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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!

New Representatives of the Members’ Committee

A big congratulations to our new members' committee representatives!
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Fit Start

Fit Start is back!

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.

Olympics at Swale Day Resource

Swale Day Resource have been hosting their own version of the Olympic games. Well done to everyone that got involved!

Virtual Ambient Music Session at Swale Day Resource

Our Support Worker Dan enjoys sharing his musical abilities with our members. After meeting fellow musician Stephen at our Thursday virtual social club, they set up a session virtually with Vanessa playing the tongue drum, Stephen on Xylophone and Daniel on the keyboard.

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.

Virtual Discos at East Kent Mencap

Discos in person have become a staple of the events calendar at East Kent Mencap for a number of years, so we have been delighted to see that our members have kept up their enthusiasm to participate in the virtual events as well.

“Easy Read” Guide To Voting in the Local Elections

If you want more information about voting in the local elections, use these "easy read" guides below to learn how it works and how you can get involved. Everyone has the right to vote- have your say today!
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