Our Every Vote Counts campaign has seen excellent coverage online – especially in the wake of the report launch event we held at Westminster last week. To give you an idea – and to acknowledge the various people, sites and organisations that have linked through to us – I have compiled a modest roundup of [...]

Following our successful launch party yesterday at Westminster, the full Every Vote Counts report is now avaiable for download from our website. The report looks back over the project. It explores the barriers people with learning disabilities face when dealing with the democratic process, through real life stories. It also includes invaluable advice for all [...]

PRESS RELEASE Making disabled people’s votes count – groundbreaking campaign On 20 January the national disability charity, United Response, launches a campaign urging political parties to work with people with learning disabilities and make 2010 the most inclusive election in UK history With the 2010 general election expected to be one of the most pivotal [...]

Today United Response goes to Westminster to launch its campaign urging political parties to work with people with learning disabilities and make 2010 the most inclusive election in UK history. A report carried out by United Response shows that as few as 16% of people with learning disabilities who were registered to vote actually did [...]

When Harrogate service manager Wayne Dunn was chatting to four people we support, he was shocked to find out that none of them could name their local council reps. After doing some research, he tracked them down and after a quick house meeting, agreed to invite them round for afternoon tea. “I expected to get [...]

The BBC Suffolk news website has published an article covering United Response’s Six Degrees of Art scheme. The project puts forward six creative interpretations of six original photographs, using poetry, photography, film, music and sign-language and was the brain-child of staff and people with learning disabilities at our deaf services in Ipswich. Neil Coote, who [...]