Great challenges call for visionary thinking. From funding work in our centre to campaigning for change, your philanthropic gift will change lives.
Mencap NI has been dedicated to supporting people with a learning disability and their families for 60 years. In Belfast, our Mencap Centre has been a hub for children and young people with a learning disability, as well as their families. Through different programmes aimed at children and young people across a range of ages and stages, the centre is a safe haven and lifeline for many in the area.
However, we want to reach even more children and young people with more complex needs, and provide the best possible support for the young people already using our centre so that no child or young person is left behind.
Marian Nicholas, Chairperson of Mencap NI Special Events Committee
"Right now in NI, our children and young people with learning disabilities are being left behind, this is unjust, as they all deserve the same sort of future as everyone else. I no longer have my daughter Laura, Laura brought so many good things into so many people’s lives, part of her legacy, which I champion, is about expanding the wonderful work that is done in the Mencap Centre, but there is a huge gap in services and provisions at present, and we need your help to raise some much needed and urgent money."
What this appeal can do
Money raised from this
appeal
To appeal means saying you want someone to think about a decision again.
will go towards our work in the Children's Centre. These are difficult times, but every donation we receive will make a difference to our work.
Your donation will be used where it's needed most. Below you can see what your donation could do to help us support more children, young people, and their families.
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£500 could fund an extra six Saturday clubs.
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£750 could provide a LED projector for our sensory room.
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£1,000 could provide an outdoor climbing frame.
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£5,000 could provide an interactive bubble suite for our sensory room.
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£10,000 could provide wheelchair accessible outdoor play equipment.
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£40,000 would allow us to hire a Family Support Co-Ordinator for a year.
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£50,000 would allow us to build a garden therapy room.
Contact the NI Philanthropy Team
To find out more about the NI Appeal, and how to help us raise funds, contact Maeve from the NI Philanthropy Team.