{"id":5654,"date":"2022-09-05T12:25:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T11:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccgnewry.org\/?p=5654"},"modified":"2022-09-05T12:27:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T11:27:15","slug":"mencap-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccgnewry.org\/?p=5654","title":{"rendered":"Mencap Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information, advice and support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning disability is a complicated subject, and trying to find the right advice for you can be hard sometimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve split our advice and information into the different areas we get asked about a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/benefits-people-learning-disability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Benefits<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/employment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Education, Skills and Work<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/social-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Social care<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/transport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transport<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/relationships-and-sex\/befriending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Befriending<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/wellbeing\/bullying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bullying<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/wellbeing\/safeguarding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Safeguarding<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/relationships-and-sex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sexuality &amp; relationships<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/children-and-young-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Children &amp; young people<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/learning-disability-explained\/diagnosis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diagnosis<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/children-and-young-people\/education-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Education<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-05\/EARLY%20INTERVENTION%20REPORT%20A4%20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Investing in Early Intervention report (pdf)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Services to help you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We can tailor support packages to suit your needs, whatever your needs &#8211; browse below to find out more about the kind of services we deliver around the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or speak to our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/learning-disability-helpline\">Learning Disability Helpline<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/education-skills-and-work\/careers-education-information-advice-and-guidance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/employment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Education, Skills and Work<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/housing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Housing<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/services-you-can-count\/leisure-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leisure<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/services-you-can-count\/mencap-trust-company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mencap Trust Company<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/network-partners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Local Groups<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/services-you-can-count\/personal-support-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Personal support<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/services-you-can-count\/residential-care-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Residential care<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/our-services\/short-breaks-and-respite-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Short breaks &amp; respite<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/services-you-can-count\/supported-living-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supported living<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/wills-and-trusts-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wills and Trusts Service<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/services-you-can-count\/how-we-deliver-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How we deliver services<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/our-services\/cqc-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Our CQC ratings<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/our-services\/our-practice-framework\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Our practice framework<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/our-services\/how-pay-support-you-need\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paying for support<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/our-services\/quality-and-practice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quality and practice<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/our-services\/what-matters-most\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Matters Most<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How&nbsp;to get the support you need<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone or email the Learning Disability Helpline, which is our advice and support service,&nbsp;for guidance&nbsp;and&nbsp;information about what support we can offer you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or&nbsp;why not take a look at our online community? 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