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About Us
Lifeways Group (operating legally under Lifeways 30 Limited as part of the broader Lifeways corporate network) is a prominent UK‑based specialist provider of adult supported living services, residential care homes, and community‑focused mental health rehabilitation solutions.
The organisation delivers comprehensive, person‑centred care within safe, community‑based spaces and specialised residential provisions across its multi‑regional network, helping vulnerable individuals build resilience and positive outcomes.
Who We Are
The Lifeways Group operates the largest specialised community support network in the United Kingdom, managing extensive health and care frameworks for adults with highly diverse and complex needs.
The organisation was established in 1995 from humble beginnings when two dedicated founders began supporting a single individual with complex conditions. Over more than three decades of operational expansion, the business has grown into the nation's leading supported living specialist, employing over 9,000 health and social care professionals who manage services across approximately 1,100 localised sites spanning England, Scotland, and Wales. The group oversees its multi‑regional operational footprint and national local authority contracts from its primary corporate headquarters in Warrington, Cheshire.
The service combines community‑integrated landlord management, multi‑agency clinical collaboration, independent life skills development, and specialised behavioural support to support each individual’s holistic development.
The cross‑functional operational and care teams include registered service managers, dedicated field supervisors, and skilled support workers who implement the proprietary MyLifeways learning pathway to create personalised development programmes tailored around the long‑term independence goals and accessibility requirements of each household ecosystem.
Lifeways' multi‑site operations ensure strict compliance with regional care legislation, working under the direct regulatory oversight of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England, the Care Inspectorate in Scotland, and Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) to maintain robust safeguarding standards and professional care metrics.
What We Do
Community Supported Living Services
Providing safe, compliance‑informed housing provisions and home support where individuals live and learn with consistent support to recover personal confidence, utilising shared houses, local bungalows, and purpose‑built self‑contained apartment schemes to enable independent living.
Specialised Residential Care
Delivering coordinated care that integrates nurturing community support, stable daily routines, and around‑the‑clock specialist medical oversight across dozens of registered care homes tailored specifically for people living with profound learning disabilities or physical limitations.
Mental Health Rehabilitation and Pathways
Offering bespoke educational guidance, independent lifestyle mapping, and outcome‑focused transition frameworks through dedicated divisions like SIL (Specialist Independent Living), assisting individuals transitioning from institutional hospital environments back into autonomous community homes.
Bespoke Complex Needs Specialisms
Using relationship‑based screening and customised behavioural support workflows as part of strategic frameworks to supply targeted care through specialist subsidiary branches, including Autism Care, Future Home Care, Care Solutions, and Living Ambitions.
Approach & Values
The Lifeways Group focuses on an individual‑centred, high‑opportunity care approach that respects each person’s individuality, history, and potential. Its values—structurally built around the acronym CHOICE to reflect Caring, Honest, One team, Innovative, Courageous, and Equal practices—are embedded in community care delivery, actively backed by an internal Diversity Council and the One Team Forum to ensure that every individual voice helps drive real organisational progression.
Industry Role
The Lifeways Group operates within the UK adult social care, independent supported living commissioning, and regional health authority referral sectors, providing specialist residential placements, alternative transition frameworks, and localised workforce risk mitigation models that help public health frameworks to overcome service delivery pressures and achieve meaningful long‑term outcomes.