The founder of a charity which supports people with learning disabilities to live full lives will be honoured with a Blue Plaque. The accolade to Judy Fryd, who founded Mencap in 1947, will be put up ...

Organise a Mencap One Big Walk this September and help raise funds for the 1.5 million people with a learning disability in the UK. Whether you walk alone or with friends, family or colleagues, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A “trailblazer” mother who founded Mencap is to be honoured with a blue plaque at the house where she set up the learning ...

Ellie Goldstein, who made history as the first contestant with Down's syndrome to compete on Strictly Come Dancing, has performed at St James's Palace for the Duchess of Edinburgh. The model and ...

Local charity Sheffield Mencap and Gateway want everyone to wear their brightest socks to celebrate this year’s World Down’s ...

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A “trailblazer” mother who founded Mencap is to be honoured with a blue plaque at the house where she set up the learning disability charity. Judy Fryd began her campaigning work at her home in ...

The campaigner has been described by her granddaughter as an ordinary woman who ‘did something extraordinary from her dining room table’.