Apax is a not-for-profit, voluntary, social enterprise. We provide supported living and supported housing services for vulnerable individuals who have experienced social exclusion, disadvantages or homelessness, but have retained the capacity to make independent choices. Our support service takes a preventative, enablement and person centred approach: to engage, empower and enable. Consequently, such preventative services environment reduce resident dependency on local services and provide the chance for them to develop and grow in ways to meet their individual needs and maximise their potential. We work proactively with our partners to support our residents through their journey to independence and social inclusion.
Each one of our residents has encountered a very personal journey before stepping through our doors. In recognition of this, we realise the importance of providing unique and personalised services to meet individual needs which ultimately help our residents continue successfully on their journey towards independence and social inclusion.
Our residents’ backgrounds and personal sets of circumstances are unique and we take comfort in knowing that our help and support can change their lives for the better. Through providing the right support and appropriate levels of care in our supported living accommodation, our residents are able to refocus and rebuild their lives. As their independence grows, they find themselves able to make the right choices in order to maximise their potential, thus becoming confident members of the community and discovering lasting stability and happiness.
We treat each person as an individual and thus take a person centred approach. We reflect this ethos by tailoring our services to meet identified personal needs. Our residents can expect to be treated with regard to equality, inclusion, dignity and respect, and to enjoy the ‘family culture’ that we promote within the supportive environment we provide.
Some of our residents require support in meeting their basic human needs, whilst others are close to independence but need a little help from us in terms of direction. Whatever
level of support is required, through providing clean, warm and supportive accommodation and assisting with access to essential services and opportunities, we strive to help our residents refocus and rebuild their lives so that they may continue to independently improve their quality of living.
interaction that lends energy towards pursing lasting personal development. A supportive community provides a platform on which such rebuilding can take place.
(a distinct method of non-adversarial decision-making to build consensus).
implies a common understanding of and agreement on approaches and methods to be used. Yet, reality is too complex to be grasped by one mind. Diversity of views in a group is not a negative trait to be discouraged. Unity of vision, unity of purpose, and unity of thought are all fruitless, of course, if they are not complimented by unity of action. Unity in action differs profoundly from a state of unity achieved in passiveness and inactivity. When we do not try to meet greater challenges together, the semblance of unity can be shattered under tensions that inevitably arise in collection action. Unity of purpose, vision, thought and action have to be continually nurtured and strengthened through promoting an empathic and sympathetic culture. Chief among the qualities we need in order to build and maintain unity in action are constancy, selflessness, and purity of intention – constancy for bonds of unity are ever in need of being strengthened; selflessness, for otherwise, we will simply not survive the tests and challenges we receive in the path of unity; and purity of intention, for our efforts to build lasting unity will never success unless we are motivated by the highest ideals and free from expectations of personal gain and self-exaltation. The collaborative approach to development of organisations and communities is integral to the progress of any enterprise.
