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!
Let people with a learning disability know the local community cares about them this Christmas
Friday, 27 November 2020
At East Kent Mencap we usually celebrate Christmas with shows, parties and pantos. Sadly, we know that this year is going to be rather different with the restrictions in place. It will be especially tough for our members with a learning disability with most of their clubs and services closed, and many unable to visit families and friends. So we want to spread some festive cheer and let them
A new home brings a new start
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
Two of our members are looking forward to a new start after East Kent Mencap purchased a house for them! Our member Stephen originally asked EKM for advice for him and his flatmate, Nick, as they were having some problems with their current home. Housing Manager, KimDorman, commented that, ‘finding good rental properties in Thanet
EKM’s Student Placement goes ahead Virtually!
Friday, 30 October 2020
This summer, East Kent Mencap took part in the University of Kent’s Employability Points Scheme. This is a scheme run by the University in which students gain points for co-curricular activities and spend them on rewards such as internships, work experience and project placements. This innovative scheme encourages students to develop their soft skills by
EKM Becomes Participant of Global Sustainability Initiative!
Thursday, 29 October 2020
We are very excited to announce that East Kent Mencap has become a United Nations Global Compact Participant! This is the world’s largest corporate citizenship initiative, with thousands of business participants and other stakeholders from civil society, labour and government located in 160 countries. The purpose of this initiative is to strengthen corporate sustainability worldwide
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: Tuesday 8th December 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
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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