Following our London carol service last week, there’s been no let up in the festive spirit at United Response. This week we were participants in two more carol services, one created by and for people we support and one in collaboration with the leading charity, Action on Hearing Loss. And though you might think [...]

Our annual celebratory carol service is being held on Wednesday, 7 December at St Peter’s Church in London. Hosted by our president, Martyn Lewis CBE, the evening will include interviews with people we support about their achievements over the last year and carols led by our deaf choir from Ipswich, Swanbank Music choir and Seaford [...]

A few weeks ago, I attended my first operational directors meeting of the Voluntary Organizations Disability Group (VODG) at Scope’s headquarters, in London. 27 attendees were squashed into a small room, but they represented most of the UK’s major social care organisations, with a few smaller ones also in attendance. I had been asked to [...]

The Association for Supported Living (ASL) annual conference is one of the longest standing conferences concerning learning disabilities in the UK. This year may be one of its most critical yet, following a year where huge cuts to public services have created new threats to supported living, while the Panorama documentary into abuse of people [...]

Last month we held our third annual charity golf day at Richmond Golf Club, hosted by our vice-president Steve Rider. The weather behaved and everybody had a fantastic day, raising a whopping £4,000 in the process. We’ve now completed a superb video that gives a real flavour of what the day is like – enjoy! [...]

PRESS RELEASE Last month, UK disability charity United Response took the stage in front of policy makers and third sector pioneers in Central and Eastern Europe, giving examples of how to support people with all levels of disability to live a full life in the community. The event was designed to inspire and empower policy [...]

On Monday 18th July, we held our third annual charity golf day at Richmond Golf Club, kindly sponsored by de Poel, Capsticks and Concentrix. Following the recent wet weather we were a little apprehensive, but fortunately, there wasn’t a spot of rain during play! 48 keen golfers arrived at 7.30am for a fortifying breakfast, and [...]

Regulars to this blog will likely be aware of Sarah Busby (one of our support workers) and her preparations for the International Bognor Birdman event. Sarah planned to jump off Bognor pier, dressed as Tinker Bell, to raise money for our mental health community resource centre in Bognor. The event was due to take place [...]

United Response support worker Sarah Bushby has finished her Bognor Birdman challenge costume. Her Tinker Bell outfit is looking great, and here’s the proof! She hopes to raise money for our mental health community resource centre in Bognor, where she’s worked since September. If you’d like to donate, please visit Sarah’s Virgin Money Giving page. James Dodd, web [...]

United Response support worker Sarah Bushby is now only a few days away from her Bognor Birdman challenge. She hopes to raise money for our mental health community resource centre in Bognor, where she’s worked since September. This is the latest update from Sarah, as she makes her final pre-flight checks: “Well things have taken [...]

You can get your hands on a bottle of this Nick Faldo wine at our charity golf day - it’s come all the way from his Australian estate and is just one of the prizes in our charity auction, along with a voucher for a 4-ball at luxury 5* Stoke Park Country Club and Resort (also pictured below). [...]

We have been asked by people we support and families how they can speak out against the changes to benefits for disabled people. There has been much discussion in the media about how the Government’s welfare reform plans will affect disabled people and, understandably, many are concerned about the impact of spending cuts on their [...]

PRESS RELEASE Join the legendary TV sports presenter, Steve Rider, at an exclusive golf day on behalf of the national disability charity, United Response (www.unitedresponse.org.uk) on Monday 18th July. The event will be taking place at the prestigious Richmond Golf Club, in Surrey. The day will begin with a buffet breakfast for golfers in the [...]

On Wednesday 8th December United Response will be attending the annual Learning Disability Today (LDT) exhibition, at the Business Design Centre in London. Around 3,000 people are expected at the exhibition, which has debates on a variety of subjects including personalisation, relationships and housing. Every visitor will be given a t-shirt that features the winning [...]

Last week I spoke at the ACEVO health and social care conference in Manchester to respond to the ACEVO Commission on Personalisation’s new report: A People Power Revolution: Making It Real. For United Response, personalisation is in many ways a natural evolution of the way we work – a very person-centred approach, which means that [...]

The date for our annual celebratory carol service is fast approaching!  The event is being held on Wednesday, 1 December at St Peter’s Church, Eaton Square, London. Hosted by our president, Martyn Lewis CBE, the evening will include interviews with people we support about their achievements over the last year and carols led by our [...]

Our annual celebratory carol service is being held on Wednesday, 1 December at St Peter’s Church, Eaton Square, London. Hosted by our president, Martyn Lewis CBE, the evening will include interviews with people we support about their achievements over the last year and carols led by our deaf choir from Ipswich, Swanbank Music choir and [...]

Another good day was had by all at United Response’s annual charity golf day, held this year in July in the leafy surrounds of Richmond Park Golf Club. Determined not to be delayed by the traffic on the way in, the staff team began arriving from shortly before 7am to make sure that everything was [...]

You can now listen to an MP3 file of our recent Opening Up Democracy event. The recording features all the key speakers, including John Bercow, speaker of the House of Commons, Helen Goodman MP, shadow minister for work and pensions and Jenny Watson, the chair of the Electoral Commission. United Response held the event in [...]

On Monday, United Response was delighted to host a successful event in the Houses of Parliament, entitled “Opening Up Democracy”. The event, held in association with Dods, The House Magazine and ePolitix.com, was designed to provide attending MPs with practical guidance on ensuring people with learning disabilities and other hard to reach constituents are able [...]