If your child has or could need transport assistance getting to and from school then you may wish to respond to this consultation.
Petition to George Osborne – support for people with learning disabilities
Royal Mencap Society have set up a petition for the Chancellor which urges him to ensure there is better public funding to meet the support needs of people with learning disabilities. It will be delivered to him before the budget on 23rd March. Please take 5 minutes out of your day to support this petition. [...]
Consultation on Bromley’s proposed budget
Proposed Changes to Bromley Council Social Care Charging and Introduction of Personal Budgets As you will have read in our current Bulletin newsletter Bromley Council is consulting on changes to its Personal Budget and Personal Contributions Policy for Adult Social Care – in other words how much they will charge people to use social care services. [...]
Thyme Out project success
Yesterday (3 February) volunteers in a horticultural initiative celebrated their graduation after an intensive 18 month course in gardening and conservation training. Bromley Mencap is proud to be a partner in this initiative, and you can see the whole story on Bromley’s own website.
It’s a swimathon!
The Rotary Club of Croydon East are organising a Swimathon on Saturday 16 April and have invited Bromley Mencap to participate. Teams of up to 6 swimmers swim in relay for 25 minutes and are sponsored for the number of lengths completed by the team. Are there any swimmers out there who would like to [...]






