What We Do

Care & Services
We have been at the forefront of providing innovative and effective care and support services to disabled people for 160 years, both as John Grooms and the Shaftesbury Society.

We now provide services to over 8,000 disabled people and their families. We are committed to working towards meeting the varied needs of disabled people and providing services that offer real choice and independence.

Education
Education is at the heart of our work, we run one school and two colleges for children and young people with complex or exceptional learning and care needs.

In the changing world of special education, we are an adaptable organisation, committed to developing partnerships with local authorities and investigating new ways of delivering inclusive services.

Housing
On 28 Feb 2010 Livability Housing and Habinteg Housing Association merged and are now providing affordable accessible housing services for disabled people together under the Habinteg name. For more information on Habinteg please go to their website http://www.habinteg.org.uk or ring the Habinteg Customer Services department on tel: 0845 606 2608.

Holidays - Quality, access, choice
We provide a wide range of accessible holiday accommodation offering quality, access and choice at affordable prices.

Community Mission
Please visit our team's website: www.communitymission.org.uk

Community Mission is a partnership between Livability & Tearfund. You can find out our training events, resources & stories of local churches.

We equip Christians who want to see change in their communities and because your situation is different to the church or organisation down the street we are flexible and tailor our approach.

For more information on Livability and our work visit our website

Livability: Paralympic Fever and its legacy

As a leading disability charity, Livability is delighted with the inspiring impact the London 2012 Paralympics has had on the national consciousness. Like the Olympics before it, they have been embraced and celebrated with a fervour and buzz unseen at previous Paralympic Games. Read Livability's exclusive comment piece here.

Livability: Working with Volunteers, Sheffield

Working with Volunteers, Sheffield. Manipulation or Motivation? How to make the most of the time, skills and experience of your volunteers.

Opinion Former comment: Livability - how funding cuts are affecting the most vulnerable

As a leading disability charity, Livability is concerned by the sweeping funding cuts the Government is putting in place. Our main worry is that the cuts seem to be having a disproportionate impact on disabled people and other disadvantaged groups in our society.