Event information for Rock Your Socks
When? 21 March is World
Down Syndrome
Down syndrome, also known as Down's syndrome, is a type of disability. People with Down syndrome may find it hard to learn new things and may need support. They may have more problems with their health too.
Day, but you can hold your Rock your Socks anytime of the year
Where? UK wide
Fundraising target? £210
Registration fee? Free
Mencap and Sock Snob
Last year we ran a competition with our Mencap services to design a Mencap sock and our competition winners were:
- William - Lived Experience Experience is when you have learned or tried something before. Advisor
- Marina -
Volunteer
A volunteer is someone who helps out by doing work for free.
with our Me Time Centre - Paulo -
Support Worker
Support workers are people who are paid to give care and support to people who need it.
.
We partnered with Sock Snob who turned the designs into socks and are kindly donating 21% of the retail price to Mencap.
One of our competition winners William has a learning disability A learning disability is to do with the way someone's brain works. It makes it harder for someone to learn, understand or do things. and designed a sock called 'embrace the ability' and said: "I designed the sock with 'embrace the ability' on it because I wanted disabled people to show what they can do, not what they cannot do. I chose bright colours so the socks look interesting"
World Down Syndrome Day
Down syndrome, also referred to as Down's syndrome, is just one of many different types of learning disability. Most people have two copies of chromosome 21, while those with three copies of chromosome 21 have Down syndrome. This is why we celebrate World Down Syndrome Day on 21 March each year and encourage people to Rock Your Socks in March.
Benefits of fundraising for Team Mencap
If you can't find what you are looking for on our Rock Your Socks event page please contact our team who would be happy to help.
Our fundraising ideas page carries a downloadable resource which holds lots of inspiration for fundraising.
JustGiving pages are the easiest way to start fundraising, as you can set them up quickly, share them across social media immediately, and all money comes directly to us.
JustGiving also takes care of all Gift Aid!
You can get started by reading our guide to setting up your JustGiving page and then sign up to JustGiving.
If you prefer we also have a handy sponsorship form which you can download to collect your fundraising.
We have a secure Mencap
website
A website is a page you can go to on the internet like Google or YouTube.
which helps you easily pay in your fundraising.
Take a look at our stories pages to find out what it's like to fundraise for Mencap.
Mencap support the 1.5 million people in the UK who have a learning disability and the money you raise will go towards fulfilling our vision for a world where all people are listened to, valued and included, and not discriminated against because of their learning disability.
Our dedicated team are always on hand to help advise you about your fundraising goals.
We have partnered with Sock Snob who are kindly donating 21% of the retail price to Mencap from their limited edition Mencap Sock Snob sock.
By Mencap