Livability Lifestyle Choices South West

About this provider

Livability gives disabled and disadvantaged people real choice about how they live their lives.

As the UK's largest Christian disability charity, we run a wide and diverse range of services for disabled adults and children helping them to reach their full potential and develop their independence. This complements our Community Engagement work which supports churches to make their communities a better place to live. Created by the merger of the Shaftesbury Society and John Grooms in 2007, Livability combines a strong heritage as social reformers with a will to innovate and an ambition to put an end to social exclusion.

Putting disabled people first
At Livability we treat every person who uses our services as an individual. We put disabled and disadvantaged people and their families and carers at the centre of everything we do.

We involve each service user, and carer when relevant, in agreeing a personalised care plan aimed at making the most of abilities and leading a full life. Independent living, taking part in social activities, gaining confidence and learning new skills all feature highly along with top quality professional care. Service users advise us on the wider disability issues we should be tackling and are the driving force behind our national campaigns that challenge society's attitude to disability that are aimed at raising public awareness of the obstacles that many disabled people come across every day.