Creative crew online!
#LDWeek2021 Throughout the pandemic we’ve worked hard to come up with new and innovative ways to keep people with learning disabilities...
Celebrating Learning Disability Week 2021
We are a local charity that helps people with learning disabilities and autistic people to be connected and to speak up for what they...
Mencap’s Winterbourne View campaign
It’s now been ten years since the Winterbourne View scandal that uncovered the abuse of people with learning disabilities and autism at a...
Volunteering at Your Voice Counts
We’re lucky at Your Voice Counts to be supported by a team of dedicated volunteers who give their time to help us reach more people who...
Advocacy Services - January to March
Our Advocacy team works incredibly hard to support people across South Tyneside and Newcastle and has adapted to a mixture of...
Support us
We are running the Your Voice Counts Cooks campaign to help more people with learning disabilities develop skills and confidence to cook...
Recite Me web accessibility and language toolbar
We have added the Recite Me web accessibility and language toolbar to our website to make it accessible and inclusive for as many people...
Is mindfulness for me?
We are working with our colleagues at Skills for People to help people with learning disabilities in South Tyneside try out some free...
Advocating for the rights of people who live in care homes
By Sharon Horne, Advocacy Manager Over the bank holiday weekend the Government announced that restrictions placed on care home residents...
Learning more about Ramadan
People at some of our recent face to face sessions have been learning more about Ramadan from our Involvement Worker Nafisa Hussain....