Seven years later, it began implementing person-centered active support under the guidance of the late Professor Jim Mansell, CBE, who joined the board of trustees in 1995.

In 2002 the charity began working with the University of Kent’s Tizard Centre to study, monitor and evaluate the quality of its support.

United Response can provide outreach support for those with mental health needs or help people who find it difficult to communicate by making information more accessible.

[6] Since 2010, United Response have campaigned to make politics easier to understand for the 1.5 million people with learning disabilities in the UK.

United Response call for the criminal justice system to be more accessible for people with learning disabilities, mental health support needs, and neurodiversity.

United Response’s Campaigns Panel is an informal network made up of around 20 people it supports with disabilities around the country, plus some family members.

Over the past five years, United Response has published reports on issues important to the Campaigns Panel, such as what good care looks like,[7] what the government should be doing to support disabled people and the legacy of the 2013 Paralympic Games.

The charity is experienced in producing ‘easy read’ documents, which use simple words supported by pictures to aid understanding.

United Response fundraises for their local community-based services, runs national appeals and raises money through various social enterprises staffed by people they support with disabilities.