L&Q Living
Welcome to L&Q Living
Our dedicated care and support service houses more than 10,000 people across London, the South East and North West of England.
We directly support people with mental health illnesses, people with learning disabilities, and older and young people.
We understand that everyone has different needs and tailor our care and support services to each person.
Our bespoke services offer choice, involvement and control to help build independence. This includes a mixture of care and support, housing management and agency-managed services.
Find out more about our services exclusive to the North West of England.
Later Life Living
We recognise that housing for older people is about more than bricks and mortar, which is why we launched our Later Life Living offer.
This offer includes:
Active Living
Safe and affordable sheltered accommodation – with Housing Officers or Sheltered Assistants visiting the scheme, on average, once a week.
Independent Living (extra care accommodation)
Staffed 24/7 to provide you with personalised support from our dedicated partner agencies – from help with household tasks to specialist care and medication.
Later Life Living benefits
Later Life Living residents benefit from our:
- intensive housing management services
- robust safeguarding procedures
- digital and assistive technology offer
- friendly housing assistants and health and wellbeing facilitators
- design guide
- dementia-friendly strategy
Supported living
Our supported living services help residents safely manage their daily activities – outlined within a detailed personalised care plan.
They can be extremely flexible, ranging from short-term floating support to 24-hour support.
We can provide housing-related support to people living in shared or self-contained accommodation, as well as individuals who prefer to remain in the comfort of their own homes.
Regardless of your situation, you can be assured that our highly-trained staff will support you in maintaining your independence and achieving your personal goals.
Our services cover:
- medication
- domestic tasks
- finance management
- domiciliary care
- participation in hobbies and activities
Agency managed services
We also work with more than 70 specialist providers to deliver commissioned services across London, the South East and North West of England.
By working in partnership with our Managing Agents and Commissioners, we're able to provide homes to customers whom we do not deliver direct care or support.
Putting inclusion at the heart of what we do
L&Q Inclusion is the flagship initiative of L&Q Living. It aims to reduce social isolation and loneliness among our residents through activities, events and grants:
- GivingOur care and support service users are able to apply for grants of up to £250 towards activities such as trips, sporting activities, meals out, parties, music events, arts workshops and outdoor activities.
- SharingWe’re setting up timebanks so that our service users can get involved in their local communities by sharing their skills and making new friends.
- VolunteeringProviding volunteering opportunities not only combats isolation and loneliness, it can also be beneficial for people affected by mental health issues.
- OpportunitiesL&Q Living service users have access to a wide range of programmes that help provide opportunity. These include confidence building, job search training, job clubs, work placements, construction training and even starting up their own enterprise.
- CommunityWe reach out to external organisations and businesses to offer them the chance to build social capital by providing free or discounted services to benefit our service users.
- CelebratingRecognising and celebrating the help that people offer each other is an integral part of L&Q Inclusion. We host annual award ceremonies and large celebratory events including talent shows and dance contents.
You can read more about the importance L&Q places on inclusion by visiting our ethics and diversity page.