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People should live in #HomesNotHospitals .

Learn more about hundreds of people who are trapped in mental health hospitals, and help us end this scandal at secure.mencap.org.uk/WasteOfLives?u… 2/2

Here's the Sky News report featuring our analysis showing the government missed their own target for getting people with a #LearningDisability and autistic people out of mental health hospitals by so much, they're currently 6 years away from meeting it 1/2
youtube.com/watch?v=JHeGaW…

Register your interest for the 2025 TCS TCS London Marathon and run for Mencap.💜

Conquer this iconic race on Sunday 27 April with Team Mencap and raise money to support people with a learning disability.

🏃Register today: secure.mencap.org.uk/en-gb/25tcslon…

💭 Who benefits from digital accessibility and how can you improve it?

Charity Digital explores the importance of digital accessibility, and some of the ways we can all contribute to more accessible digital products, services, and communications.

👉 brnw.ch/21wJaPG

📢 Hate speech, snooping and benefits: How government policy has 'violated disabled people's rights'

Big Issue provides a round-up of the UNCRPD follow-up report and it's criticism of the government’s treatment of disabled people.

Read more. bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

If you don’t have an accepted form of photo ID, today is your last chance to apply for free voter ID before the elections on 2 May.

⏰ Apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate before 5pm today: electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-ele…

I'm not really posting on this account as much now as I'm using my personal one more for my own personal use to air my personal views.

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I'm not really posting on this account as much now as I'm using my personal one more for my own personal use to air my personal views.

If you wanna join me, please follow
CiarasPinkSparklePodcast

Just found this document from June 2000. That means i have been Mencap for nearly 24 years! 😀📣

Just found this document from June 2000. That means i have been Mencap for nearly 24 years! 😀📣

After six years as Chair of the Voices Council, Jack Welch stepped down at the end of last month.

He shares more about the other aspects of his life and how his experience as Chair has been used elsewhere. mencap.org.uk/blog/voices-be…

'I could look at her and I always knew what the next step was in life.' 💬

To celebrate #NationalSiblingsDay2024 , our employment co-trainer Natalie talks about how her relationship with her sister, Jennifer, has grown over the years. 💗

Read more: mencap.org.uk/blog/i-could-l… 👈

People should live in #HomesNotHospitals .

✍️ Sign our petition calling on the Government to stop the inappropriate detention of people with a learning disability and autistic people in mental health hospitals.

secure.mencap.org.uk/WasteOfLives?u… 3/3

Many have ended up there not because they need inpatient mental health treatment, but because of the failure to invest in the right community support, social care, and suitable housing.

54% of people had their discharges delayed because of a lack of the right housing. 2/3

Over 2000 people with a #LearningDisability and autistic people are locked away in mental health hospitals right now, often far away from their homes and their families. 1/3

#TeamDS will be at the ARC England Creativity in Care 'unconference' on 14th May in #Leeds . We'll be performing & delivering an Inclusion in Action workshop about what the co-creation process looks like

Everyone is welcome. More information available at arcengland.org.uk/creativity-in-…

Jen and Ciara Lawrence show us that if only we, society, look at things a different way we'll be ending stereotypes very soon.

Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AQk0E

#EndingStereotypes #Thinkingdifferently

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