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East Kent Mencap, who provides critical support for people with a learning disability, are appealing for donations of face masks, aprons and plastic visors as their supplies are running worryingly low. Chief Executive, Jason Gerlack, said, ‘we have welfare colleagues struggling to care for vulnerable people who are themselves being placed at serious risk. We

Important information about Covid-19 (Coronavirus) from East Kent Mencap’s CEO Jason Gerlack East Kent Mencap has closed all services at our centres in Margate, Ramsgate, Herne Bay and Sheerness. This is to keep everyone safe and stop the Coronavirus (COVID-19) spreading. Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a new type of illness. There are now a number of people

East Kent Mencap was established in 1948 and after 70 years the Trustees decided it was time to modernize the charity. Following consultation with our members it was agreed to change our status to become a charity within a company. We are now incorporated and have a new charity number but retain the same name,

East Kent Mencap’s GOLD project has been helping to train nurses at Canterbury Christchurch University. Members of GOLD, which is short for Getting On with Learning Disabilities, are all people with a learning disability in Thanet who receive little or no support. East Kent Mencap started working with the university in 2012, initially with student nurses. Students