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!
Congratulations to Alison Fengas for Winning the ‘Workforce Development’ Award at the Kent Care Alliance (KICA) Awards!
Thursday, 30 September 2021
Here's what our HR Manager Alison Fengas had to say about winning the 'Workforce Development' award at the Kent Integrated Care Alliance (KICA) awards
- Published in Jobs and opportunities, News, Staff, Stories, Working with us
Great Big Green Week
Tuesday, 21 September 2021
Did you know that this week is Great Big Green Week?
- Published in Making a difference, News, Resource Centres, Stories
New Representatives of the Members’ Committee
Thursday, 16 September 2021
A big congratulations to our new members' committee representatives!
- Published in Housing, News, Resource Centres, Stories
The Weirdness (GOLD)
Wednesday, 01 September 2021
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
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
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
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
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!
Thursday, 13 May 2021
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.