News & blog

News | 19 February 2024

Potter’s Den Bristol community allotment expands with help from Stowe Family Law donation

Our Potter’s Den team in Bristol are developing a new plot of land, with Stowe Family Law providing a generous donation.

Blog | 14 February 2024

Artists launch month-long exhibition at City Screen Riverside café bar

by Jenna Lloyd

The exhibition runs from 4 February to 9 March and features artwork from people we support.

News | 05 February 2024

‘More talking points than action points’: United Response reacts to the government’s Disability Action Plan

We need more action points than talking points to make the UK more accessible for disabled people. Read our full response to the Disability Action Plan here.

Blog | 25 January 2024

Cornwall Craft Club

by Matthew Cotterell

Blog | 25 January 2024

Remembering Clive, a true entertainer  

by Ali Mills

We look back on the life of Clive, a very special person who was supported by United Response.

Blog | 16 January 2024

Our Big Plan: how United Response plans to grow united communities for decades to come

by

Our chief executive Tim Cooper’s blog about Our Big Plan, talking about how United Response is looking forward to the next 50 years and our plans to create more united communities.

Blog | 11 January 2024

Winter poems by Donna Harrison

by Donna Harrison

Our resident poet Donna Harrison, who we support in Richmond, has written a selection of short poems about Winter.

Blog | 09 January 2024

Shonagh Methven highly commended for Safety & Health Practitioner’s Trailblazer 2023 award

by Jenna Lloyd

United Response’s Head of Health and Safety, Shonagh Methven, was highly commended for her innovative work on Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs), keeping people we support safe in emergencies.

Blog | 08 January 2024

‘Special Offer – 50% reduction for Minister for Disabled People’: an opinion piece by Ben

by Ben

Media contributor Ben responds to the government’s decision to downgrade the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work to a more junior position when Mims Davies was appointed.

News | 03 January 2024

United Response supports Autism Alliance’s Breaking Point campaign for autistic adults in England

We’ve joined the coalition of charities and organisations who’ve signed the Autism Alliance’s letter to the government, calling for reinvestment and more resource in social care support for autistic adults in England.