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United Response

Type: Organization

Name: United Response

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Give Where You Live

National disability charity United Response has launched (www.givewhereyoulive.org.uk), a new interactive website designed to help members of the public donate time or money to their local community and see the results in a transparent way. Give Where ... [Published Enable Magazine - May 20 2013]

Entities: United Response, Disability, Wales, Mencap, Fundraising

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

A lot of money in the voluntary sector is misspent, key speaker says

In some cases, if the public knew where the money was going, there would be a revolt A lot of the money invested in the voluntary sector is spent perpetuating the very issues the sector is meant to be resolving, delegates at the Charity Finance Group ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 09 2013]

Entities: Sam Younger, Charity, United Response

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

British Air Transport

What should be in Queen’s Speech?

Her Majesty the Queen will reveal the Government’s legislative programme for the new session of Parliament today. We asked Central Lobby members what they would like to see in the Queen’s Speech.**My Government will introduce a Bill to…“Protect children ... [Published ePolitix.com - May 08 2013]

Entities: Diabetes, United Response, British Air Transport, Carbon, Air Transport Association

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Queen’s Speech: Protect disabled from reforms

Ministers should be ensuring disabled people are not disadvantaged by the Government's widespread reforms, charity United Response argues ahead of the Queen’s Speech.“My Government will introduce a Bill to… modernise social care across the country, enabling ... [Published ePolitix.com - May 07 2013]

Entities: Reformism, United Response, Social Welfare

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

The 51 year race to the Wheelchair Marathon

Today’s wheelchair marathons can trace their history in the UK back to the aftermath of World War One when wheelchair races were organised in 1923 for disabled servicemen living at the Star and Garter home at Richmond, Surrey. Interestingly, they used ... [Published Posability - May 03 2013]

Entities: Marathon, Ludwig Guttmann, United Kingdom, United Response

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Scotland’s first easy read newspaper launched in Aberdeen by Dame Anne Begg MP

- ABERDEEN, Aberdeenshire, U.K. -- . Easy News, produced and distributed every two months by disability charity United Response, translates the biggest news stories of the day into simple language with helpful illustrations, making it ideal for people ... [Published Prlog - May 01 2013]

Entities: Anne Begg, United Response, Disability, Scotland

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Su Sayer: Does Democracy Begin at Home? Why Many People With Learning Disabilities Won't Vote Tomorrow

Something struck me while the Arab Spring was spreading throughout the Middle East in 2011. The main reason so much of the British media and public was enthusiastic about these revolutions was the hope they would result in the spread of democracy to other ... [Published Huffington Post UK - May 01 2013]

Entities: Disability, Democracy, United Response, Dannel Malloy

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

A Marathon Effort: An Insight into Wheelchair Marathons [Infographic]

Given that there was a limited focus on wheelchair athletes competing in the London Marathon just over a week ago, the Charity United Response decided to conduct its own research into wheelchair marathons which provided some interesting insights into ... [Published Able Magazine - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Marathon, United Response, London Marathon, Charity, Carbon

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Marathon effort by local runners

A Fordham fundraiser shaved her head before taking part in Sunday?s Virgin London Marathon after smashing her $10,000 target for Cancer Research UK.Keren Goff, 33, who runs Fordham Cattery with husband Trevor, crossed the finish line after 7hrs 16min ... [Published Newmarket Journal - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: London Marathon, Cancer Research UK, Paul Cole, United Response

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Devizes woman gets the running bug

Dental hygienist Melanie Taylor said Sunday’s race would be her first and last marathon, but now she’s having second thoughts.She was hoping to run it in five hours, but crossed the line in 6.17.Ms Taylor, 39, of Elliott Court, Devizes, said: “It was ... [Published Calne Gazette & Herald - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Bruce Jones, Marathon, United Response

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Gallery: Good luck to all of those runners taking on the Virgin London Marathon 2013

Jef & Dexter Titmarsh DESPITE the tragedy in Boston, runners from Suffolk and Essex will push themselves to the limit on Sunday, striving to finish the 26.2mile course within their target time and raising millions for good causes in the process.Jef Titmarsh, ... [Published East Anglian Daily Times - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: London Marathon, Marathon, James Pullen, Leukaemia, Jenny Bird

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Running again after time out

Dental hygienist Melanie Taylor takes on her first marathon on Sunday, after an absence from running of about three years.Ms Taylor, 39, of Elliott Court, Devizes, has run half marathons before but this is her first 26-mile outing.Ms Taylor, a hygienist ... [Published Calne Gazette & Herald - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Marathon, United Response, DENTAL HYGIENIST

Quotes

...about things like budgets; timely information with a focus on clearly showing what the trends were; and some slack and "cushioning" in budgets. "Chief executives need to be able to concentrate on changing things for the better without worrying about resources" she said

A lot of money in the voluntary sector is misspent, key speaker says [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 09 2013]

"It is also hard to reach without damaging the spinal cord."

LONDON MARATHON: Every runner has a remarkable story to tell... Here are three of the most inspiring [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 20 2013]