As part of Learning Disability Executive of Lewisham and North Southwark Health Authority, we established the first services in Lewisham in 1984, in response to the closure of the Victorian Institutions that dominated social care for Learning Disability for most of the last century.
In 1993 we left the Health Service and became an independent Non Profit making organisation. By that time we had grown, and were providing 24 hour daily living support to 26 people and learnt lots of lessons. We developed a range of skills that allowed us to improve the service we gave and gradually develop other services to meet people’s needs.
Access for Living now has over 30 years’ experience of providing non-institutionalised residential support to people with a range of learning disabilities, including multiple disabilities and challenging behaviour.