News & blog

Blog | 17 March 2025

“She’s come a long way since moving here” – Sophie and Richard’s United Response story

by Ali Mills

To mark World Down Syndrome Day we spoke to Sophie who we support, and her support worker Richard, about their journey with United Response.

Blog | 03 March 2025

When will the government change disability hate crime law?

by Freddie Jobbins

Parliamentary questions asked on United Response’s behalf reveal the government intends to act. Seven months after the election, we still don’t know when.

Blog | 13 February 2025

A new standard of housing for autistic people

by Lewis Wilson

If you could design your perfect house, what would you choose? Lewis, a United Response Content Contributor, attended a conference about neurodiversity. He was inspired by a presentation about houses that were designed and built with autistic people in mind.

Blog | 30 January 2025

Are buses the riskiest way to travel for disabled people?

by Freddie Jobbins

Our research reveals nearly 60% of all transport-related disability hate crimes occurred on buses. Is there something more dangerous about bus travel?

Blog | 18 December 2024

Heritage at Boscawen Farm: skills for the future.

by Max Spry

It’s Disability History Awareness Month. This year, the focus is employment, so we thought an update on our National Heritage Lottery Fund supported project, which brings Cornish traditional crafts to life and provides development opportunities for people with learning disabilities would be appropriate.

Blog | 17 December 2024

Just a single MP spoke about disability hate crime in the House of Commons this year – in 2025, you can push yours to do more.

by Freddie Jobbins

MPs aren’t talking about disability hate crime, even though it impacts thousands of people a year.

Blog | 17 December 2024

Behind the scenes of Our Life Stories

by Matthew Campbell

Matthew Campbell, who manages The Enterprise (our activity hub) in Richmond and our community support team, is supporting the Our Life Project by coordinating the interviews in the south of the country. He has worked at United Response for 10 years

News | 17 December 2024

What it’s like to be a housing association intern?

Alex, Aodhan, George and Ryan are all doing internships with Homegroup and DFN Project Search, supported by United Response. We caught up with them to find out how it’s going.

Blog | 28 November 2024

Transport companies are letting disabled people down – and losing money because of it.

by Freddie Jobbins

Adapting transport systems for disabled people would improve journeys for everyone.

Blog | 16 October 2024

Learning disability history: feeling invisible

by Donna Harrison

As part of our oral history project, media contributor Donna Harrison is researching notable historical figures to help us reflect on how attitudes and treatment of people with learning disabilities have changed over the centuries.