Supported living across County Durham
Accept Care supports adults with learning disabilities, mental-health needs and acquired brain injuries to live well in their own homes — with the right help, on their own terms.
Working together to empower people and positively change lives.
01207 437 020A life, not a placement
We don’t start with tasks. We start with the life someone wants to live, then plan the support around it — in their own home, on their own terms.
Your own place, kept the way you like it — cooking, cleaning, bills and the small routines that make a house a home.
The things you choose to do — college, work, hobbies, getting out and about, and trying something new.
Staying close to family and friends, and building new relationships in your community.
Physical and mental health, appointments, medication and feeling well — with support that listens first.
What we do
Person-centred support for a fuller, more independent life.
Support shaped around each person's goals, routines and relationships — building everyday skills and confidence so people with a learning disability can do more of what matters to them.
Steady, respectful support through harder days and good ones.
Consistent support for people living with mental-health needs, focused on stability, dignity and staying connected to home, work and community.
Rebuilding routines and independence after a head injury.
Patient, specialist support for people recovering from an acquired brain injury — re-establishing daily routines, independence and the things that make a day feel like theirs.
Our own approach to active, meaningful days.
Accept Care's Inspiring Lives Service helps the people we support set goals, try new things and take part in their community — because a good support plan is about a life, not a placement.
In their words
“They didn’t just look after my brother — they helped him get a life he’s proud of. He cooks now, he has friends, and he calls it his own place. That’s everything to us.”
The people behind Accept Care
“Quality will be determined by the satisfaction of the people we support.”
Managing Director
A Learning Disability Nurse with over 40 years in the field, Darron has worked as a nurse and area manager and was instrumental in transforming services across the North East — including the closure of the long-stay sectors at Northgate and Prudhoe under the Valuing People agenda. He spent 19 years in commissioning, latterly developing supported-living services for Durham County Council, and founded the not-for-profit Inspire Insight CIC.
Head of Operations
Tracy is uncompromising in her passion for delivering the best possible care, and a driving force in putting the people we support first across every part of the service.
We’re recruiting
If you’ve got the patience, warmth and reliability to help someone live the life they choose, we’d love to hear from you. We train our teams properly and back them every day — no experience essential, the right attitude is.
Tell us a little about them and we’ll talk through how supported living could work — no pressure, no jargon.