Lace Up for Inclusion: Ealing Mencap Charity Walk

🎉 Get Ready to Walk for a Cause! 🎉

On Sunday 5th October, join us for Ealing Mencap’s 60th Anniversary Charity Walk—a special day of celebration, community, and fundraising. We’ll be joined by our amazing Travel Trainers, highlighting the important work we do and the achievements of people with learning disabilities who are supported to travel independently through our Hounslow Travel Training service.

We’re marking 60 incredible years of impact, and we want YOU to be part of it! 🌟

Walk Details:

Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuzgS9w84OmMYJ9nbvolute4Zz_e-lqtJIdqOMJ6ELBZcTyQ/viewform

Start: Hounslow House, 7 Bath Road, Hounslow, TW3 3EB

Finish: Enterprise Lodge, Stockdove Way, Perivale, UB6 8TJ

Start Time: 12:00pm

Distance: Approximately 6 miles

Stops & Meeting Points:

Osterley Park: Approx. 1:00pm

Boston Manor Park: Approx. 2:15pm

(Meeting times are approximate and may vary depending on walking speed and conditions.)

Facilities: At each stop-off point, there will be toilets and a cafe at Boston Manor Park

You are welcome to join us at the start or meet us at any of the stopping points along the way if you’d prefer a shorter walk. There’s no fundraising target—just come along, enjoy the stroll, and help us raise awareness on the day! If you can’t attend, perhaps you’d consider making a donation? Every contribution goes directly to supporting Ealing Mencap’s work. Please share this link with friends and family to help us spread the word!

About Travel Training

Travel training enables young people with learning and other disabilities to travel safely and independently between home and school or college using public transport. Ealing Mencap provides travel training in the Borough of Hounslow, and over the past five years, we have successfully trained more than 250 young people to become independent travellers across Ealing, Hounslow, Hillingdon, and Slough. We believe this is a service that should be available to all young people with special educational needs.

Through Travel Training, young people with learning disabilities can:

Build confidence travelling from home to school or college on public transport

Learn about road safety

Understand when and how to safely ask for help

Practice solving problems they might face on public transport

Develop an important life skill for adulthood