Archive for ◊ May, 2008 ◊

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

A letter from United Response’s Chief Executive, Su Sayer was in the letters section of The Guardian today. It responds to the Government’s annoucement on social care funding. Su highlights that all of the coverage of the issue so far has focused on elderly care even though many disabled people are seeing their funding being [...]

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Monday, May 12th, 2008

Congratulations to all our United Response Doitforcharity 5K runners for completing the race in London on Sunday! We are so grateful for all of your support and for raising such a lot of money for United Response! We still have some places left for the 5K in Manchester, so if you missed your chance for [...]

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Thursday, May 08th, 2008

Su Sayer has been interviewed by epolitix.com, the website providing up-to-the-minute politics and parliamentary news. In her interview, she talks about United Response’s Employment Summit on May 15th around employment opportunities for people with learning disabilities. Read her interview (This takes you to the epolitix site.)

Read Su Sayer interviewed about Employment Summit
Tuesday, May 06th, 2008

There are still some places left for our Employment Summit on 15th May, in London starting from 8.00am onwards. Part of the event will see the launch of our Supported Employment Policy Report. The event will focus on the fact that despite the fact that two thirds of people with learning disabilities want to work, [...]

Read United Response’s Employment Summit – limited places still available
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Tuesday, May 06th, 2008

Our project looking at the voting system, politics and people with learning disabilities was featured in Guardian Society on Wednesday. The piece highlights findings from a recent survey we carried out, looking at the number of people we support who are voting and the reasons for non-participation. The survey highlights that while 80% of people [...]

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