Mencap

Sadly, people with a learning disability have long been – and continue to be – discarded, discriminated against, and disproportionately affected by societal stigma, a lack of understanding, and increasingly deep cuts to government funding and social care. By choosing to run the Bath Half Marathon for Mencap you will help the UK become the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.

Mencap operates over 700 services and provides personal support to over 4,000 people each year. We also work with thousands more people and families through our specialist information and advice services, targeted community programmes, advocacy and digital services.

Some of our areas of work include:

• Campaigning locally and nationally; helping people with a learning disability to stand up for what they want and need
• Empowering people, groups and organisations to create real change in their own communities
• Helping people with a learning disability to gain employment, skills and find paid jobs
• Offering people information and advice for all areas of their lives
• Conducting research into important issues to create a positive impact and see real change

£100 could help provide access to sport and recreational activities so people with a learning disability can socialise and break the loneliness and isolation they face.

£425 could cover the cost of running our information and advice services for an hour.

Registration to run the Bath Half Marathon for Mencap is £25 and our minimum fundraising target is £250.

What you receive

• A Mencap branded running vest
• Ongoing support & stewardship from the Mencap events team
• Fundraising materials to help you reach this target
• Training plans for beginner and intermediate runners

If you would like to join us and secure a charity place, please CLICK HERE

If you have already secured a General Bath Half Entry and would like to opt in to fundraise for us as an ‘Own Place’ Runner, then please CLICK HERE