For young people or care leavers with a learning disabilities, mental ill health, autism, or physical impairments, the transition from child to adult services can be challenging.
Shared Lives can be an ideal choice for care leavers and young people to benefit from ongoing support, within a Shared Lives household.
Shared Lives Plus has received funding from the Rayne Foundation, Segelman Trust and Headley Trust, for a two-year development project, in order to bring Shared Lives to care leavers with learning disabilities, autism and mental ill health.
Shared Lives Plus are working with 30 Shared Lives schemes / local authorities nationally to:
There have been over 50 new arrangements for care leavers since the programme started.
If your Shared Lives scheme isn’t taking part in the programme, you can still access the resources we are developing from within the members area.
