Supporting people with a learning disability to live their lives to the full💜
Find out more: linktr.ee/mencap
Mencap
Loading...
Mencap’s Director of Strategy and Influence, Jackie O’Sullivan, shares why this conference matters and what needs to happen next.
Sign up to campaign with us: brnw.ch/21x35ms
Data from NHS Digital 2026 shows that more than 2,000 people with a learning disability and/or autistic people are still locked away in mental health hospitals, with an average stay of almost 5 years.
The Government has promised to end the inappropriate detention of people with a learning disability and autistic people through changes to the Mental Health Act. But these changes will only come in when the right community support, social care and housing are in place.
1/1 Today at our #HomesNotHospitals conference, families, housing providers, social care leaders, NHS professionals and campaigners have come together to to ask one urgent question: how do we make sure the right community support is in place?
Behind every detention is a family missing birthdays, celebrations and everyday moments together.
Join us, and ask “What does it take to bring people home?”
📍Opens Friday 13 March, Rich Mix, Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, London.
Find out more brnw.ch/21x0ABG
Great to chair a joint meeting of the APPGs on Learning Disability, Autism, and ADHD.
Thanks so much to @mencap.org.uk for setting it up, and @georgiagould.bsky.social for joining us.
For a multitude of factors, Disabled people more likely to experience food poverty.
🗣️We want to hear your experiences to best inform our work fighting this
📝Take part in our survey
surveymonkey.com/r/3LTWP8L
📝Easy Read surveymonkey.com/r/75SQ2QN
📝BSL www.surveymonkey.com/r/7VCMQX5
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
