PRESS RELEASE A green-fingered poet has scooped first prize in a national gardening competition. Avid gardener Jenni Clifton, aged 68, of Horn Street, Cheriton, wowed judges at disability charity United Response with her poem Round My Garden and was pronounced the winner earlier this week. The competition was launched by the charity last summer as [...]

PRESS RELEASE With 2012 set to be a pivotal year for social care, a national disability charity is launching a groundbreaking report looking at the views of disabled people and their families on why access to good support is so vital. Through firsthand accounts, Life Support, a report produced by United Response’s Campaigns Panel, brings [...]

PRESS RELEASE A young man with Asperger Syndrome has overcome debilitating shyness to give an ‘overwhelming’ speech to a national conference on his life and his achievements. Twenty year old Ashley Maddocks, from Kirkby-in-Ashfield, addressed a large crowd of experts at a recent conference on autism, in, London. Two years ago Ashley barely left his room, but [...]

PRESS RELEASE On Wednesday 7th December, the national disability charity, United Response, will be holding its annual celebratory carol service at St Peter’s Church, Eaton Square, SW1. Hosted by United Response’s president and TV broadcaster, Martyn Lewis CBE, the evening will include interviews with people supported by United Response about their achievements over the last [...]

PRESS RELEASE A local pantomime group, made up of people with learning disabilities and staff from the national disability charity, United Response, would like to invite you on an out of this world Christmas adventure, with their production of Snow White and the Seven Aliens. In this twist on the modern classic, Snow White, a [...]