Manchester mencap 

  welcome..
     ..to the Manchester mencap website 

HAPPY NEW YEAR

NEW FOR 2012 - Women's Group in Chorlton. Every Wednesday, 10am-12pm @ KStyle Community Corner, 43 Manchester Road, Chorlton. Come down and get involved. Please email us for more info.

Check out the Taking Part Project page for opening times for activity groups

Find us on Facebook and Twitter @MCRmencap

Manchester mencap's Manpowered Group celebrated Christmas with a party and achievement presentation ceremony prior to the opening of their exhibition at MOSI in February 2012.

       

Many thanks to Eleanor Murphy, Community Food Co-ordinator, Food Futures for the recent fabulous 6 week healthy cooking course.
  
Team Manchester mencap taking part in the Manchester Utd Foundation Santa Run


MCR mencap members Liam, Zoltan and Denis play in a Man Utd Time to Change Team at The Cliff & meet first team internationals Darren Fletcher and Jonny Evans.
 

Annual Review document available to download here.  Annual review 2010 - 2011.pdf

Our chairman John Gurd is presented with the Barclays Community Sports Award from MUFC first team players Mame Biram Diouf, Tom Cleverley and Danny Welbeck at Old Trafford.

Check out http://www.barclayscommunitysportsaward.com for the whole story

Do you know where your donation is going?

Manchester mencap is a stand alone charity affiliated to Royal mencap but receiving no funding from them.  We represent the rights and interests of people with learning disabilities and their carers in Manchester.
To take part in any of our activities, campaigns, volunteer or help us raise funds, please contact us:- 

	By telephone: 0161 437 9465
	By email: mencapmanchester@btconnect.com
	By post: Manchester mencap Crossacres Resource Centre 1 Peel Hall Road Wythenshawe Manchester M22 5DG

You can help raise funds for Manchester mencap by visiting...
http://www.justgiving.com/manchestermencap 
http://www.everyclick.com/manchestermencap
and http://recycle4charity.co.uk, selecting Manchester mencap-C12086 as your beneficiary from the list provided.

We are also working with the social enterprise   See http://www.giveacar.co.uk for more info about their scrap vehicle donation scheme.
http://www.giveacar.co.uk/charities/manchester-mencap to donate. 

Do your shopping online and raise funds for us. Register with http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/manchestermencap                        
            
Please note that we are not part of the Cooperative's fundraising activities, bucket collections, events, etc.  The Coop are fundraising for Royal mencap nationally.  If you want to support people in Manchester with a learning disability please check that our name is on any collection bucket.
If in doubt, give us a call.

Thank you for your support.

find out more about us by clicking on the page names on the left 

mencapmanchester@btconnect.com

 Manchester mencap, Crossacres Resource Centre,
1 Peel Hall Road, Manchester, M22 5DG
Tel: 0161 4379465
Reg. Charity No.510031