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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!

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Celebrating International Women’s Day

It is International Women’s Day! Today we celebrate the achievements of women and raise awareness about discrimination. This year’s campaign #InspireInclusion highlights the important role of inclusion in achieving gender equality. At East Kent Mencap, there are so many amazing women with a learning disability who have inspired us. Let’s take a moment to celebrate a
Two women and one man at a desk during the Living Skills course looking at the cost of ingredients

GOLD Launches innovative Living Skills group

GOLD (Getting On with Learning Difficulties) has recently launched a new Living Skills group. The first part of the programme is a 12-week course designed to support people with a learning difficulty in developing their budgeting and cooking skills, covering everything from researching the cheapest ingredients to how to cook low-cost healthy meals. Rosie said,
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A GOLD success story: Empowering individuals with a learning difficulty 

KM is a caring individual with a learning difficulty in her early thirties, who has achieved great success with the support from the GOLD team.  KM relocated to the UK from abroad with her parents; she had a working visa but faced the huge challenge of building a new life in a new country. Struggling
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Calling out for unwanted Christmas gifts

If you are decluttering to make room for new gifts or have Christmas presents, such as toiletries sets, accessories, vouchers, or bottles you won’t use, please consider donating them to East Kent Mencap. We are collecting raffle prizes for upcoming discos and fundraising events and your contributions will help East Kent Mencap to support more
Pat in her chair

East Kent Mencap interviews Pat Brownsell, who has used the services for over six decades

Pat talks about supported living, her love for photography, going on holiday, and how to get away with not doing any ironing!  Pat lives in Clarence House. East Kent Mencap purchased this property in 2018 in response to the need for supported living accommodation for older people.   What do you enjoy most about living at
Andrew holding a red cup and celebrating Christmas at Ramsgate Hub

Festive bauble fundraiser success 

We are thrilled to share that our Festive Bauble Appeal successfully raised over £1,000 to support people with a learning disability.  A huge thank you  We would like to thank everyone who generously contributed to the appeal. The amazing support we received played a crucial role in helping us to reach our fundraising target. The
Radford House Community Christmas Tree

It’s not too late to support our Festive Bauble Appeal

Our Festive Bauble Appeal has got off to a great start! Last week we proudly placed the first personalised baubles on the Radford House community Christmas tree in Ramsgate. The East Kent Mencap team were joined by Suzy Humphries, Event Organiser at Radford House, Dean Williams from Community Ad Magazine, and Maxine Morgan from Ramsgate
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
KiCA Awards 2023 Lucy, Lea and Paul

East Kent Mencap KiCA Awards 2023 

We are thrilled to announce that the East Kent Mencap staff team achieved six finalist places and two awards at the Kent Care Awards 2023.   Congratulations to our finalists:   Emma Croucher for Workforce Development Award  Fiona Wonford for Putting People First Award  Karen Roberts for Supported Living Registered Manager  Lauren Kay for Frontline Leader Award  
About Us video with Charlie, Ellie and Tina playing tennis

Launching out new ‘About Us’ video

To give you an insight into our values and show you how we support people with a learning disability, we have created a new ‘About Us’ video to celebrate and showcase our work.  Working with Benjamin Film Photography, we spoke with people who use our services and our amazing staff team to produce a video
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