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Tuesday 9th September 2025



Did someone say alpacas 🦙 🦙 What a day afternoon we have had at our community cottage today!! 🏡 We were joined by Shaun from @natterjack_alpacas and the beautiful alpacas Minstrel, Prince, Quantum and the handsome llama Hero 🦙🦙🦙🦙 We got to have lots of cuddles, feed them and got to learn all about them from their super soft fur, missing teeth and the way they talk. Thank you everyone that came and a special thank you again to @natterjack_alpacas #alpacas #llama #communitytogether #mencapcoffeeshop #mencapcommunitycottage #learningsomethingnew #cuddletime Read More

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Friday 5th September 2025



Today was recording day for our Reach Out radio show – and what a brilliant afternoon it was! Everyone arrived early for a final practice, and even though Sue and Tony weren’t interviewing this time, they still came along to support their teammates by role-playing and rehearsing. That’s true teamwork in action Kevin was up first, interviewing Ronnie from the GMB union. We learnt lots but one thing that struck me was that you can join a union even if you’re not in work, and they can support you with things like PIP assessments (as long as you’ve been a member for 3+ months). Next, Lewis interviewed Louise, who runs Zumba at Mencap Community Cottage. It was a great interview and we learned some new facts about Louise… plus a very funny story shared along the way! Finally, Racheal spoke to Dr Simon Abrams about the Lungevity Campaign – which is about going for your Lung Screening.  Spoiler alert the screening iss simply a 20-minute phone consultation with a nurse.  Once you’ve answered these questions she will assess if you need to go for a CT Scan at the mobile screening unit which will be at Walton Asda. When detected early enough Cancers have really good rates of survival and attending your screenings are so important to catch cancer early. All these interviews will be broadcast in our September and October shows – and we can’t wait for you to hear them! Huge thanks to our incredible Outreach Champions for their hard work, to our amazing guests for sharing their time and stories and the team at LCR 106.7fm #ReachOutRadio #MencapLiverpoolAndSefton #OutreachChampions #TeamworkInAction #LearningDisabilityAwareness #CommunityVoice #StrongerTogether #LCR_106.7fm Read More

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Friday 5th September 2025



Our Outreach Champions have been absolutely incredible today - everyone has been working so hard and achieved so much – I can’t stress how much we thank each and every one of our Outreach Champions for their continued hard work and dedication. We talked about our upcoming radio recordings happening this afternoon with our core team – Lewis, Rachel Holmes Bennett, Sue, Kevin, and Tony.  Part of the core team will be on air interviewing and the others will be supporting them by practising  the interview questions that they have prepared.  It is a really tight team and everyone works together so that everyone feels confident and ready to shine. We talked about the future and that perhaps other people would like to interview people on the show on topics they feel strongly about and this is something people will definitely consider.   Special shout out to every single Outreach Champion today – because your dedication deserves to be celebrated! No issues. No problems. Just teamwork, ideas, and progress. #Mencapliverpoolandsefton #LearningDisabilityAwareness #OutreachChampions #InclusionMatters #TeamworkInAction #LearningDisabilityVoice #CommunityChampions #HaveYourSay #StrongerTogether Read More

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Thursday 4th September 2025



Over the past few months we’ve been working with PC Geoff from Merseyside Police. He’s supported our sponsored walk, visited the Cottage, talked about keeping safe online to name a few things– and now he’s given our members the amazing opportunity to visit the Mounted Police Section! When we arrived, the excitement was huge! We were welcomed by Fliss, a mounted police officer, who showed us around the stables. PC Geoff brought carrots and polos so everyone could feed the horses. We met Hunter, Albie, Chunky, Brago, Amber, Silver, Diamond, Arnie and Scottie – and learned so much! The horses cover events all over Merseyside, from football matches to protests, and this section is the oldest mounted police unit in the country. The tallest horse is 18.5 hands (very tall indeed!). We also got to see all the facilities – an indoor arena for training, a salon for wash-downs, the tack the horses wear and all the specialist kit the officers and horses use for different aspects of their job. Amber, one of our members, said: “The things I liked about the visit was being able to feed and stroke the horses, and also finding out the training the horses have to go through – it was really interesting.” A huge thank you to PC Geoff for his ongoing support in giving our members such positive and memorable experiences. Thank you also to and the staff at the Mounted Police Section for being so welcoming to us all. Don’t forget to follow @merseypolicehorses to keep up with their work! #MerseysidePolice #MerseysidePoliceHorses #LearningDisabilityInclusion #CommunitySupport #PositiveExperiences #MountedPolice #MencapLiverpoolandSefton #LearningDisabilityAwareness #InclusionMatters #StrongerTogethe Read More

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Tuesday 2nd September 2025



Our Reach Out radio presenters have been hard at work getting ready for the next shows on LCR 106.7FM! Lewis has been practising with Tony ahead of his interview with Louise on Friday, while Kevin has been working with Rachel on his interview with Ronnie from the GMB. Week after week, members are showing real dedication – turning up to practise, building confidence, and supporting each other to shine on air. What makes this even more special is that our members are deciding the content of the programme and coming up with more ideas about what the future of The Reach Out Show could look like, and it’s awesome to see everyone fully invested in deciding the content that really matters to people. A big thank you also to Stephen Faragher and Matty Grimes from LCR for their encouragement, guidance and belief in our members. Their support, alongside the passion and talent of our team, is making Reach Out a brilliant platform for people with learning disabilities to have their voices heard loud and clear. A HUGE  well done to everyone involved – your creativity, professionalism and commitment are what makes Reach Out so powerful. #ReachOutRadio #LCR_1067FM #MemberLed #ExpertsByExperience #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #InclusionMatters #LearningDisabilityAwareness #TeamMencap #Mencapliverpoolandsefton Read More

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Tuesday 2nd September 2025



On Friday our Outreach Champions led the way in a brilliant meeting with Matt from Big Mencap about the new Learning Disability Register Campaign they will be launching. He had come along to consult with members about what people think. Our members have worked with various Health professionals over the years particularly the Mersey Care Learning Disability Healthcare Facilitators @merseycarenhsft on projects like: 🔹️Diabetes 🔹️Dental Care 🔹️Cervical Screening 🔹️Breast Screening 🔹️Training 4th Year student doctors at the University of Liverpool @livuni 🔹️Presented at various conferences 🔹️and more! We shared with Matt how the Health Care Facilitators had come up with a great idea of issuing “tickets” for people to go to see their GPs about their Annual Health Checks at a conference for Learning Disability Week in 2024. It was on the back of the Taylor Swift frenzy that swept the City - everyone wanted a ticket to see her and so they had come up with an innovative way of engaging with people - we thought this could be tweaked for the Learning Disability Campaign. As well as all the awareness raising the Health Care Facilitators do a crucial role in supporting people with a learning disability to access and receive appropriate high-quality care working in partnership with GPs by offering training, validating the Learning Disability Registers, and supporting on a 1:1 basis. All of the work we do with various health professionals as part of Outreach links in so well with the Learning Disability Register Campaign and we are really excited to be a part of this. Our members always impress people with their knowledge, professionalism and innovative ideas - this meeting was no different suggesting a game to help people understand why being on the register is important – our members show just how much expertise people with lived experience bring to the table. This was a shining example of members driving change, shaping campaigns and making sure voices are heard loud and clear. We can’t wait to meet with Matt again and find out what the next steps of the campaign will be - amazing work team! #Mencapliverpoolandsefton #LearningDisabilityRegister Read More

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Tuesday 2nd September 2025



Our monthly Bowling 🎳 day out is always good fun 🤩 Congratulations to our member Adam and volunteer Tony for winning this week’s competition 🏆🏅with whooping scores of 96 and 115 😲 Thank you Southport @tenpin_uk for being amazing hosts 👏 #tenpinbowling🎳 #strike💥 #mencapliverpoolandsefton #inclusivity #socialgettogether #winners Read More