Mencap - a charity organization claimed today that 74 NHS patients with learning disabilities have needlessly died in the last decade because of discrimination. It accused the health system of failing ...

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 ...

Jordan Tooke died in August following complications from kidney dialysis Greater awareness is needed in how to treat people with disabilities after a man died in a hospital following complications ...

Organise a Mencap One Big Walk this September and help raise funds for the 1.5 million people with a learning disability in the UK. Whether you walk alone or with friends, family or colleagues, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The Traitors finalist Alexander Dragonetti has thanked his supporters who have helped raise thousands for the learning disability charity Mencap. Following Alexander’s shock exit from the ...