News and stories
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Merry Quizmas!
We are so excited to announce that we are hosting our first Christmas quiz in partnership with the wonderful Headrow House this December. It will be a great evening for people to come together and kick off their Christmas celebrations, all whilst raising money for a great cause! See the poster below for full…
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Christmas Raffle
We are excited to host a raffle this Christmas, with all proceeds supporting children and young people with learning disabilities in Leeds. Check out the fantastic prizes: 1st- A family activity bundle (£60 Vue Cinema Voucher, 4 lazerzone passes and Bowling for 4) 2nd-A Makaton Training voucher worth £150 3rd- A luxury Hotel Chocolat Christmas…
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Digital Fundraising
Digital fundraising has become one of the most popular and effective ways for people to support the causes they care about most. With Covid-19 keeping us all stuck indoors and unable to fundraise in the traditional ways, such as by hosting bake sales or running marathons, the importance of digital fundraising has exploded. It can…
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Brandon's Story
One of the most important things that we offer at Leeds Mencap are our youth clubs. We offer our youth clubs to a range of ages and they provide the children with the important opportunity to socialise with their peers, who also understand what it is like to live with a learning disability. Not only…
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Meet our new staff members!
It has been a busy few months here at Leeds Mencap. We are well and truly back up and running after Covid-19 and are delighted to have expanded our team. Here are our brilliant new team members: Ruth Watson- Family Services Case Worker Ruth joined Leeds Mencap in June 2021. She has previously worked as…
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Summer Fair 2021 Thank You!
Recently we had our Leeds Mencap 2021 Summer Fair. As we are sure is the same for many of you, Covid-19 unfortunately put a stop to a lot of our plans and prevented us from being able to engage with our community in the ways we would have liked. Once restrictions eased, and it felt…
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Summer Fair 2021
As COVID-19 restrictions are easing up we are hosting an inclusive, family friendly summer fair. We would love to see you there! When? -Wednesday 1st September from 11:30-3:00 Where?– The Vinery Centre, 20 Vinery Terrace, LS9 9LU Activities may include: Carnival stalls Raffle and Tombola Arts and Crafts Bouncy Castle Glitter tattoos Food and refreshments Climbing…
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Generous support from West Riding Masonic Charities
Recently we received a generous grant of £4,960 from the the Provincial Grand Master’s Fund, part of West Riding Masonic Charities Ltd, supported by the Lodge of Dawn. This grant will go towards purchasing specialist and sensory equipment for our new lending library which is part of our early years support offer. Our families will…
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Important notice to our service users and visitors to the Vinery Centre regarding Covid-19 restrictions
On Monday 12th July the government announced that from July 19th 2021 we would move to Step 4 of the roadmap which includes the removal of a number of restrictions as legal requirements. We have reviewed the guidance and, whilst wearing face coverings and social distancing are no longer legal requirements, we have decided that…
