Experts from South Korea travelled more than 5,000 miles to Wimbledon-based charity United Response to learn how it is helping to improve the lives of people with disabilities.

The CEO of South Korean non-profit group Peach Market Eui-Young Ham made the journey along with others from his organisation to learn about how United Response provides services and produces Easy News, an award-winning magazine produced and read by people with autism and learning disabilities.

Peach Market produce plain Korean news and easy-to-read books for people with learning disabilities. They are supported by the Asan Nanum Foundation – a public welfare foundation founded in 2011 and supported by South Korean automotive giants Hyundai.

Eui-Young Ham said: “We were interested in easy language and have known about United Response for a long time because of Easy News.

“We came here because we want to learn and build a partnership with United Response.

“I was very impressed. United Response was way bigger than I expected and have a lot of activities for people with learning disabilities. We learnt a lot of things. I was especially impressed by United Response’s work with writing Easy News.

“After we get back to Korea, I want to follow their process.”

Easy News is read by almost 5,000 people, published every two months and is the charity says it is the first news magazine designed to be accessible for people with learning disabilities.

Tim Cooper, United Response CEO, said: “There is so much which both organisations can learn from other and so we’re very much looking forward to building a positive and mutual relationship with them.”

There are an estimated one million people with learning difficulties in South Korea.