Dare to Dream Holding Showroom Launch Event
Ealing Mencap promoting employability skills for all on Leeland Road
The charity's employment schemes have a 75% success rate
June 12, 2025
A new showroom in West Ealing is to be launched later this month to promote employment opportunities for those that have been diagnosed with a learning disability.
Ealing Mencap runs the Dare to Dream placement programme and the facility will raise awareness of what is on offer. The launch event on Leeland Road is timed to coincide with the nearby Farmers’ Market and is taking place on Saturday 28 June from 11am to 2pm.
Mencap is the leading charity advocating for people with learning disabilities and the event will take place in the wake of ‘Learning Disability Week' which this place is Monday 16 – Sunday 22 June.
Project run by the charity achieve a strong employment success rate with typically three quarters of graduates securoing full-time jobs .
Harminder Rana, Employment and Community Services Manager at Ealing Mencap said, “The purpose for the Showroom is to empower and equip our members that attend Dare to Dream / Mencap with confidence and further their employability skills so that they can secure a job in the long term and gain control of their own lives with confidence and independence. They are also selling merchandise that has been handcrafted by the members themselves. This is not a profit making opportunity but one that will be far more valuable than money, for our members to be seen, heard and given the opportunities they deserve. “
Ealing Mencap is a well‐established local charity (affiliated to but independently run from the national organisation) that supports people with learning disabilities in west and northwest London. Founded in 1965 by parents and carers, today it serves around 500 individuals annually and offers advice to approximately 6,000 people through its Ealing Advice Service
It runs the Ealing Advice Service, in partnership with Age UK Ealing and others, providing free, confidential support with welfare rights, travel, disability rights, housing, debt, benefits, education, and more.
It also offers Parent Support, guiding families of children with disabilities or autism across all ages and manages local support groups like the Parent Carer Forum and Inclusive Sport Network
Ealing Mencap relies heavily on volunteers, donations, and community partnerships to sustain and expand its services within the borough.
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