Supported living and housing
Explore places to live, the support provided, costs where supplied and how to ask about a vacancy.
Support for everyday life
Find support that fits your life.
SupportScout brings services, activities and practical support for people with learning disabilities and additional needs into one place.
Use it for yourself, for someone you support, or as a professional helping someone explore their options.
Free to search and contact participating providers. Accounts are for adults aged 18 and over.
What you can find
Support for different parts of life
You should not need to search a different website for every kind of support. SupportScout brings practical options together so you can understand what is available and what to ask next.
Day opportunities
Find weekday services, skills programmes and meaningful activities, with practical details about support and transport.
Personal assistants
Learn about a person’s experience, interests, working area, availability and indicative rates where provided.
Activities and social groups
Discover regular groups, events and ways to meet people around interests that matter to you.
Short breaks and respite
See the type of break offered, who it may suit and what needs to be discussed before arranging it.
Work, transport, therapies and advice
Look across practical support without needing to know which service category to search first.
How SupportScout helps
From “what might work?” to a useful conversation
Tell us who support is for
Create a private preferences profile using an age range, area, interests and practical needs. You choose what to add.
Find and compare options
Search across different kinds of support and compare location, suitability, accessibility, cost and provider-confirmed availability where supplied.
Ask the provider directly
Send an introduction using only the contact details and preferences you choose to share. The provider can then respond using your chosen contact method.
Who it is for
A clearer route for everyone involved
For me or someone I support
Keep useful preferences in one private place, save options and enquiries, and return when you are ready.
Create a free accountFor professionals
Explore practical options with the person you are supporting and use the recorded provider route to make contact.
Create a professional accountFor providers and personal assistants
Manage service information, availability and enquiries in a dedicated workspace. Verification cannot simply be bought.
List a serviceClear from the start
SupportScout helps people make contact—not care decisions.
We want it to be clear what information comes from SupportScout and what must be confirmed with a provider.
- What SupportScout does
- Brings support information together, helps people compare options and introduces people to participating providers.
- What providers confirm
- Suitability, assessment, availability, funding, costs and the arrangements needed before support starts.
- What SupportScout does not do
- We do not deliver care, employ support workers, accept NHS referrals or make placement decisions.
Ready when you are
Start looking—or learn more first
Create an account to begin a private search. If you want some help before you start, read the simple SupportScout guide.