenge their employer to adopt a more diverse recruitment ...

Below is an extract from the new book All About Us! The story of people with a learning disability and Mencap. The book is compiled by Mencap president Brian Rix. The text below is by Mencap chief ...

The theme for this year is 'Do you See Me?' and is all about people with a learning disability being seen, heard and valued.

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 ...

Scarborough and District Mencap marked Learning Disabilities Week with a special visit to Houses of Parliament on Tuesday ...

Marian Nicholas was recently honoured with a British Empire Medal for lifetime of fundraising and advocacy for Mencap ...

A “trailblazer” mother who founded Mencap is to be honoured with a blue plaque at the house where she set up the learning disability charity. Judy Fryd began her campaigning work at her home in ...

Sheffield Mencap and Gateway is celebrating a landmark year in 2026, marking 75 years of supporting people with a learning ...

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 ...