Annual Golf Day raises nearly £3000 for West Berkshire Mencap Last week, West Berkshire Mencap held their annual Golf Day at Sandford Springs Golf Club on 23rd June to raise vital funds for their personalised services for people with learning disabilities and their families and carers. Eleven teams took part in the event to help raise funds for …
This month, a member of our Newbury Gateway Club received a lovely surprise. Alan has been attending Newbury Gateway Club, our weekly evening leisure club for adults with learning disabilities, for over twenty five years, making him the club’s longest attending member! Alan turned eighty five years old this month, and the staff and members …
Last week, we clearly worked some of our students hard at Growing4all! Check out these two soaking up the sun and relaxing on the lounger they made out of pallets in the quiet garden! Hopefully, the loungers will be in high demand in the summer, if we get to have lovely sunny weather! Well done …
We are excited to announce that we have a new website. The website has been updated to allow parents, carers and professionals to be able to easily find out about our vital services the charity provides, for people with learning disabilities and their families and carers. The website not only has sections on the many different services …
Sadie contacted us this week to tell us about the amazing challenge her and her friend Tom, who both volunteer for us, are doing to raise much needed funds for West Berkshire Mencap. Tom and Sadie will be doing a tandem bungee jump, which involves them being strapped together whilst they jump, on the 3rd …
Photo taken by Stuart March Photography On the 31st January, West Berkshire Mencap had a two hour Zumbathon at Nuffield Health Fitness Wellbeing Centre in Newbury. The event was kindly organised by three local Zumba instructors – Chantal Tyas, Neil Daniel and Abby Head, to help raise valuable funds for West Berkshire Mencap who provide …
On Monday 5th May the Newbury Gastro Pub have organised another Bungee Jump event in Newbury Market Place in aid of West Berkshire Mencap. All funds raised will go towards maintaining and expanding their high quality services for local people with learning disabilities and their families. We are very excited about our second bungee jump …
West Berkshire Mencap’s Bubble Club children service users all received a present at their Christmas Party this year due to the kindness and generosity of the staff at Thomas Eggar in Newbury. Thomas Eggar arranged for all their staff to bring in suitable items for presents and the response was amazing, with enough items being …
On the 17th December West Berkshire Mencap’s Chief Executive Leila Ferguson and Fundraising Manager Carrie-Anne Ferrie visited ADP Dealer Services International in Hungerford to present their ‘Fundraising Volunteer of the Year’ award to one of ADP’s employees Stuart March. The presentation had been arranged in complete secret with Stuart’s managers Andrew Chetland and Andy Mason …
We have so many wonderful services and one of our most amazing and wonderful services is Growing for all. This project aims to provide a real work environment for adults with learning disabilities within a sheltered greenhouse and garden environment at Cottesmore Park. This month the Growing for All team have been exceptionally busy as …
