Mencap in Northern Ireland

Mencap in Northern Ireland Every day, we support thousands of parents, carers and people with a learning disability to lead a full and valued life. https://northernireland.mencap.org.uk/

📣 Calling All Caring & Compassionate Individuals!📣If you are a compassionate and caring individual who wants to actively...
18/02/2026

📣 Calling All Caring & Compassionate Individuals!📣
If you are a compassionate and caring individual who wants to actively make a difference in the lives of people with a learning disability, then we want you to join our team! 🙌

We are currently recruiting for Support Workers in:

📍 Derry/Londonderry

You can apply now through the link below! 👇

https://jobs.mencap.org.uk/vacancies/35279/support-worker-derry-londonderry.html

📣 We Want You To Join Our Team! 📣We are looking for dedicated and experienced individuals who want to make a real differ...
16/02/2026

📣 We Want You To Join Our Team! 📣

We are looking for dedicated and experienced individuals who want to make a real difference in the lives of individuals with a learning disability to join our team in Bangor!

We are currently recruiting for:
▪️Practitioner (Full Time and Part Time roles available)

This role focuses on delivering high quality, person centred support, working closely with families, and the wider multidisciplinary team.

If you are interested or would like to find out more about the role, follow the link below 👇

https://jobs.mencap.org.uk/vacancies/35193/full--part-time-practitioner.html

Don't miss out on a fantastic night of fashion and fun on Saturday 28th February at Breda Academy! 🎉There will be some v...
12/02/2026

Don't miss out on a fantastic night of fashion and fun on Saturday 28th February at Breda Academy! 🎉

There will be some very special guests in attendance at this one night only Northern Ireland School of Modelling Fashion Show, including one who is taking time out from promoting his latest Lisa McGee hit on Netflix, "How To Get To Heaven From Belfast," our very own Oscar winning Ambassador Dr James Martin MBE. 🙌

James will stroll the catwalk with his Dad Ivan for a brief interview with TV and radio presenter Colm McAlinden. Hear the amazing stories from the Oscars and much more from James and Ivan!

16 Mencap NI models will join James to show-off the latest brands, with models from the internationally renowned NI School of Modelling and students from the neighbouring Breda Academy to raise awareness and funds for Mencap NI. 🌟

Scan the QR code to book your tickets now!
Or you can contact Catherine O'Hara at Mencap NI by phone: 07515063303 or by email: Catherine.OHara@mencap.org.uk

Statement from Mencap NI Director following Minister Nesbitt’s recent announcement that he is not considering legislatio...
11/02/2026

Statement from Mencap NI Director following Minister Nesbitt’s recent announcement that he is not considering legislation in this mandate, to put in place statutory protection for young people leaving the education system who will require life long care provided by Department of Health.

Busy Days for our Healthier Me Relay Runners and Delta Health & Performance gym members! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️The day started with an...
09/02/2026

Busy Days for our Healthier Me Relay Runners and Delta Health & Performance gym members! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

The day started with an outdoor walk-run session to help everyone build up their cardio training for the big day!

After the session everyone met with Ethan and Dalan from Delta Gym who gave them a really useful presentation on nutrition! 💬

They covered topics such as what makes a healthy balanced diet, why it is important to have a healthy diet and also shared important tips on what foods are best to give your body energy when training for the marathon relay! 🥗

Thanks to the generous funding provided by Omaze UK, our Regional Community Engagement Lead Emma has been working with this group of relay runners to meet regularly and do their marathon relay training together!

Each and every one of the team are doing amazing with their training and we can’t wait to see their next update! 🌟

📣 We Want You To Join Our Team! 📣We are looking for dedicated and experienced individuals who want to make a real differ...
08/02/2026

📣 We Want You To Join Our Team! 📣

We are looking for dedicated and experienced individuals who want to make a real difference in the lives of individuals with a learning disability to join our team in Bangor!

We are currently recruiting for two roles:
▪️Specialist Practitioner (Full Time roles available)
▪️Practitioner (Full Time and Part Time roles available)

These roles focus on delivering high quality, person centred support, working closely with families, and the wider multidisciplinary team.

If you are interested or would like to find out more about the roles, follow the links below 👇

Specialist Practitioner:

https://jobs.mencap.org.uk/vacancies/35194/specialist-practitioner.html

Practitioner:

https://jobs.mencap.org.uk/vacancies/35193/full--part-time-practitioner.html

Well done to our amazing parents who completed the Let’s Get Cooking course! 👏We had a great 4 weeks cooking together as...
08/02/2026

Well done to our amazing parents who completed the Let’s Get Cooking course! 👏

We had a great 4 weeks cooking together as part of our Family Support Programme, trying out lots of new recipes and picking up plenty of handy tips along the way 🍽️✨

Big thanks to our health & wellbeing facilitator Barbara for leading the sessions 🌿🍳

Thanks to the generous funding provided by Omaze UK we can run sessions like this as part of our Healthier Me programme.

📣 Become a part of our Early Years team at Mencap NI!✨ Our Early Years team are looking for caring and passionate indivi...
07/02/2026

📣 Become a part of our Early Years team at Mencap NI!

✨ Our Early Years team are looking for caring and passionate individuals to join their team and help support children with significant developmental delay and/or complex medical needs.

⭐️ No two days are the same in this role, but each day you know you are making a real difference in the lives of the children and families we support.

If you are interested in joining the team follow the link below! 👇

https://jobs.mencap.org.uk/vacancies/35227/early-years-assistant.html

Our Healthier Me Programme is Growing! 🙌Last month our Regional Community Engagement Lead Emma and our Disability Equali...
06/02/2026

Our Healthier Me Programme is Growing! 🙌
Last month our Regional Community Engagement Lead Emma and our Disability Equality Officer Paul launched our new information workshops through our Healthier Me programme! 📣

In these workshops, Emma and Paul talk about health, nutrition and overall wellbeing in a fun and interactive way, with practical activities to get everyone involved! ⭐️

For the first session they headed to our Network Partner Ballymena and District Gateway Club to deliver the workshop to 55 members. The workshop went really well, and the session ended with everyone enjoying the healthy snack they made themselves! 🍎

Thank you so much to Ballymena Gateway for joining us for the session!

Thanks to the generous funding provided by Omaze UK we can run more workshops like this as part of our Healthier Me programme.

We’re super proud of our ambassador Dr James Martin MBE who will be starring in the highly anticipated upcoming Netflix...
05/02/2026

We’re super proud of our ambassador Dr James Martin MBE who will be starring in the highly anticipated upcoming Netflix show “How to Get to Heaven from Belfast”

The new show has been written by award winning “Derry Girls” writer Lisa McGee.

In How to get to Heaven from Belfast a trio of friends head home for a funeral and find themselves in the midst of a mystery.

The new show will premiere on Netflix on 12th February.

Pictured below is James at last nights premier in Belfast wearing the famous Oscar’s jacket.

We can’t wait to see you in yet another superb locally produced series!! 🎬

📸 Belfast Telegraph

Join us tomorrow are at the Ards and North Down Borough Council Jobs, Support and Training Fair! 📣Our team will be at th...
04/02/2026

Join us tomorrow are at the Ards and North Down Borough Council Jobs, Support and Training Fair! 📣

Our team will be at the Bangor Aurora Aquatic and Leisure Complex from 10am - 2pm, sharing lots of information about what we do. 🙌
So call in and have a chat with us! 💬

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Mencap Centre, 5 School Road, Newtownbreda, Castlereagh
Belfast
BT86BT

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm

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