The Mirror

Katie Price's son Harvey lands ambassador role at Mencap after powerful documentary

Katie Price 's son Harvey is becoming an ambassador for disability charity Mencap. The 18-year-old was seen with his mum in emotional BBC documentary Katie Price: Harvey and Me. Harvey has a number of ...
Online Recruitment

How Mencap Reduced Time-To-Hire From Six to Three Weeks With a Streamlined Candidate Screening Process

Mencap, one of the UK's largest charities dedicated to supporting individuals with learning disabilities, transformed its hiring process by adopting the eBulkPlus digital screening platform from ...
London Evening Standard

Traitors finalist Alexander helps to boost Mencap donations by more than £30,000

Traitors finalist Alexander Dragonetti has helped to boost Mencap donations by more than £30,000 after speaking about the charity’s impact on his younger brother. During the series, the former British ...
Community Care

What Mencap wants to see change for people with learning disabilities

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 ...
Huffington Post UK

Mencap Shares Traitors-Inspired Thank You Message To Fans After Flurry Of Donations

Mencap has shared a heartfelt message to the public after revealing over £46,000 has been donated since the learning disability charity was mentioned by The Traitors contestant Alexander Dragonetti.
Diginomica

Mencap turns to hackathon for help with new ‘positive behavior’ app

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 ...
The Independent

I’m proud of my disability – I’m running the London Marathon to prove what people like me can achieve

Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Because of Covid-19, I’ll be running the 26.2 mile virtual race in my local area of ...
Politics

Mencap launch petition to support people with a learning disability through financial crisis

As prices continue to rise ahead of autumn, learning disability charity Mencap is asking the government to step up support for the 1.5 million people with a learning disability living in the UK. The ...
City A.M.

British business titan Carolyn Fairbairn named new Mencap chair

Carolyn Fairburn, the new director General of the CBI seen here at their offices in London, 2nd November 2015. Commissioned by Pip Brooking for Business Voice Dame Carolyn Fairbairn DBE has been ...
BBC

Mencap NI jobs and services 'at risk' over EU funding cuts

A charity which provides support to people with learning disabilities has warned it may have to make more than 50 people redundant as EU funding will come to an end in March. Mencap NI said the ending ...
Forbes

Vodafone Teams Up With Mencap On Connected Living Project For Disabled People

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 ...