The State of Shared Lives in Wales 2024-25
The State of Shared Lives in Wales 2024–25 brings together data from Shared Lives schemes in Wales to show how the model is supporting people, how patterns of support are changing, and how Shared Lives is developing in a Welsh context.
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Wales highlights
In 2024–25, 748 Shared Lives carers – a 12% increase on the previous year – supported 918 people across Wales, with 92 staff (an 8% increase) working across eight Shared Lives schemes.
The number of people accessing short breaks increased by 9% compared with the previous year.
Also 94% of people aged 18–24 supported through Shared Lives in Wales were in some form of training, education, or work, compared with 85% of 19–24-year-olds in the general Welsh population.
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About the data
This report draws on data collected from Shared Lives schemes in Wales between 2021–22 and 2024–25. Data coverage and level of detail vary by year.
