Active Community Engagement

Supporting community engagement for people with a learning disability through an engaging program of activities including: health and wellbeing, social and leisure, digital and independence skills.

Supporting children, young people and families

Through after school activities, weekends and school holiday support.

Creating Opportunities

Creating opportunities for children, young people and adults with learning disabilities, including those with additional physical disabilities, complex medical needs and challenging behaviours.

How We Help

Through a successful National Lottery Community Fund bid we now have our new project: ACE Plus Project – Active Community Engagement, up and running. We will receive the required funding to keep this running until 2027!

Community Fund Logo

Mencap are providing a fantastic service which is much appreciated, by phoning to check how service users are during covid.

Staff member – Wilf Ward Family Trust

Mencap staff team are amazing – all work very hard, providing services in challenging circumstances.

Parent of service user

Thank you for the shopping service provided during covid, this has been a great help.

Parent of service user

Mencap are providing a fantastic service for this person

Staff member Learning Disability Service

Thank you for all continued support, without this we don’t know how he would have coped during covid.

Parent of service user

Very happy with the service at this time, all positive. Enjoying seeing the photos, lots of her happy and smiling face.

Parent of service user

Thank you for the service provided by phoning us every week during covid, it was nice to hear a different voice and chat to someone outside the household

Carer for service user

Our Values, Our Vision and Our Mission

Our Values

Our approach is People Centred, Empowering, Challenging and Transforming.

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Our Vision

Our vision is a world where people with a learning disability are valued equally, listened to and included. We want everyone to have the opportunity to achieve the things they want out of life.

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Our Mission

Our mission is to transform society’s attitudes to learning disability and improve the quality of life of people with a learning disability and their families.

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