Uniting Friends

Uniting Friends is a social inclusion project for adults with a learning disability.

23/08/2024

Come and join the parade!
UF staff and members will be there along with other organisations waving their specially designed personalised flags.
Bring your families too.

Join us this coming Bank Holiday Monday 26 August for the accessible and inclusive Streets of Colour Parade. 🟥🟩🟨🟪🟧🟦

A group of us at One Place East have spent the last few weeks designing our flags and we can’t wait to share our designs with you all, so come down and support us if you can.

This fun and friendly flag parade is hosted by Colours of Redbridge, for more information please contact: 020 8708 2858 | [email protected]

15/07/2024

Are you ready to party? We are!

15/07/2024

Funky Voices are excited to be headlining Disability Festival in the Park Uniting Friends with Baby D Alison Limerick this Wednesday

11/07/2024
11/07/2024
10/07/2024

It’s getting close now. How excited are you?

Uniting Friends 10/07/2024

Just over a week to go! Don't miss out - its going to be the highlight of the summer!

Uniting Friends Uniting Friends is a social inclusion project for adults with a learning disability.

08/07/2024

Powerful and true. This is the reason why we exist.

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05/07/2024

A message from Alison Limerick who's very much looking forward to Disability Festival in the Park on July 17th. Don't miss her, Rozalla and Baby D who will all be headlining!

03/07/2024

We are so excited!

02/07/2024

🥳 Fabula Festival 2024 is back! 🥳

Join us for our annual celebration of the arts and libraries!

📆1 - 4 July will see select Redbridge Libraries offer 'The Duck Pond', interactive storytelling for under 5s.
📆 Saturday 6 July - Redbridge Central Library will host the Families Takeover Day which will launch the Fabula Reading Challenge!

Come and enjoy FREE*;
⭐️storytelling with Dean Atta and Trish Cooke Writer
⭐️creative workshops with Michael Mann and Pete Williamson Illustration
⭐️arts and crafts
⭐️puppet theatre with A la Puppet Carte by Thingumajig Theatre ..and so much more!

*a small fee for face painting will apply.

To find out more and see what else is on visit: vrcl.org.uk/fabula

Brought to you in partnership with Discover Children's Story Centre

Vision Redbridge Culture & Leisure
Hub Central Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre Redbridge Council Ilford Town Centre Exchange Ilford
Redbridge ChildrensCentres

30/06/2024

It’s GCC time next Thursday. Join the party!
Just a few days left to get your discount tickets online.
https://www.unitingfriends.org.uk/Events
See you there!

What a blast we had last night! Thanks for coming. Tell your friends about the next one!

Here’s the new poster and dates for the summer/autumn season.

Photos from Uniting Friends's post 20/06/2024

Mencap Learning Disability EnglandLearning Disability Network London

Photos from Uniting Friends's post 20/06/2024

Celebrating Learning Disability Week.
The theme for 2024: Can you see me?

19/06/2024

Redbridge Arts

19/06/2024

Redbridge Arts

A chance to join the very best talent in the fashion industry at Disability Festival in the Park on 17th July in Wanstead. Create your unique style with makeup and hair provided and join the photoshoot or even the catwalk parade! Just 20 places! Book now.

19/06/2024

London Borough of Redbridge

A chance to join the very best talent in the fashion industry at Disability Festival in the Park on 17th July in Wanstead. Create your unique style with makeup and hair provided and join the photoshoot or even the catwalk parade! Just 20 places! Book now.

19/06/2024

A chance to join the very best talent in the fashion industry at Disability Festival in the Park on 17th July in Wanstead. Create your unique style with makeup and hair provided and join the photoshoot or even the catwalk parade! Just 20 places! Book now.

19/06/2024

One Place East

19/06/2024

East London Radio
Another top 90’s act coming to east London on 17th July. Don’t miss them!

19/06/2024

Rozalla is playing Disability Festival in the Park on 17th July.
It’s free… Are you? Don’t miss her!

18/06/2024

East London Radio
Please join us for a mid-week day festival showcasing London’s top disability talent on Christchurch Green, Wanstead E11 2RH on 17th July, 12noon-7pm.
Join us for the Wheel Elvis, Drag King, Crip Ladywood, the diva’s of 90’s dance music Rozalla, Baby D and Alison Limerick and the fabulous Funky Voices to close the show. Best of all it’s free entry! Let’s see you there. 🎸🥁🎺🪇🪘🎤

18/06/2024

Performing at
Disability Festival in the Park.
What is your favourite Elvis number?
Answer in the comments below.⬇️

17/06/2024

Yep, just one month to go!

Guess what????

The Disability Festival in the Park is officially only one month away! 😃🌞🌻

Show 140 "Our Voices Matter!" (June 2024) 13/06/2024

Find out all you need to know about voting in the July 4th election and what we are hoping the parties will have in their manifestos.

Show 140 "Our Voices Matter!" (June 2024) This month, we talked about the upcoming UK General Election 2024. We discussed our members' worries and what they want politicians to do. Many are scared of knife crime, especially after a recent tragedy where a young boy died. We feel politicians aren't talking about this enough. We also talked ab...

Show 139 "Building A Community Festival" (May 2024) 13/06/2024

Planning July 17th!

Show 139 "Building A Community Festival" (May 2024) Save the date - July 17th 2024! Our Disability Festival is coming to town! Festival in the Park is an event that Uniting Friends is leading with other providers. We'll be hitting Christchurch Green in Wanstead this summer. We asked the UF Radio crew to help build it like their dream event. We asked....

07/06/2024

Your bigger, better and totally free inclusive and diverse festival is coming to town in 5 weeks. With some great performances and 90’s club headline acts sponsored by our very own Groovy Cat club, it really is the event of the year☀️Spread the word and share!

25/07/2023

Come to the Tate Modern tomorrow and enjoy our amazing exhibition with incredible artwork from our members. There are sensational film and music performances not to be missed too! Hope to see you there!

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Our Mission

Uniting Friend is a social inclusion project for adults with a learning disability.

Our services cover Redbridge, Newham, Havering, Waltham Forest, Barking and Dagenham and Essex.

Our vision is for a world which recognises values and celebrates the lives and equal participation of people with a learning disability in society.

Videos (show all)

Alison Limerick is coming to Disability Festival in the Park.   Are you? Join us on Wednesday 17th July 12noon-7pm
A message from Alison Limerick who's very much looking forward to Disability Festival in the Park on July 17th. Don't mi...
Rozalla  (🎶Everybody’s free ( to feel good)
The Wheel Elvis
The Wheel Elvis is coming to Disability Festival in the Park. See you there on 17th July.

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