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About Us
Making Space (operating legally under Making Space as a charitable company limited by guarantee) is a prominent UK‑based national adult health and social care charity, supported housing provider, and community wellbeing specialist.
The organisation delivers comprehensive, person‑centred support 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
Making Space operates an expansive national footprint of supported living schemes, residential care homes, specialised dementia services, and dedicated carer support networks. The group focuses specifically on the relief and development of adults managing complex physical or mental health conditions, learning disabilities, severe neurodegenerative challenges, and age‑associated vulnerabilities, alongside providing essential respite infrastructure for their family carers.
The organisation was established in 1982 and has grown over more than forty years into a leading national health and social care charity. Employing nearly 1,000 professional care practitioners and mobilising extensive volunteer networks across England, the group coordinates its localised care delivery and local authority commissioning partnerships from its central corporate headquarters in Warrington, Cheshire.
The service combines community‑integrated landlord facilities, personalised independence training, clinical and emotional tracking, and local authority co‑production frameworks to support each individual’s holistic development.
The multi‑disciplinary teams include registered service managers, specialised dementia practitioners, mental health support workers, and dedicated volunteer coordinators who create personalised development programmes built around the personal goals, dignity, and preferred daily routines of each service user.
Making Space’s organisational frameworks ensure strict statutory compliance, working under the direct regulatory monitoring of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to maintain exceptional safety, care quality, and workforce recruitment baselines.
What We Do
Supported Living & Integrated Housing
Providing safe, compliance‑informed housing provisions and home support where individuals live and learn with consistent support to recover personal confidence, utilising independent flats and shared community spaces to maximise personal autonomy.
Specialised Residential Care & Dementia Support
Delivering coordinated care that integrates nurturing community support, stable daily routines, and highly focused cognitive engagement plans across dedicated residential homes configured for individuals managing advanced dementia or severe physical limitations.
Community Mental Health Rehabilitation
Offering bespoke educational guidance, independent lifestyle mapping, and structured step‑down recovery frameworks that help individuals returning from high‑intensity clinical environments to establish independent social links.
Family Carer Respite & Advocacy Networks
Using relationship‑based local networks and structured peer matching as part of strategic frameworks to supply direct advice, 1‑to‑1 emotional tracking, and planned short‑break allocations to prevent primary family carers from facing burnout.
Approach & Values
Making Space focuses on an individual‑centred, outcome‑focused care approach that respects each person’s individuality, history, and potential. Its values—built entirely around treating people with absolute dignity and respect, keeping promises, unlocking everyday potential, and focusing on creative personal aspirations—are embedded in community practice and support every aspect of the individual’s development.
Industry Role
Making Space operates within the UK adult social care, third‑sector health commissioning, and regional supported housing allocation sectors, providing specialist residential placements, alternative transition frameworks, and multi‑agency community intervention models that help vulnerable individuals to overcome adversity and achieve meaningful long‑term outcomes.