Exciting Leadership Change: Disability Charity Director Appointed as New Regional Stakeholder Network Chair for North West - bit.ly/3TB9PGv United Response #untiedreponse #Disabilitycharity

Incredibly powerful report from @skynews from the voices of children survivors from Grenfell and their call for change. news.sky.com/video/survivor…

Our manifesto for social care calls on the government to look at social care not as a problem they don’t want to fix but as a solution for people to live bigger and better lives. unitedresponse.org.uk/more-than-a-pr… Brandon Trust Certitude.London Choice Support Dimensions MacIntyre

Join us and Learning Disability England for a joint webinar on 18 Sept about disability hate crime prevention ⬇️ tickettailor.com/events/learnin…

“Being put to bed at 5pm - that’s barbaric, isn’t it?” How a senior academic reacted when she investigated what happens to some people with learning disabilities once they hit the age of 40 🎧bit.ly/4d8sb8t

Lots of debate about the NHS being ‘broken’ but is #socialcare also ‘broken’ as Department of Health and Social Care said earlier this week? It’s a crude word and it depends on what you mean. Here’s a quick thread on some things that may or may not be ‘broken’ about social care.

Let’s make a better future, where nobody is ever “written off” again. Our response to the Lords Public Services Committee #ThinkWorkFirst report ⬇️ unitedresponse.org.uk/news-item/thin…

💥 We won our landmark case for transparency on adult social care funding! 💥 The Information Tribunal ruled in our favor, requiring the government to DISCLOSE the info. ASC fights for clarity in social care. Read more: accesscharity.org.uk/news-blog/and-…

We need to talk about framing. Putting reforming work capability assessments alongside a ‘crack down on fraud’ further stigmatises welfare. There is a huge opportunity in #Budget2024 investing £115m into supported employment but we can not reduce people to their economic activity

The new Health and Social Care Committee has been fast off the mark with this inquiry. The focus on ‘cost of inaction’ will in practice also highlight the ‘value’ of #socialcare and, while there have been many other enquiries into social care, that is particularly welcome. committees.parliament.uk/committee/81/h…

The HM Treasury must amend the Budget to exempt charities providing social care commissioned by councils from the NI rise. Councils can't absorb these costs, meaning VCS providers having to. Some will hand back contracts or face large deficits. People will be left without support

Belinda Phipps, Interim CEO of United Response, shares her thoughts on the Government's Autumn budget including the increases to Employer National Insurance contributions, changes to the National Living Wage and the Fair Pay Agreement. ⬇️ Read more: unitedresponse.org.uk/news-item/unit…

People who draw on social care will be the real losers if the NI employer rise is not mitigated for support providers. We don’t believe the government wants that to happen. But it must act soon to avoid it.

Boris Johnson using the Channel presidential election coverage to promote his failing book is so cringe. Why give him the platform?! #AmericaDecides

Ali Gunn (she/her), interim Director of Communications, responds to the findings in today’s ADASS report ⬇️ unitedresponse.org.uk/news-item/unit…