In this section:
Latest coronavirus guidance in your nation
Each nation has different guidance on dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic:
Mencap has produced easy read guides to the latest coronavirus alert levels.
Support from Contact
To help with the extra challenges that families have to face because of the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve introduced a number of new free services to give you a helping hand.
Virtual family workshops
Our popular free workshops programme is now online.
Topics include: Money matters, Encouraging Positive Behaviour, Wellbeing for you, and Managing your child’s sleep.
Visit our family workshops page for upcoming dates.
Listening Ear service
Our ‘Listening Ear’ service which provides free 1-1 support for parents via a telephone appointment with one our family support advisers, at a time that suits you.
We can help with emotional support, strategies for reducing your child’s anxiety and challenging behaviour or help you with structuring the day.