Welcome to SharedLivesPlus Online

SharedLivesPlus is the UK network for family-based and small-scale ways of supporting adults. Our members are Shared Lives carers and schemes, Homeshare programmes and micro-enterprises. 2012 was our 20th anniversary which we celebrated with our first annual Shared Lives Week.   

We have been named as one of Britain's 50 New Radicals, a project between NESTA and the Observer to find examples of inspirational Britons improving the lives of people and communities across the country in radical and creative ways.  

There are 10,000 Shared Lives carers in the UK. They share their family and community life with someone who needs some support to live independently. Shared Lives carers support disabled adults, older people with dementia, people with mental health problems, care leavers, disabled children in transition to adulthood, parents who have learning disabilities.....  

Homeshare involves matching someone who needs some companionship or a little help to carry on living in their own home, with someone who is willing to give a little help and needs accommodation. There are 11 Homeshare schemes in the UK.  

Micro-enterprises are very small community services, set up by front-line workers or people with support needs and their families. They may offer activities, transport, hot meals, advocacy or home help - the list keeps growing as people find creative solutions to help someone they know live a full and independent life. There are thousands of micro-enterprises in the UK.  

Shared Lives used to be known as Adult Placement.  We used to be called NAAPS UK and changed our name following the UK Conference in 2011.