Supporting people to find a place to live


We support people to find the home that is right for them enabling people to live where and with whom they choose. Our experienced property sourcing and developments team are experts at sourcing high quality, value for money properties for the people we support.

Independence underpins our ethos. We support people in such a way that they are able to live in their home and manage their tenancy with as much independence as possible. We focus on building people’s confidence and motivation. We work with them to develop their skills to their full potential, for example, helping people to look after their homes, manage their finances or engage in their local community.

We know that finding the right specialist housing for people with learning disabilities can be challenging – our team working with expert housing partners, are there to take the strain. For many people we support this may be either their first home on their own or back in the community after time in hospital – so it is vital they are reassured we can support them to navigate their way through the process.

Identifying the right home

Whether the individual is looking for home on their own, to share with others or a room in a care home our team work with each individual and their circle of support to find just the right property. We ensure people have choice and stay in control in relation to all aspects of their home; where they live, who they live with and what facilities and décor their home has.

Our robust processes and checklists, available in accessible formats, ensure:

  • personalised housing requirements, such as adaptations required, are well understood
  • risk and occupational therapy assessments are completed
  • affordability is understood up front
  • everyone is clear on roles and responsibilities
  • individuals are prepared for transition and/ or step-down

Housing partners

We have built effective working relationships with more than 50 housing associations and registered social landlords as well as with letting agents and investor partners who understand specialised housing needs and who share our values. As an experienced supported living provider, although we provide housing-related support to help people maintain their tenancy, we make sure that we work within the guidelines of the Real Tenancy Test to separate tenancy and support. Our partners will:

  • Buy, rent, adapt or build a property to suit bespoke requirements.
  • Support people to access enhanced housing benefit and ensure their home is affordable
  • Help people to set up and manage their tenancy whether renting the home from a private landlord or housing association.

Contingency and forward planning

Our operational and business development managers work closely with commissioners, CCGs, Transforming Care Partnerships and NHS England to understand pipelines of need, capital grant opportunities, strategic developments, and commissioning priorities. This partnership approach helps us develop properties which match commissioners’ future needs.

Working closely with commissioners and other partners helps us make robust plans with built-in contingencies. For example, before purchasing and adapting a property, we consider potential difficulties (e.g. if the intended occupant has to return to secure accommodation because of escalating needs or breaking their conditions of release), and how to overcome these, such as by selecting a property which, while meeting the individual’s needs, would also be appropriate for other people in the client group (e.g. not overlooked, set back from roads and footpaths, adequate parking for multiple staff, not located near schools).

Asset-based approach

Our asset-based approach ensures we make the best use of local infrastructure to support successful placements. For example, we may develop new supported living services near to established Voyage Care services in the local area so teams can work across high-demand and lower-demand services, supporting workforce resilience and retention. Co-locating services can also help reduce eventual reliance on paid support by, for example, using assistive technology and on-call support from neighbouring location if people progress to no longer needing overnight support. We also map other local community assets so the people we support can make best use of all local facilities and services to enable them to live the life they want to live.

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Autism

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Chris and Sam’s married life!

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Learning disabilities

Volunteering opportunities support Phillip’s skills development!

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Brain injury rehab

John and Rose’s journey to specialist brain injury support!

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Brain injury rehab

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Learning disabilities

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Prader-Willi syndrome

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Learning disabilities

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Learning disabilities

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Prader-Willi syndrome

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Children's Complex Care

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Brain injury rehab

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Brain injury rehab

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Autism support

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Children's Complex Care

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Prader-Willi syndrome

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Learning disabilities

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Autism

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Autism

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Autism support

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Learning disabilities

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Autism support

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Brain injury rehab
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Brain injury rehab

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Autism support

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Autism support

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Learning disabilities

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Children's Complex Care

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Children's Complex Care

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Autism

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Children's Complex Care

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Prader-Willi syndrome

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Supported living

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Brain injury rehab

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Brain injury rehab

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Prader-Willi syndrome

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Autism support

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Autism support

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Supported living

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Supported living

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Learning disabilities

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Learning disabilities

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Autism support

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Brain injury rehab

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Learning disabilities

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Children's Complex Care

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Learning disabilities

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Brain injury rehab

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Children's Complex Care

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Prader-Willi syndrome

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Children's Complex Care

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Learning disabilities

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Autism support

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Brain injury rehab

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Supported living

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Learning disabilities

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Learning disabilities

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Brain injury support at Cedar Road
Brain injury rehab

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Children's Complex Care

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Children's Complex Care

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Supported living

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Prader-Willi syndrome

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Tom’s transition to supported living during COVID-19
Transition

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Care Homes

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Prader-Willi syndrome

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Nursing care homes

How Wey House became Sam’s safe haven

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Mary moved into supported living during COVID-19!
COVID-19

Mary moved into supported living during COVID-19!

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Care Homes

James’ journey to independence!

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Supported living

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Care Homes

My Choice, My Voice – Helping Karen to become more independent

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Transition

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Care Homes

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Transition

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Transition

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Ross is learning independent living skills at home
Supported living

Ross is learning independent living skills at home

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Brain injury rehab

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Brain injury rehab

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Brain injury rehab

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On the road to recovery
Brain injury rehab

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Autism support

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Transition

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Autism support

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Care Homes

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Care Homes

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

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Staff

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Staff

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Transition

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Staff

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Staff

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Staff

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Transition

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Brain injury rehab

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Daniel’s hard drive towards independence
Autism support

Daniel’s hard drive towards independence

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Autism support

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“Staff don’t see limitations when they support me”
Support to live at home

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

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Ruth’s career progression from nurse to manager
Staff

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Autism support

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

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Autism support

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Autism support

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Autism support

How the autism accreditation journey has changed Zavier’s life

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First time flyer at Ling Crescent
Autism support

First time flyer at Ling Crescent

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

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

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Jack’s climbing the ladder to independence
Brain injury rehab

Jack’s climbing the ladder to independence

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

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

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Onwards and upwards for Amy
Support to live at home

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Evan – Timid to transformed in less than two years!
Prader-Willi syndrome

Evan – Timid to transformed in less than two years!

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

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

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Rich’s journey to remember
Brain injury rehab

Rich’s journey to remember

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“In this industry, you are constantly learning”
Staff

“In this industry, you are constantly learning”

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Sascha keeps progressing at Sadlers Place
Nursing care homes

Sascha keeps progressing at Sadlers Place

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

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

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

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

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Sam is building on his skills for a bright future
Support to live at home

Sam is building on his skills for a bright future

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Enabling Harry to venture into the community
Support to live at home

Enabling Harry to venture into the community

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Brian is overjoyed to be walking into his new home
Brain injury rehab

Brian is overjoyed to be walking into his new home

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Successful transition: supported living in Wolverhampton
Support to live at home

Successful transition: supported living in Wolverhampton

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Justin moves into his own flat
Brain injury rehab

Justin moves into his own flat

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Kelly’s inspired by our autism specialism
Autism support

Kelly’s inspired by our autism specialism

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How Michelle found new ways to communicate
Autism support

How Michelle found new ways to communicate

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

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

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How Liam’s family was reunited
Brain injury rehab

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 ...

Aiding Connor to live in his own home
Care Homes

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 ...

Nathan’s story
Care Homes

Nathan’s story

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

Kicking off Tom’s goal out in the community
Care Homes

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 ...

Transforming Sue’s way of life for the better
Care Homes

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. ...

How Paul increased his independence
Support to live at home

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
Care Homes

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
Support to live at home

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

Mike’s story

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

Meg’s story

Meg’s story

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

Rachel’s story

Rachel’s story

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

Supporting Drew on his adventure holiday
Support to live at home

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 ...

How Bill’s negative experience ‘evolved’ for the better
Support to live at home

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 ...

Martin’s story

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
Brain injury rehab

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
Autism support

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
Support to live at home

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
Autism support

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
Care 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
Support to live at home

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, ...

Rory* gets his first paid job
Autism support

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 ...

Barry moves back into the community
Support to live at home

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 ...

Murray’s amazing recovery
Brain injury rehab

Murray’s amazing recovery

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

Getting Danny* ready for college
Care Homes

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 ...

Meeting Tariq’s cultural needs
Autism support

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 ...

Finding a shared language with Sarah*
Support to live at home

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 ...

Finding Katie’s culinary flair
Autism support

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 ...

Supporting Peter to overcome alcohol abuse
Brain injury rehab

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 ...

Moira’s move to supported living
Support to live at home

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 ...

Ethan gets active at our day centre
Autism support

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 ...

“I am very happy living with my friends”
Care Homes

“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

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 ...

Training on the job worked for Linda
Nursing care homes

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 ...

“I would recommend it to anyone”
Staff

“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 ...

“I love the work I do”
Nursing care homes

“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 ...

Helping Greg to eat well
Support to live at home

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 ...

Sam made small changes for big results
Support to live at home

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 ...

Joan’s journey
Brain injury rehab

Joan’s journey

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

Sebastian uses music to tell his story
Brain injury rehab

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 ...

Moving back home after a brain injury
Brain injury rehab

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, ...

Alcohol left Kim with brain injury
Brain injury rehab

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 ...

Helping Dylan to get back on his feet
Brain injury rehab

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 ...

Olivia and Lisa Blue Hair
Care Homes

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 ...

Annie’s story
Care Homes

Annie’s story

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

Moving on with Voyage Care – Andrea and Riley’s story
Support to live at home

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 ...

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