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SharedLivesPlus is the UK network for family-based and small-scale ways of supporting adults.
Our members are Shared Lives carers and workers, Homeshare programmes and micro-enterprises.
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A pub solves a drinking problem....
Alison and Mark run a pub in a seaside town. Neil, who has a learning disability, spent a lot of time drinking in pubs around the town, and gradually spent more and more time at Alison’s pub. Alison and Neil were concerned about his drinking, his behaviour and increasingly, his safety. He even began sleeping rough on their doorstep. Alison and Mark approached the council and were told about Shared Lives. They put themselves through the recruitment, training and approval procedures and became registered Shared Lives carers.
For the first time, Neil now looks people in the eye. He takes care of his appearance
and has control over his drinking; people say they can now understand his speech.
He has achieved long-held ambitions like going to Wembley. Neil says “Now I know
what I wanted: what I wanted was a family”. Alison says “His behaviour has changed
completely. He brings a whole new dimension to our lives, we get as much pleasure
as he does in our ‘family’. We are even thinking of getting out of the pub trade
to become full time carers”.