Archive for the Category ◊ voting ◊

Here is an excerpt from our press release about Making Democracy Accessible: Politicians must make democracy more accessible, says learning disability charity, United Response With a general election imminent, the national learning disability charity, United Response, is launching a set of guides – Making Democracy Accessible – to help politicians, party workers and public officials [...]

Every Vote Counts! – the project United Response has been working on to help people with learning disabilities engage with the democratic procress has been featured in Community Care magazine. Read the article in full on Community Care’s website

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 [...]

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 [...]