Mike and Viv Penn (centre) are retiring after 23 years of running Maghull Young Adults Social Club with a celebratory event at St Gregory's Social Club (Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)

The founders of the Maghull Young Adults Social Club will be retiring this December after two decades of supporting adults with learning disabilities. Mike and Viv Penn started the Maghull Young Adults Social Club (MYASC) in 2002 to help their own son, Jonathan. The club hosts a monthly Friday night disco for adults with disabilities to socialise, make new friends and have fun together in a supervised space.

The couple have been running the club for 23 years and have helped hundreds of people over the past two decades by providing a safe and welcoming environment. Keeping the club going has been a

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