Access to Work (AtW) is a vital tool to support people with a learning disability into work, including via supported internships. These sorts of changes will lead to more people with a learning disability stuck at home instead of working. Nobody wants that. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Marsha de Cordova@marshadecordova.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Access to Work is a lifeline to disabled people, helping them to find and stay in meaningful work. Changes to this vital scheme will risk damaging disabled people's future opportunities & driving up unemployment as a result. Link to The Mirror piece in bio.

Access to Work (AtW) is a vital tool to support people with a learning disability into work, including via supported internships. These sorts of changes will lead to more people with a learning disability stuck at home instead of working. Nobody wants that. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Disabled jobs warning as MPs raise concerns over welfare changes

Led by Labour MP Marsha de Cordova, MPs raised concerns over possible changes to the Access to Work scheme, and hailed it as a vital lifeline for young people with learning disabilities

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Access to Work is a lifeline to disabled people, helping them to find and stay in meaningful work. Changes to this vital scheme will risk damaging disabled people's future opportunities & driving up unemployment as a result. Link to The Mirror piece in bio.

1/4 💜 Our #ImIn campaign is raising awareness of the learning disability register and encouraging everyone with a learning disability to join. #LearningDisabilityRegister

💜 We’re saying I’m In, are you? 👉 Swipe through to see the 3 big benefits of joining the Learning Disability Register. #ImIn #LearningDisabilityRegister

3/4 Her studio manager, Charlotte Hollinshead, shared with @theguardian.com : “Nnena has faced an incredible amount of discrimination, which has continued to this day, so hopefully this award helps to smash the prejudice away.”

1/4 🎨Huge congratulations to Nnena Kalu on becoming the first artist with a learning disability to win the Turner Prize. Her colourful and expressive sculptures are helping break down barriers, showing that people with a learning disability can achieve anything.

4/4 Alex Farquharson, chair of the jury and director of Tate Britain, described her win as a watershed moment for the international art world, highlighting how it begins to dissolve boundaries. Read more in The Guardian here: brnw.ch/21wYeYg

Nnena Kalu becomes first artist with a learning disability to win Turner prize

Chair of 2025 judging panel says win ‘begins to erase that border between the neurotypical and neurodiverse artist’

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It’s quick, easy, and could change lives. Join today at shorturl.at/uXOv3 Thanks to funding from Omaze UK, we’re working to increase the number of people on the Learning Disability Register so they can access annual health checks and tailored healthcare.

Joint letter from Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for Health & Social Care, and Ismail Kaji, Mencap’s Parliamentary and Government Engagement Officer (who himself has a learning disability) to everyone who works in a GP surgery. www.mencap.org.uk/easyread/let...

Letter to GPs on the learning disability register and annual health checks

I am Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Social care means the services that give care and support to people who need it. . Easy read

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Wasn't #Ellie wonderful in #Strictly. First contestant with a #LearningDisability

#GoEllie

Mencap@mencap.org.uk · 11mo ago

Good luck to our amazing Mencap Myth Buster, Ellie Goldstein, as she takes to the BBC Strictly dancefloor💃 #Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing #TeamEllie #MythBuster #LearningDisability

1/5 🚨 People with a learning disability are dying on average 20 years younger than those without. Almost 4 in 10 of these deaths are avoidable, caused by barriers to healthcare and lack of access to public health and prevention programmes. #LeDeR #LearningDisability

Our 2024/25 Annual Report is available to read on our website. Find out how Mencap has made progress over the last financial year and learn more about how we’ve used our funds to support people with a learning disability. 👉An Easy Read version is also available here brnw.ch/21wVstA

Annual reports

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Some minor improvements in this year's LeDeR report, but wholly unacceptable health inequality persists. There is no justification for people with a learning disability to be 3 times more likely to die from treatable conditions. Acknowledged in the NHS 10 year plan, but we need to act with urgency.

Mencap@mencap.org.uk · 11mo ago

The LeDeR report is out and it shows people with a learning disability are still facing shocking health inequalities and dying 19.5 years younger than the general population. They are also 3 times more likely to die from treatable conditions. Read the full statement brnw.ch/21wVphy

Before recess, I joined @dcpcampaign.bsky.social & @letuslearntoo.bsky.social in Parliament for the launch of their #FightForOrdinary campaign. I heard directly from families how our broken SEND system is failing their children. Any reform must put their voices at the centre. 👇

@janeharrislondon.bsky.social talked to @lbc.co.uk this morning about @dcpcampaign.bsky.social’s #FightForOrdinary campaign, highlighting what’s needed in any SEND reforms to ensure children and their families don’t have to fight for ordinary things that everyone should expect.   Listen now📻👇

Share if you agree. It’s time to fix the SEND system. #FightForOrdinary #ReformSEND bit.ly/FFOAction

Such devastating news about the earthquake in Afghanistan. Relief and shelter needed urgently from @ukforunhcr.bsky.social, @unhcr.org donate.unrefugees.org.uk/afghanistan-...

Parents like Etta want a #SEND system that works. There’s nothing ‘special’ about a SEND system that doesn’t feel like a battle to navigate. #FightForOrdinary bit.ly/FightforOrdi...

Concerned about the review of #SEND? Invite your MP to the @dcpcampaign.bsky.social and @letuslearntoo.bsky.social event #FightForOrdinary is about legally-guaranteed support for children with additional needs. That really should not be too much to ask for secure.mencap.org.uk/en-gb/invite...

Invite your MP to the Fight For Ordinary September drop-in!

The Disabled Children's Partnership and Let Us Learn Too will be hosting an event in Parliament on Monday 15th September 2025. As part of the Fight For Ordinary campaign, we will be bringing MPs toget...

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Tune in to LBC this morning! 📻 Our CEO, Jane Harris, speaks for Disabled Children's Partnership about a shocking report claiming neurodivergence is overdiagnosed — and suggesting EHCPs be limited to special schools. 😠 Removing plans won’t remove children’s needs. #FightForOrdinary?

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Leading Britain's Conversation. Access your favourite LBC shows now!

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Important research from @mencap.org.uk on the experience people with a learning disability have of public transport lays bare one of the major barriers people with a learning disability face to inclusion, and sets out what we can do about it. www.mencap.org.uk/learning-dis... #NoJourneyLeftBehind

Fuel poverty gap doubles in five years with energy prices still rising. People with a #learningdisability simply must be protected from ever increasing energy costs, or they face being pushed into fuel poverty, unable to stay safe, warm and healthy. metro.co.uk/2025/08/27/d...

Devastating 'fuel poverty gap' doubles in five years with energy prices still ri

'The government must act with urgency to close the devastating gap in support and tackle this crisis.'

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Great to see @toddles23.bsky.social appointed to Chair the Independent Disability Advisory Panel. A strong appointment and a good sign that the government intends to listen properly to the voices of disabled people. www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/news/zara-to...

Zara Todd chairs new Government panel for disability - Learning Disability Today

Disability rights consultant Zara Todd has been appointed to head the Government's new Independent Disability Advisory Panel, which will focus on health and disability policy.

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Be The Yes in Someone's Life

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Great news, @mencap.org.uk Ambassador and Myth Buster Ellie Goldstein confirmed for Strictly! www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Ellie Goldstein is the ninth celebrity contestant announced for Strictly Come Dancing 2025

The model and actor will enter the famous ballroom when Strictly returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this September

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So pleased that Disability Minister, Stephen Timms MP was able to join @mencap.org.uk on-site at Yusen Logistics to meet Jimmy, one of our supported interns. Yet another great example of an inclusive employer matched with a supported intern with a learning disability thriving in the workplace.

📢 New ONS figures show the employment rate for disabled people remains far lower than for non disabled people.