The BBC 6 O Clock news and a letter in The Times have given substantial attention to a new report (Social Care in Crisis – the Need for Reform) from the Learning Disability Coalition, a campaigning group of which United Response is a founding member. This is perhaps the most sustained attention which the mainstream media [...]

It’s official! As well as supporting our In the Swim 2012 fundraising campaign, Paralympic medallist Fran Williamson will also be hosting the swimathon event itself! Taking place at Kensington Leisure Centre on 21st May, In the Swim 2012 is a 2012m relay swimming event, raising funds to support our vital work with people with disabilities. Fran, who [...]

The Chancellor made much of how this week’s Budget would be “fiscally neutral”, but if he was hoping it would also be politically neutral, he’ll have been dismayed by the media’s reaction. While the removal of the 50p top rate of tax generated most headlines before the Budget was announced, next day’s newspapers focused on [...]

There is so much talk about the Olympics that many may have forgotten that it is not only this historic event that is taking place in London this year, but the Paralympics too. With so many world class disabled athletes coming to compete in the capital this year, this is the perfect time for raising [...]

UNITED RESPONSE PRESS STATEMENT United Response is a member of Disability Works UK, a not-for-profit consortium of eight national disability charities that have come together to provide tailored employment support to disabled people. Disability Works UK is not involved in the delivery of the government’s Workfare scheme. Disability Works UK has secured a number of [...]