About Us
Options for Living have been working with vulnerable adults in the Southwest area since 2007. During this time we have developed as an organisation to become a trusted and preferred provider for B&NES Council.
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We are committed to ensure that every person we support, regardless of their support needs, have the best opportunity to lead an independent lifestyle and the ability to move forward and achieve their personal goals.
Our focus is on delivering quality support services to individuals in order to help them maintain tenancies, participate in the local community and develop a range of independent living skills.
Our Team
Dan Hicks
Managing Director
Dan is involved in most aspects of the company and is passionate about the organisation and service we provide.
Katie Ford
Outreach Manager
Is one of the longest serving members of staff, who has worked her way up to manager. Katie likes to think outside of the box and is very proactive when delivering support to others.
Sally Hicks
Managing Director
Takes care of various areas of the day to day management of the company, with a focus on staff and organisational development. Is very meticulous and has an eye for detail!
Hannah Davis
Outreach Manager
Hannah's the problem solver for the office and is committed to making sure all the people we support are listened to. She organises a lot of OFL groups and gets stuck in!
Paul Knowles
Senior Operational Manager
Paul's the person organising and coordinating the whole staff team and ensuring that things are running smoothly!
Meg Bonfield
Outreach Manager
Meg is always looking for ways to improve the way we do things, and has a good head for arranging groups to ensure the people we support are having fun and staying engaged!
Daisy Lamont Jiggens
Housing Manager
Daisy is responsible for the day to day running of the housing service and ensuring that we provide the best posible service for the people we support
Our Story
Dan Hicks
Some of my early work in social care involved working with individuals who were in large residential homes with regimented timetables and, I felt, very little independence or choice. I felt that they would better thrive in a smaller, supportive but independent environment similar to house share situations enjoyed by students and young adults just starting out.
In 2007, I challenged myself by just registering the company name “Options for Living” and my goal was to have the company up and running, providing our idea of support within a year. And it was! We started small and then grew as we established ourselves. The aim was to create a holistic service that focused on developing life skills and independence whilst ensuring that dependency on support was not created. This took trust and a great deal of patience, as we navigated the journey into becoming a provider in the Bath & North East Somerset area.
Our focus has always been on creating a personalised service that aims to reduce support as people become more independent, and I feel the organisation’s ethos makes us unique, and sets us apart from other providers.
The thing I enjoy most, is that every day is different at Options for Living! I have always enjoyed enabling others to achieve their personal goals, and this includes being there for staff and the people we support. This involves being there for individuals at their time of need, as well as when things are going smoothly. Watching people graduate from our service and sometimes moving away from needing social care input, is also something that I truly relish and feel very proud of the staff team when we help someone achieve this goal.