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We have over 30 years of experience in providing specialist care and support.

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We provide specialist support for over 3,500 people with learning disabilities and complex needs. Whether you are looking for support in your own home, supported living accommodation, a registered care home or out in the community, our specialist teams are here to help you.

Our commitment to quality is demonstrated by our sector-leading quality ratings. In England, 96%* of our registered locations are rated as Good or Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission. 100%* of our Scottish and Welsh registered locations are rated as overall compliant by the Care Inspectorate and Care Inspectorate Wales.

*Data correct as at June 2019.

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Andrew’s exciting move during lockdown

Andrew is autistic, this means his routine and having regular people in his life is very important for him because ...

Ayesha’s life changing transition journey

Ayesha and her staff team decided that she needed a change. She was living at Spring Grove Road, another Voyage ...

Ross is learning independent living skills at home

Ross, who lives at Sonnet Court – one of our supported living properties, enjoys studying independent living skills at Totton ...

Never stop fighting

Jason sustained a brain injury three weeks after his 18th birthday when he was involved in a car accident. The ...

Dave’s dedication to recovery

Dave is a 46-year-old gentleman who joined at John Cabot house in April 2017 after incurring a brain injury. Dave ...

Life after brain injury

After sustaining a brain injury, Sharon joined us at Maeres House with the goal of becoming independent again. Her brain ...

On the road to recovery

Albert* transferred to Glasshouse from a rehabilitation centre in Derby. Albert* suffered a cardiac arrest whilst at home, he was ...

Neil’s time to shine

Neil sustained a brain injury in his 20’s after a road traffic accident. We were pleased to have him join ...

Helping Thomas overcome his fear of animals

Please note: all social activities and interactions mentioned in this piece took place prior to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. All ...

Relocation, relocation, relocation – for the better!

We support Matt* at one of our residential care homes in Somerset. Matt* has physical disabilities and needs full support ...

Small steps to a brighter future – Adam’s story

Adam*, an autistic person we support, first came to one of our services in September 2017. Shortly after arriving at ...

Scoring and soaring, above and beyond in quality!

Earlier this year we caught up with one of our care home managers, Kelly Barnard, about their recent quality audit ...

Staff bring Dan and his father back together, after a long 14 years

Dan*, a gentleman we support, unfortunately lost contact with his paternal family when he moved into one of our care ...

60 seconds with an apprentice

Zofia is a support worker at Mimosa Lodge. She shares her story about taking the plunge and completing a diploma… ...

How an apprenticeship helped Kayleigh progress in her career

I am a senior support worker at Redmond House, I have always wanted to progress and develop my job role ...

Moving on and moving in – just in time for the new year!

One of our residential care homes in Somerset supports up to 11 people. Our home is made up of three residential ...

What makes me proud of our Apprenticeship Programme

Rob Brady is the Director of People and Development at Voyage Care. He shares some of the things that make ...

A small yet life-changing move for Sally

Sally* is a happy and thriving adult, whose independence and sociability is at a great level. But rewind to 2011, ...

A day in the life of a VQ Assessor

The high quality of our apprenticeship’s rely heavily on the hard work of our VQ Assessors. But what exactly does ...

The right path for Peter

Peter became part of Voyage Care’s Young Apprenticeship Programme in October 2018. Since then he’s been at Dryad Spinney, ...

On the home run for Darren

2017 was a life changing year for Darren*. A normal day in the summer quickly turned sour when an innocent ...

Daniel’s hard drive towards independence

Daniel moved to one of our specialist autism care homes in Portsmouth, in 2014. He’d always been keen to gain ...

Developing together: How the Elmsmead team have gone from good to fantastic

We caught up with Saskia, Service Manager at one of our autism specialist homes, Elmsmead, about the autism journey herself ...

Jen is back in education – thanks to Focused Healthcare

Education is vital to every child’s development, but Jen*, who has severe physical disabilities and a life limiting illness, was ...

“Staff don’t see limitations when they support me”

Tim* is one of the people we support at who lives in a supported living bungalow. After a year in ...

Ruth’s career progression from nurse to manager

Why Voyage Care? I started my journey with Voyage Care over 24 years ago now and it was purely by ...

Ann’s bus trip – How the team in Eastleigh have helped Ann face her challenges

About Ann* Ann* is a lady with a severe learning disability and autism who, at times, exhibits very challenging behaviour. ...

Stan’s adventurous day out

About Stan* Stan*is a gentleman with a severe learning disability and autism which includes a hypersensitivity to noise and issues ...

Making big improvements since the autism specialism to Reading services

Sarah, service manager at one of our Reading services, has shared the major improvements they’ve made at the home since ...

How the autism accreditation journey has changed Zavier’s life

Since starting their NAS autism accreditation journey, the team of staff and the people we support at a service in ...

First time flyer at Ling Crescent

Jackie and Helen are two people we support at Ling Crescent in Hampshire, one of our 33 specialist autism services ...

Service spotlight: Our Romford Services takes a walk in their residents’ shoes

One of our services in Romford is a residential care home that supports 6 people with learning disabilities, many of ...

Jack’s climbing the ladder to independence

We began supporting Jack* at one of our specialist brain injury rehabilitation services in the West Midlands, 9 years ago following ...

Chaos to calm – Tara’s Prader-Willi syndrome story

The words “blood test” were whispered between staff at our Uttoxeter services, who were carefully devising a way to make ...

Onwards and upwards for Amy

Amy* was happy living at home with her mum but always said that she wanted to live more independently and ...

Evan – Timid to transformed in less than two years!

With a small audience of our staff and other people we support, Evan* tells a funny story in a way ...

Ant’s living a better life, thanks to our Scotland services

Ant*, who we support in Scotland, was previously supported by another provider up until early 2016 – and since then, ...

Rich’s journey to remember

Rich* suffered a brain injury in November 2015. It is believed the brain injury was a result of a fall ...

Sascha keeps progressing at Sadlers Place

In 2015, Sascha joined Voyage Care as a support worker at Sadlers Place in Walsall and since then her career ...

“In this industry, you are constantly learning”

I’ve always wanted to work within care. When I completed my GCSE’s, I started a youth training scheme apprenticeship in ...

This is the most supportive and caring company I have worked for

Beverley Malpass – Regulatory & Registrations Manager I have worked for Voyage Care for over 10 years. This is the ...

It was great to know that someone believed you had the potential

Chelsea Hennefer – Quality & Compliance Administrator I began working at Voyage Care in April 2014 in the accounts payable team. ...

Sam is building on his skills for a bright future

Congratulations are in order for Sam*, who we support in Norfolk, as he is due to gain his level one ...

Why two resignations brought a smile to our Director of Quality

‘I was absolutely delighted today to receive news of not one, but two resignations in the team’ Amanda Griffiths Receiving ...

Enabling Harry to venture into the community

Harry* has a learning disability and took a tenancy at one of our supported living properties in Berkshire 18 months ...

Brian is overjoyed to be walking into his new home

Brian*, who lived at one of our homes in Merseyside, acquired his brain injury when he was involved in a ...

Successful transition: supported living in Wolverhampton

St Brides, our newly acquired supported living property in Wolverhampton, is home to eight people with learning disabilities and behaviours ...

Justin moves into his own flat

In 2012, Justin* was shot through the head and right eye while serving as a soldier in Afghanistan. He was ...

Kelly’s inspired by our autism specialism

Kelly Barnard, service manager at one of our services in Scarborough, supports one autistic person with extremely complex needs. After implementing ...

How Michelle found new ways to communicate

Michelle* lives in one of our homes in Scarborough. She is autistic and has extremely complex needs as she is ...

“We are over the moon with the changes in Samson”

Samson* is autistic and lives in one of our services in the West Midlands, which is working towards Autism Accreditation ...

How Liam’s family was reunited

Liam*, who lives at our one of our homes in Leicester, has made contact with his family in Gambia for ...

Nathan’s story

Nathan*, who lives at one of our homes in Southampton, was reaching a crisis point. He was getting drunk every ...

Aiding Connor to live in his own home

Connor*, who has learning disabilities, ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and fragile X syndrome, has been supported by Voyage Care ...

Transforming Sue’s way of life for the better

Sue* was diagnosed with learning disabilities along with epilepsy. She grew up living with her mum, dad and brother, Barry. ...

Kicking off Tom’s goal out in the community

Tom*, who lives in one of our residential care homes in Kent, has learning disabilities and autism. Tom’s* autism results ...

How Paul increased his independence

Paul* has learning disabilities, autism and complex needs and has lived in various residential homes and hospitals from a young ...

Aaron’s story

Aaron* currently lives at one of our homes in the North West. He has Korsakoff syndrome and paranoid schizophrenia. Before ...

Pat’s story

Pat* has moderate learning disabilities and a borderline personality disorder. She lives at one of our homes in Yorkshire. Eighteen months ...

Mike’s story

When Mike* was young, he dived into the sea from the beach and hit a sand bank. The accident left him ...

Rachel’s story

INREACH support for a complex ventilated lady Background Rachel* was a sociable family lady who enjoyed life to the full, ...

Meg’s story

A complex girl with an acquired brain injury Background Meg* is a girl that we have supported since June 2015. ...

How Bill’s negative experience ‘evolved’ for the better

Bill* has lived in the West Midlands for many years. He has a moderate learning disability and scoliosis of the ...

Supporting Drew on his adventure holiday

Drew* is living in one of our supported living services in Kent. He is non-verbal with a diagnosis of learning ...

Martin’s story

24/7 Complex Child Supported In Challenging Family Environment Background Martin* has been supported by Voyage Specialist Healthcare since July 2016. A ...

A step change in Andy’s recovery

Hello everyone, Let me tell you a little about myself. My name is Andy* and in 2010 I suffered a ...

Our son, Wil

Our son Wil* moved into a Voyage Care residential home in Somerset 10 years ago, after finishing his education at ...

New lease of family life for Valerie

Valerie* has learning disabilities and had been in care since she was three years old. She transitioned from a hospital ...

Aiding Arnie to reduce his anxiety

Arnie* is autistic and had high levels of challenging behaviour when he came to live at one of our homes. ...

How house rules made a happy home

Alison* and Lola* shared a house with some other tenants. The household was becoming unhappy, as each tenant believed they ...

Holistic approach stopped Dean’s challenging behaviour

Dean* lives in a specialist supported living service. When he moved into his new home from a specialist school placement, ...

Ethan gets active at our day centre

Ethan lives with his parents and his younger sister. He has a learning disability and autism. He does not use ...

Moira’s move to supported living

Moira has learning disabilities and had always lived at home with her parents. Her behaviour was becoming increasingly difficult for ...

Supporting Peter to overcome alcohol abuse

Peter has a brain injury due to childhood abuse and he was adopted as a child. He was very close ...

Finding Katie’s culinary flair

Katie lives with learning disabilities and Asperger’s Syndrome, an autistic spectrum condition. Katie likes to feel in control of her ...

Finding a shared language with Sarah*

Sarah* is a selective mute and has limited methods of communication to express her needs and wishes. This left her ...

Getting Danny* ready for college

Danny* is a young man who is supported by Voyage Care in a residential home. He has mild learning disabilities ...

Murray’s amazing recovery

Murray* was hit by a taxi in 2009 and suffered a brain injury, numerous fractures and internal injuries. His mother ...

Barry moves back into the community

Before Barry’s referral, he had been living in institutional care from a very young age due to his perceived uncontrollable ...

Rory* gets his first paid job

Rory* is one of the people we support in Warwickshire and he has been volunteering at one of our day ...

“I am very happy living with my friends”

Jeni* had lived with her parents until she was 47 years old. When her mother was taken ill and went ...

Bike crash left Owen in coma for 8 months

Owen* has made a miraculous recovery after a motor bike accident five years ago. From being in a coma for ...

Alcohol left Kim with brain injury

Kim* was already receiving community support to tackle her alcohol misuse when she was admitted to hospital with encephalopathy. Encephalopathy ...

Moving back home after a brain injury

Lucas* suffered a cardiac arrest, which left him with a hypoxic brain injury. This gave him problems with his memory, ...

Sebastian uses music to tell his story

Sebastian* lives at a Voyage Care residential service in Gloucestershire. He has an acquired brain injury following a road traffic ...

Joan’s journey

Joan’s* goal was to live independently again and return to fitness following a brain injury resulting from a cardiac arrest. ...

Sam made small changes for big results

Sam* had very limited independent living skills and relied heavily on support staff to maintain his home. Without the high ...

Meeting Tariq’s cultural needs

Tariq* is a practicing Muslim and he has a learning disability and autism. He is currently living in a shared ...

Helping Greg to eat well

Greg* currently lives independently in his own home. Previous to this, Greg* was reliant on staff in most aspects of ...

“I love the work I do”

In my early 20’s, I worked for a local landscaping company in Scotland. The job was below minimum wage at ...

“I would recommend it to anyone”

I joined Voyage Care after many years of working for the NHS, I needed a more flexible working life and ...

Training on the job worked for Linda

I started working in care around five years ago, after seeing a close friend struggle to look after her son ...

Helping Dylan to get back on his feet

Dylan* was involved in a high speed collision and sustained a brain injury in his twenties. The accident left him ...

Moving on with Voyage Care – Andrea and Riley’s story

Andrea* and Riley* both wanted to move out of a Voyage Care residential placement in Merseyside to be closer to ...

Annie’s story

Annie* came to a Voyage Care service in West London after a difficult start to her life. Emotionally and sexually ...

Olivia and Lisa Blue Hair

Olivia* moved into a service in Sussex in April 2017. Prior to this she lived at home with her parents ...

My friend loves her job and I was intrigued…

Natasha saw how much her friend loved her job and this made her want to find out more about working ...

Making a splash at Marner House!

Marner House is a brain injury rehabilitation service that provides specialist, person-centred care and support. Throughout lockdown they have been ...