Archive for the Category ◊ inclusion ◊

With elections around the corner, we’ve launched the Every Vote Counts! website to make it easier for people with learning disabilities to use their vote and have their say. The website, www.everyvotecounts.org.uk has been built in consultation with people with learning disabilities. It is part of the three year Every Vote Counts! campaign launched by [...]

We will be launching “Making Money Easier” on 26th November. “Making Money Easier” is a set of printed and online guides designed to make banking more accessible and easier to understand for people with learning disabilities. The event will be held on Wednesday, 26th November, 4.30-6pm, Institute of Directors, London and has been kindly sponsored [...]

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 [...]

Every vote counts: United Response launches campaign to engage people with learning disabilities in the democratic proces United Response, the charity creating opportunities with people with learning disabilities or mental health needs, has launched a campaign to make the democratic process more accessible to the thousands of people with learning disabilities in England who are [...]

In June 2005, a group of people with mental health needs took part in a project called Mental Wealth. The project aimed to equip those people with the skills they needed so they could take photographs about what it’s like to have a mental health need. The results are amazing. We decided to make a [...]