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Ategi Shared Lives - Housing

Last updated: 09/02/2026
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What we do

Shared Lives offers flexible support in the homes of trained, carefully matched Shared Lives carers. Whether you need ongoing care, a short break, or help to regain independence, you’ll be part of a supportive, family-style environment.

🔹 Long-Term Placements – Live with a Shared Lives carer, gaining support, independence, and lasting relationships.
🔹 Short Breaks (Respite) – Stay for a few days or weeks to recharge and experience a change of scenery.
🔹 Shared Days – Spend time with a carer, learning skills and building confidence while staying connected to your community.

With Shared Lives, you’re at the heart of your support.

Who do we support

You must be over 18 to be supported by a Shared Lives carer.
People who use the scheme may need support all of the time, or with just a few aspects of day to day living.

The scheme supports people who have a wide range of support needs, including: Learning Disabilities, Autism, Physical Disabilities, Substance Misuse, Mental Ill Health, Brain Injury and Dementia. Shared Lives suits anyone who has been assessed by Social Services as needing support and who would prefer or benefit from living in an ordinary family setting.

This service is for people aged between 18 years and 25 years.

Is there a charge to use this service?

Depends - The local authority will usually assess your needs then pay for the service with a contribution from you. Some people can pay for the service themselves.

Can anyone use this service?

Local authorities of health authorities can refer but we will also take individual referals if people want to pay for the service themselves.

 Address

 You can visit us here:

Ategi Ltd
Flynn House
Cardiff Road
Morganstown
Pontypridd
Cardiff
CF37 5HP

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 Opening times

8.30 - 4.30 Monday to Thursday
8.30 - 3.30 Friday

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We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.