Bromley Mencap

When: Thursday 21st June 2012 from 9am till 2:30pm Where: Bassetts Resource Centre Learning Disability Bromley have been collecting information to find out how good health services are for people with learning disabilities in Bromley. They will be holding a Big Health Check Day to: Tell you about what is happening within the NHS To [...]

The latest issue of the Bulletin is now available. Please click here to view

As part of the SEN & Disability Pathfinder, Bromley Parent Voice is currently seeking parent representatives to join a number of workstreams that have been set up by the Local Authority to take the Pathfinder project forward.  Details of each role can be found by clicking the links below. Transition Early Support & Keyworking Personal Budgets The Local [...]

A resource guide to transition and transition planning in Bromley for children with learning disabilities has been produced. The booklet covers key areas in the young person’s life including education, employment, day services, transport, health and housing. There is also a list of local organisations, including Bromley Mencap, who can provide support. To view the [...]

You are warmly invited to Experts By Experience (X by X) next Open Meeting on Tuesday 27th March 2012, 10.15am – 12.15pm at Bromley Civic Centre.  An advertising poster can be found here. This is a great opportunity to learn more about disability hate crime and share any experiences you may have.  Please contact Joanna [...]

The latest issue of the Bulletin is now available. Please click here to view This issue highlights the Bromley Mencap 2012 awards, for more information please click the link here to read our article.

Bromley Mencap has opened nominations for its 2012 Awards. The Awards celebrate the achievements of disabled people and businesses in Bromley. Winners will be announced at an Awards Dinner on 26th June which will be hosted by global entrepreneur Graham Webb MBE. There are 4 Award categories for disabled people:   achievement in art, music [...]

Direct Payment Support Group Meetings are a place to:  Share information and experiences  Keep up-to-date with things the government  and Bromley Council are doing that affect our Direct Payments Work together to speak up for our rights and help improve the services by giving feed back to Bromley Council and service providers. For more information [...]

Sixteen skiers, with a learning disability and from the Bromley based Special Olympics GB South East Skiing squad had a successful time in Pila, Italy at the Special Olympics GB National Alpine Skiing Championships.  The team came home with 8 Gold, 4 Silver and 5 Bronze medals .  Jane Andrews from Southborough and Biggin Hill’s [...]

The latest issue of the Bulletin is now available. Please click here to view There are also links there to previous issues, should you require any further information Enjoy.

Come along to an important coffee morning/meeting on 10th January at Burgess Autistic Trust, 129 Southlands Road, Bromley BR2 9QT, at 10am.  Michael Watts (Senior Partnerships and Planning Officer, London Borough of Bromley) is coming along to talk about the Daft Children’s Strategy for 2012 to 2015 and gain parental feedback on the proposals and priorities [...]

Last night Bromley Mencap won the Guardian Public Services Award for Carers, Families and Communities.   The article on Bromley Mencap’s Award features in today’s Guardian Society supplement and can be found here All the winners appear in today’s Guardian newspaper and can be found on-line here  For the full Press Release click here

Bromley Experts by Experience, a new user led organisation for Deaf and Disabled People and Carers in Bromley, is having an official launch. Date: 9th December 2011 Time: 11am – 3pm (Sign in from 10:30am) Location: Council Chamber, Civic Centre, 1 Stockwell Close, Bromley, BR1 3UH Bromley Experts by Experience (X by X) is a [...]

The latest issue of the Bulletin is now available. If you can’t wait another minute to read it, then go to the blue bar above, click on “About”, then “Bulletin” and you’ll see the link to open the November / December 2011 Bulletin. There are also links there to previous issues, should you require any further information [...]

The latest issue of the Bulletin is now available. If you can’t wait another minute to read it, then go to the blue bar above, click on “About”, then “Bulletin” and you’ll see the link to open the September/October 2011 Bulletin. There are also links there to previous issues. Enjoy.

OK – it’s not in Bromley, but Selby in Yorkshire has a town councillor with a learning disability, a man called Gavin Harding. David Congdon, Mencap’s head of campaigns and policy, took part in a BBC Radio York discussion about Gavin. The link takes you to BBC iPlayer and you can hear David’s interview is [...]

Today we launch this new website. To tell the truth, it’s been up for a few weeks as we tinkered with it and added the content, but the May-June Bulletin exposes the site to the world for the first time. We hope you like it. This home page is a blog, and will change – [...]

The latest Bromley Mencap newsletter is out today. For those of you who subscribe by post, it should be hitting your doormats in the next couple of days. But if you just can’t wait … you can download a pdf version from this link Previous copies of the Bulletin are available from this page

Royal Mencap’s current chair, Brian Baldock, is retiring on 18 May and will be replaced by Jim Glover. Here is Royal Mencap’s blog entry.