Supported living
Your own home, with support that fits
Support for adults with learning disabilities, autism, or mental health needs to live independently — with as much or as little help as you want.
What is supported living?
Independence with a safety net
Supported living means living in your own home — your own tenancy, your own front door — with support workers helping with the parts of life you find difficult.
It is different from a residential home. The support is built around you rather than around a building, and it can go up or down as things change. Some people need someone there most of the day. Others want a few hours a week.
The goal is always the same: for you to need us less over time, not more.
What we help with
Support built around your life
Pick what you want help with. Leave the rest.
Your own tenancy
You hold the tenancy for your home. Support is separate from where you live, so it can change without you having to move.
Daily living skills
Cooking, cleaning, laundry and shopping — done alongside you, so you build confidence rather than having it done for you.
Money and admin
Help with budgeting, bills, benefits paperwork and appointments, at whatever level you need.
Health and wellbeing
Support to attend appointments, manage medication and stay well, working with your GP and other professionals.
Getting out and about
Building confidence with public transport and getting to the places you want to go.
Friendships and community
Support to join groups, keep up hobbies and stay connected to the people who matter to you.
Work, study and volunteering
Practical help to find and keep a job, a course or a volunteering placement.
Having your say
Your support plan is written with you. You decide what good support looks like, and you can change it.
How supported living is funded
Supported living is usually funded through a local authority care package, NHS Continuing Healthcare, or a personal budget or direct payment. Housing costs are normally covered separately, often through Housing Benefit or Universal Credit.
If you are not sure what you are entitled to, talk to your social worker or care manager. We can work alongside them, but we cannot give benefits or financial advice.
Availability depends on the area and the level of support needed, so call us with the specifics and we will tell you honestly whether we can help before anyone gets their hopes up.
Where we work
Areas we cover
We support people at home, and supply staff to care homes, across four areas around our Rugby base.
- Our base
Rugby
Warwickshire
Rugby is where we started and where our team is based, at Davy Court on Central Park. Being local means short travel times between calls, so carers arrive when they said they would and spend their time with you rather than in the car. We support people across the town and the surrounding villages, and our office team know the area well enough to plan rotas around it.
Including
- Rugby town centre
- Hillmorton
- Bilton
- Brownsover
- Newbold-on-Avon
- Dunchurch
- Long Lawford
- Clifton-upon-Dunsmore
Coventry
West Midlands
Coventry is a short drive from our Rugby base, and we support both households and care providers across the city. As a large urban area with a mix of city-centre flats, suburban housing and a significant student and working-age population caring for older relatives at a distance, needs vary a great deal — so care plans here are built individually rather than to a template. We also supply nurses and care assistants to residential and nursing homes across the city.
Including
- Coventry city centre
- Earlsdon
- Cheylesmore
- Longford
- Binley
- Walsgrave
- Tile Hill
- Foleshill
Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire covers a wide area, from larger towns through to villages where the nearest shop or surgery is a drive away. That rural spread is exactly where home care matters most, because staying at home often means staying near family, neighbours and a community someone has known for decades. We plan visits here with realistic travel time built in, and we are honest with you about which parts of the county we can reliably cover before anything is agreed.
Including
- Lutterworth
- Hinckley
- Market Harborough
- Broughton Astley
- Blaby
- Wigston
- Countesthorpe
- surrounding villages
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire sits just over the border from Rugby, and we support households and care providers across the northern and western parts of the county in particular. As with Leicestershire, distances can be significant, so we would rather tell you plainly whether we can staff a package properly than take it on and let you down. For care homes, we supply nurses and care staff for planned rotas as well as short-notice cover.
Including
- Daventry
- Northampton
- Towcester
- Brackley
- Long Buckby
- Weedon
- surrounding villages
Coverage depends on the level of support needed and current staffing. We will always tell you honestly at the enquiry stage whether we can cover your address properly, rather than agreeing and then struggling to staff it.
Referring someone for supported living?
We work with social workers, care managers and families. Get in touch and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.
Or call us on 01788 422422