Learning Disability Week 2016

Posted: 10 June 2016 at 8:42 am

This years theme is about friendships, people with a learning disability can find it difficult to make friends, and still often face isolation and exclusion from everyday activities.

You can support Learning Disability Week which runs from 20th – 26th June by getting involved in the following:

• Volunteer as a Mencap Sidekick – to help someone with a learning disability and support them to go out and do the things they love
• Find a Mencap local group in your area – contact them to see how you can support their work
• Tell Mencap your friendship stories and help raise awareness. Email hello@mencap.org.uk
• Start collecting photos of friendships to share with Mencap during the week

Mencap work with people with a learning disability to change laws, challenge prejudice and support them to live their lives as they choose.

Their work includes:

• providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
• providing advice through their helplines and websites
• campaigning for the changes that people with a learning disability want

For more information on Learning Disability Week and Mencap visit their website.