What does Shared Lives South West? How do I make a referral? How does Shared Lives South West monitor placements?   Over the next month you’ll be able to find out the answers to these and any other questions you might have about Shared Lives South West. We’re holding two drop in sessions for Care [...]

Despite all the recent bad weather, for the 6th year in a row, the sun shone on Shared Lives South West at their annual summer picnic for Cornwall, held on the 24th June. 180 Shared Lives carers, family members, service users, supporters and staff joined in the event at Crealy Cornwall, near Wadebridge.  Despite some dark looking [...]

During 2012, Shared Lives South West will be continuing to develop its work on Shared Lives and dementia. Our new short film – Pat and Roger’s story – NOW OUT! Made for us by Biggerhouse Film, it features Pat and her husband Roger, who has dementia.  Roger has regular breaks through Shared Lives South West [...]

Shared Lives South West will be at the Learning Disability Today conference and exhibition in November, showcasing our films about Shared Lives.  The conference is at the Business Design Centre in Islington on November 29th. Shared Lives South West is running a stand with Shared Lives Plus, the national organisation for Shared Lives and small community services [...]

If you would like to know more about Shared Lives in Torbay, please come along to a public meeting in Torbay, to be held in the new Paignton Library and Information Centre on Great Western Road.  There will be a chance to talk to staff and other Shared Lives carers and to view some new fims [...]

Shared Lives in the south west region is getting a boost, with support from the Department of Health in the South West. The Department of Health is supporting the expansion of Shared Lives schemes across the South West region working with Shared Lives South West.  By raising awareness and increasing capacity the Department hopes that [...]

Shared Lives South West celebrated another successful year with its Shared Lives carers, the people who live and stay with them, staff, volunteers and supporters at a packed Annual Scheme meeting at the Trethorne Leisure Park near Launceston.  Held on Thursday 29th September, in glorious sunshine, over 130 people came from all across Devon and Cornwall to [...]