Heavy Load: the movie - released this week!

Heavy Load is Lewes’ answer to the Ramones, a punk outfit subject to the inflammatory mix of ego, fantasy, and desire that fuels any emerging band.

They’re also, uniquely, made up of musicians, of whom three of the five members have learning disabilities, which makes the band’s survival a precarious negotiation between two different worlds: on the one hand the institutional timetable of day centres, work placements and social workers; on the other the chaotic slacker life of rehearsal rooms, studios and gigs.

Shot over two years when the band record their first album The Queen Mother’s Dead, the film is a comedy of conflicting ambitions capturing the sweat and romance of playing in a band as they move out of the ghetto of disability club nights to test whether their dreams can survive in the mainstream.

The film is released in selected cinemas in the UK this Friday, October 3rd.

To find out more, and to watch a trailer and much more go to www.heavyloadthemovie.com

United Response's London Carol Service announced

London carol service 2008

Come and join Martyn Lewis and special guests at our London carol service on Wednesday 3rd December.

The service will be held at St Peter's Church, Eaton Square, London SW1W 9AL. The venue is accessible.

It will start at 6.15pm.

The nearest tube station is Victoria

The event is free and everyone is welcome! It's always a great community event and you are invited to join us for wine and mince pies after the service.

To let us know you are coming please contact Pauline Spiers on 020 8246 5208 or email pauline.spiers@unitedresponse.org.uk

More details announced soon...

Deadline to sign up for Royal Parks Half Marathon this Friday!

Friday is the deadline to sign up for the Royal Parks Half Marathon in London!

We still have a few places to fill, but hurry!

The half marathon will take place on 12th October. The route promises to take in fantastic sites of London, whilst you're raising money for us!

Read more on our website or contact Pippi Reader on Pippi.Reader@unitedresponse.org.uk or 020 8246 5200.

Finalist in National Training Awards for Good to Great

We have been named as a finalist in the National Training Awards for our work delivering "Good To Great", our innovative training and development programme, in partnership with Helen Sanderson Associates.

You can read the press release on our site.