What’s New
This is the place to see what we’ve been upto lately at HF Mencap as well as opportunities to get involved.
World Autism Awareness Week
Tuesday, 29 March 2022
Autism is a lifelong developmental disability which affects how people communicate and interact with the world. One in 100 people are on the autism spectrum and there are around 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK. At HF Mencap we are committed to ensuring all those with autism are supported and thrive in our
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Annual Report and Accounts
Monday, 07 March 2022
Please find our Annual Report and Accounts HERE.
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We started a Podcast!!!!
Monday, 29 November 2021
As you can see from above we have started a podcast it is based around our Treat Me Well Campaign. Our first guest is Victoria Wright who is a campaigns officer from National Mencap in London. it was in 2019 when we first met Victoria when she delivered 2 workshops on the Treat Me Well
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Easy Read-About Your Covid-19 Vaccine
Thursday, 04 March 2021
About the vaccine You can find out more about the coronavirus in the easy read guide: A guide to your coronavirus vaccination. And by law you should have reasonable adjustments made here is an easy read guide available HERE The coronavirus vaccine is a medicine that helps to keep people safe from coronavirus. Scientists have tested
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Nurses Not Hearses Campaign
Tuesday, 02 March 2021
We are proud to support Harrow Mencap’s campaign, Harrow Mencap is been running this latest campaign and has approached us for a collaboration. The latest Public Health England report has estimated that 6.3 times more deaths occurred among people with learning disabilities than the general population between 21 March and 5 June 2020. Deeply concerned about this
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VICTORY ALL people with a learning disability now eligible for the Covid 19 Vaccine
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
People who are on a GP register for learning disabilities will now be prioritised for a coronavirus vaccination in England, following updated advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). Helen Whately, the care minister, said those registered would be invited for vaccination to ensure people at higher risk of the disease were
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LGBT+ History Month 2021
Thursday, 04 February 2021
February is LGBT+ History Month. (Pride Flag) LGBT+ History month is an annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, and the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements. It was founded in 1994 by Missouri high-school history teacher Rodney Wilson. LGBT History Month provides role models, builds community, and represents a civil rights statement about the contributions of the
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Prioritise people with Learning Disabilities for the Covid-19 Vaccine
Friday, 29 January 2021
We are joining forces with Mencap to ask the government to prioritise people with a Learning Disability to be put in at least group 6 of the Vaccination priority list. You can get involved too by writing to your MP. Mencap has made this even easier by following this link you can see a draft
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Treat me well campaign
Thursday, 29 October 2020
HF Mencap is proud to have joined Mencap’s national “Treat me Well” campaign in 2020. Our local group calls on NHS staff to make reasonable adjustments for people with a learning disability which can help to save lives. Currently, we are campaigning to Imperial College NHS Trust to make reasonable adjustments such as information in
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