West Brom Building Society is working with learning disability charity Mencap to help young people with a learning disability ...

Charities should be exempt from paying the full minimum wage for sleep-in shift workers, lawyers for Mencap argued in the Court of Appeal this week. Mencap had gone to court to challenge a previous ...

Mencap has said the care sector has been "plunged back into uncertainty" after the Supreme Court announced it will hear an appeal against a landmark ruling made in favour of the charity. Workers union ...

The Duchess attended a party for the anniversary of a patronage she inherited from the Queen Mother.

The founder of a charity which supports people with learning disabilities to live full lives will be honoured with a Blue Plaque. The accolade to Judy Fryd, who founded Mencap in 1947, will be put up ...

The proceeds will be donated to the U.K. charity Royal Mencap Society, which works with people with learning disabilities Kit Harington is giving back. On Wednesday, the actor donated £7728.75, ...

The brown and white patterned gown is a creation by royally beloved designer Suzanne London and is called the 'Grandad' Silk Tea Dress in Floral Tiles, retailing at £1,250. It was a rewear for the ...

A letter signed by more than 100 charities and the Mencap president, Brian Rix, said decades of advances for those with learning disabilities could be lost The hard-won rights of people with a ...

Your contributor who referred to Sports Direct and Mencap as both “underpaying their frontline staff for years” (Letters, 12 September) overlooked a few rather important differences. Essential care ...

Carolyn Fairburn, the new director General of the CBI seen here at their offices in London, 2nd November 2015. Commissioned by Pip Brooking for Business Voice Dame Carolyn Fairbairn DBE has been ...

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Reg Broad said that there was a "very slim chance" the branch could continue Cornwall's branch of the charity Mencap is facing closure because the members of its committee are standing down, its ...