Stories
Read our stories below to find out the most recent happenings for East Kent Mencap, our members, supporters, and staff. Tell us about your experiences with East Kent Mencap here!
Job Vacancy – Volunteering and Community Coordinator
Tuesday, 22 September 2020
We are looking for an enthusiastic Volunteering Coordinator to join the Getting On with Learning Difficulties Project (GOLD) team in Thanet, funded by the Big Lottery. The Coordinator will recruit and support people with and without a learning disability as volunteers for GOLD projects, maintain the groups and activities already established and develop new projects. This part time, one year post, is based in Cliftonville and offers flexible working. The purpose of the post is to recruit and support people, specifically with a learning disability, as volunteers for GOLD projects, to maintain the groups and activities already established and develop new projects.
- Published in GOLD, Jobs and opportunities, News, Working with us
East Kent Mencap Heroes!
Monday, 21 September 2020
This week we are celebrating EKM Heroes Week! This week we are celebrating the fantastic things East Kent Mencap’s staff have been doing during lockdown. We are sharing these messages of praise and thanks directly with all of our staff, but we also wanted to celebrate publicly the amazing work they have done and continue
An update on our events
Wednesday, 26 August 2020
We know how important our clubs, dances and events are to our members and wanted to keep you up to date. In the current situation, to protect everyone’s health, we cannot bring large groups of people back together because this could spread the virus. For this reason we will only hold virtual events this year
East Kent Mencap Art Gallery!
Thursday, 09 July 2020
Welcome to the art gallery for East Kent Mencap’s art competition! Our members were asked to submit a piece of art inspired by the theme ‘What makes you happy?’ We were thrilled to receive 22 submissions from our members and you can view them all below! Our judges for this competition were our Members Committee
Job Vacancy in Shepway – Support Workers
Thursday, 02 July 2020
Salary/Rate: £8.98 – £9.56/hour Location: Shepway District Hours: Full-time and part-time Closing date: Thursday 17th September Job Description: East Kent Mencap are thrilled to announce that our services will be expanding into the Shepway area! We have opportunities for full/part-time support workers to provide person-centred services. This will include supporting people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health
- Published in Jobs and opportunities, News, Staff, Working with us
East Kent Mencap has modernised
Wednesday, 01 July 2020
East Kent Mencap is proud to announce that we have modernised our charity and adopted a new charitable status which makes us stronger and ready for continued growth. On 30th June, East Kent Mencap’s Trustees moved everything we own and do to the new East Kent Mencap charity (number 1188118) and established a new company (number
East Kent Mencap art competition
Monday, 22 June 2020
We are thrilled today to announce the launch of East Kent Mencap’s art competition! We are inviting all our members, staff and supporters to create a piece of art under the theme ‘What makes you happy?’ This can be a drawing, painting, sculpture, photograph or any other form of media you’d like to use! The
East Kent Mencap – Services update
Wednesday, 06 May 2020
We are making sure that, during this challenging time, all our members, their families and carers feel connected, supported and safe. To help stop the spread of Coronavirus we suspended some of our services earlier this year. We are pleased to be able to tell you that we are now returning to Day Resource sessions
Easy Read – Cooking Crispy Chicken
Friday, 17 April 2020
You can download a printable version of this Easy Read recipe here. You can watch a video of how to create this meal on our YouTube channel here.
The ultimate list of things to do at home!
Friday, 17 April 2020
Need ideas for how to entertain yourself without going out? This is the ultimate list of things to do at home! And most of them are completely free! Got something to add to this list? Get in touch with us on Facebook and let us know. We’ll be adding to this page over the next