Community News

Saffron Walden Mencap Society has a vibrant community of more than 70. This is made up of young people and adults with learning difficulties, carers, trustees, staff and volunteers. Members of the community have a vast array of interests and talents. Read on to find out what some of them have been getting up to!

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3 days ago
1 min

Dig-It Club - Wednesday 22nd June 2022

Summer solstice yesterday and today was a scorcher! A smaller group today, we had Laura with Kenda from the Arc and Bolette, Steve, Wendy...

CanalAbility Trip - Saturday 11th June 2022

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Jun 17
1 min

CanalAbility Trip - Saturday 11th June 2022

Fun on the river...opening locks, steering the boat and enjoying the views!

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Jun 17
1 min

Dig-It Club - Wednesday 15th June

What a busy time of year it is on the plot! There’s watering, pricking and planting out, weeding, and harvesting! We’re all learning lots...

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May 23
1 min

Dig-it Blog early to mid May 2022

We’ve had a few hot days and one rainy day so far in May. It’s been great to see how the things we’ve planted as seeds have grown so...

Saffron Walden Mencap Society launches exciting new project for young people with disabilities.

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May 16
2 min

Saffron Walden Mencap Society launches exciting new project for young people with disabilities.

On Friday 22nd April, Saffron Walden Mencap Society were thrilled to launch their new Go With Our Flow project, for young people aged...

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May 4
1 min

Dig-It Club - Wednesday 27th April

It’s such a busy time on the plot in April, and May will be even busier! We’ve been doing lots of watering, planting seeds, thinning out...

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Apr 16
1 min

Dig-It Blog and now we are 7!

We have had three lovely sessions since our last blog - and some fabulous news is that Claire and Mathew have joined the Dig-It gang,...

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Mar 18
1 min

Dig-It Club - Wednesday 16th March 2022

It was touch and go on Tuesday with rain forecast for our 'Dig-It' Wednesday, but we decided to go for it and were really lucky! Bolette...

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Mar 9
2 min

Dig-It Club - Wednesday 9th March 2022

Busy busy busy! Today’s team at Dig it were Alex, Amanda, Fran, Karl, Jacquie Laura, Scott and Steve - led by our lovely new session...

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Mar 8
1 min

Dig-It Club - Wednesday 2nd March 2022

Wet Wednesday! It was damp and miserable on the plot today - but that was just the weather, we were very happy to be there! Today we met...