GOLD

Patrick and Carson

GOLD partners with local artist to create ‘Icons of Ramsgate’

The Icons of Ramsgate project was developed by Ramsgate artist, Carson Parkin-Fairley and its aim was to shine a light on the residents of Ramsgate. Carson delivered a series of workshops with the East Kent Mencap GOLD group, Pie Factory Music, and a local women’s social group, The Screaming Mary Club. Icon artworks were created
Presentation of Asda Foundation cheque to the GOLD group

ASDA Foundation donate to the GOLD Café Club

Our GOLD (Getting On with Learning Difficulties) project was delighted to receive a donation of £600 from the ASDA Foundation for their Thursday Café Club.  Tracey from the Broadstairs ASDA Store popped over to present the cheque to an enthusiastic group at the club in Ramsgate.  The group are all adults with a learning difficulty
GOLD members at nurses training

GOLD talk about working with Canterbury Christ Church University

During Learning Disability Week  we spoke with the GOLD (Getting On with Learning Difficulties) group about their collaboration with  Canterbury Christ Church University to assist nursing students with their training and hear what they think about it. Fiona Wonford, GOLD Project Manager, Daniel Marsden, Senior Lecturer and Professional Lead in Learning Disabilities at Canterbury Christ Church University,

The Scrap Store Is Temporarily Pausing Donations

The Scrap Store is pausing receiving donations of craft materials for a month.

GOLD Launch the ‘Listen Up!’ Podcast!

EKM's GOLD project have released their first episode of 'Listen Up!' on Spotify.

The Weirdness (GOLD)

The GOLD members made a video with Jemma Cullen, a local artist, during 2020 which reflects their feelings and views of their experiences of lockdown. This video was submitted to Oska Bright Film Festival.

GOLD Radio Group Thank Trevor Neal

The GOLD Project have been working with comedian Trevor Neal - of “Trevor and Simon” fame, you might remember them from Going Live in the 1980s! Trevor has been doing online improvisation and comedy workshops to support a GOLD podcast/radio show.

District Partnership Group (July 2021) – Valuing People Now in East Kent

While we are still unable to all meet in person, GOLD is pleased to share with you their 3rd DPG video.  Guidance and rules around COVID-19 safety are changing all the time, but it's still good practice to follow the advice in the video to keep ourselves as safe as possible. You can watch GOLD's YouTube video here. 

Thank You to Leon Williams for Raising Money for the GOLD Project!

East Kent Mencap's Getting On with Learning Difficulties (GOLD) Project thanked Leon Williams for his generous contribution, after he ran the equivalent of 2 marathons to raise money.

Meet Scott

Congratulations to Scott Cheater on being appointed Trustee for the Executive Committee at East Kent Mencap. We spoke to him about his expectations and ambitions for his new role.
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