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Wednesday 20th November 2024



This afternoon our Outreach Manager was invited to New Mersey Retail Park to visit @mencapliverpool member Rachel. Rachel works full time as a security guard. It was really interesting to learn about the varied jobs that Rachel does in her job - from the foot patrols round the shops to the processes and how they are followed up and flagged on their in-house app - Rachel was a whizz at explaining this and her managers were full of praise of Rachel's skills at using the cameras to flag up and spot a wide range of things across the site. Rachel's direct Manager Ste and Site Manager Haz clearly really value Rachel as a member of their team. The different reasonable adjustments that they have put in place to help Rachel succeed in her role really showed what an inclusive employer they are. Thank you everyone for a really unique insight into security on a retail park it was real eye opener of all the things that go on where we don't get to see - great job Rachel. Read More

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Wednesday 20th November 2024



Today @mencapliverpool members Amanda, Ste and James, our volunteer Tony and our Outreach Manager went along to visit Gayle and everyone at @openingdoorsproject .  The Opening Doors Project is based just off Rice Lane and is run by volunteers for the local community. We went along and joined the Wednesday Afternoon Tea and Bingo and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We met new people - in particular a big thank you to volunteer Lorraine who looked after us and really went the extra mile to make sure we were welcomed. Part of Outreach is to make links with other organisations. It is important that if possible our Outreach Champions go to these organisations so they can see how other groups are run, the different things happening and also to be Ambassadors of Mencap.  It was great that people came along today despite the cold weather - thanks team! The Opening Doors Project is about creating community - much like it was years ago when you could just leave your doors open, everyone was welcome and everyone knew one another - and the warmth and atmosphere we felt today definitely achieved this. We will be back next Tuesday at the information day being held and we can't wait! Thank you again everyone for a wonderful afternoon! Read More

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Tuesday 19th November 2024



Today our Outreach went to meet Dawn. Dawn had completed a referral form as she would like to try new things and make new friends. Once you complete a referral form Outreach will visit you where you feel comfortable, listen to you, find out what you like, what you want to do and start your journey with @mencapliverpool Dawn is going to join our Easy Read session tomorrow via Zoom as she thought that sounded interesting and was supported by Jo to download Zoom ready for tomorrow. Dawn it was so lovely to meet with you! We hope to see you at Mencap Community Cottage soon. If you would like to get involved member fill in oir online referral form https://www.mencapliverpool.org.uk/involve We can't wait to hear from you! #mencapliverpool #mencapliverpoolandsefton #learningdisabilities #Outreach Read More

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Friday 15th November 2024



Today our Outreach Manager visited Adam at his new volunteering job at the @thecroissantl7 @holtroadcroissant Adam is getting into a routine and when he arrives he brushes and cleans the seating area, wipes the tables. Then wrapped the knife and forks in napkins, washed up and prepared some food. Adam toasted, buttered and assembled the legendary Kensington Muffin and also bought food out to the customers - keep up the great work Adam! Read More

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Friday 15th November 2024



This afternoon @mencapliverpool members Lewis and Kevin along with our volunteer Tony were working on the next installment of our Outreach Champions radio 📻 show "Reach Out" which will be aired on @lcr_106.7fm Today the guys were typing up ⌨️ their prompts and notes for our December show. If you would like to listen👂 to our show tune in to 106.7fm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10am Thank you Lewis, Kevin and Tony for all your hardwork and commitment 💜 Read More

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Friday 15th November 2024



Here's a few snaps recently from our on the Right Track Travel Training Project funded by @avantiwestcoast 🚆 And we can certainly say everyone is definitely on the right track! 🛤️🥁We have been busy researching different sources of information via travel apps and at the stations ℹ️ to see what's accessible and collect resources! We have also had a visit from Alicia from Merseytravel and we have been busy journey planning for our trip to Manchester Christmas Markets next Friday! 🎄 Read More

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Thursday 14th November 2024



Today in our Outreach Champions meeting we welcomed Rachel and Amber for the first time - we hope you liked our meeting space 👍. Both Rachel and Amber found their way independently as it is easy to find ✅️, on good bus routes 🚌 and fully accessible ♿️. We spent a lot of our session talking about up and coming events 🗓 and preparing for the Dental 🦷Consultation we are having next week with Isobel Leason from the Critical Inclusive Design in Oral Health team at the University of Liverpool 🎓 @livuni Isobel is completing research 📑 with people who may face barriers ❌️ to accessing oral health care or experience oral health care inequalities and we will share our experiences with her. #mencapliverpool #mencapliverpoolandsefton #healthinequalities #uniofliv Read More