Carolyn Fairburn, the new director General of the CBI seen here at their offices in London, 2nd November 2015. Commissioned by Pip Brooking for Business Voice Dame Carolyn Fairbairn DBE has been ...

Dozens of leading charities could face insolvency within weeks after the Government ruled they must pay millions of pounds in back payments to overnight carers. Around 200 disability charities, ...

The proceeds will be donated to the U.K. charity Royal Mencap Society, which works with people with learning disabilities Kit Harington is giving back. On Wednesday, the actor donated £7728.75, ...

This week’s Big Issue is unlike any other we have ever produced. This magazine has been created, in association with Mencap, by people with learning disabilities to help illustrate what they go ...

A former boss at a learning disabilities charity stole more than £500,000 from vulnerable clients he was being paid to protect, a court heard. Peter Childs, 61, is also accused of setting up a ...

Staff at a care home for people with learning difficulties are alleged to have spent thousands of pounds of patients’ money on DVDs, bingo trips, food and booze. Police were yesterday looking whether ...

Organise a Mencap One Big Walk this September and help raise funds for the 1.5 million people with a learning disability in ...

Royal Mencap Society purchased a group annuity contract from Canada Life to insure about £61 million ($80 million) in U.K. pension plan liabilities. The London-based charity for people with learning ...

Reg Broad said that there was a "very slim chance" the branch could continue Cornwall's branch of the charity Mencap is facing closure because the members of its committee are standing down, its ...

A CHARITY has been handed a financial lifeline after its future looked in doubt. Southend Mencap has been given a £14,048 Big Society grant from the Government, dispelling fears a cash crisis might ...