What Enable Scotland does

Enable Scotland (legal name: Enable Scotland (Leading the Way); Charity No. SC021731; Companies No. SC145263) is a Scottish registered charity and limited company founded in 1954 by five founding families, headquartered in Eurocentral, Lanarkshire. The organisation operates through three core service pillars: Enable Cares delivers self-directed social care to 1,000+ people via an in-house Personal Assistant (PA) Model in which the care recipient directs how support is designed and delivered; Enable Works provides employability, education and training programmes (Breaking Barriers, Stepping Up, All In) supporting roughly 1,000+ young people annually; Enable Communities provides Local Area Coordination, youth groups, self-advocacy and community support to 3,000+ people across Scotland. Sub-products include the South Glasgow Alcohol & Drug Recovery Hub, Coming Home (deinstitutionalisation support), Tune In (music-employability programme), and the Enable Heritage Project 'Our Past, My Future'.

Name

Enable Scotland

Legal name

Enable Scotland (Leading the Way)

Website

https://enable.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Enable Scotland is a Scottish charity (founded 1954) operating Enable Cares (self-directed social care via a Personal Assistant model supporting 1,000+ people), Enable Works (employability programmes for 1,000+ young people annually), and Enable Communities (community support for 3,000+ people across Scotland).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Care Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243), Educational Support Services (611710), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG), Special Education, Disability Support & Inclusive Education Nonprofits (BPAGADAH), College Readiness & Disability Services Transition Support (EDAKANAB)

Keywords

• Social care services
• Learning disability support
• Employability programmes
• Community support services
• Self-directed support

Headquarters

HQ city

Motherwell

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Social Care Contracts: Government and public sector commissioning for social care services including self-directed support, personal assistance, and supported living services across Scotland.
2. Donations and Fundraising: Charitable donations from supporters, corporate partnerships, and fundraising activities including events and challenges.
3. Enable Lottery: Charity lottery providing regular income stream for the organization.
4. Membership: Organizational membership scheme for supporters and advocates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Enable Scotland is a registered charity providing self-directed social care, employability, and community support services to people with learning disabilities across Scotland. The organisation operates three integrated service pillars — Enable Cares (Personal Assistant-led social care supporting 1,000+ people to live independently), Enable Works (employment, education and training programmes such as Breaking Barriers, Stepping Up and All In), and Enable Communities (community support, Local Area Coordination and self-advocacy reaching 3,000+ people). Services are delivered through government-commissioned contracts, employer and university partnerships, and direct community engagement.

Product overview

Enable Scotland operates as a three-pillar charity providing self-directed social care, employability services, and community support for people with learning disabilities. The three core service pillars—Enable Cares (delivering human rights-driven social care through a Personal Assistant Model supporting 1000+ individuals), Enable Works (providing employment, education and training through programmes like Breaking Barriers, Stepping Up, and All In), and Enable Communities (supporting 3,000+ people through Local Area Coordination, Self-Advocacy Forum, and Youth Groups)—work together to help individuals live, work and participate as equal citizens. Additional services include the South Glasgow Alcohol & Drug Recovery Hub, Coming Home support, Tune In music programme, and the Heritage Project documenting the organisation's 70-year history.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Enable Cares PA Model: Human rights-driven self-directed social care model empowering individuals to direct how their support is designed and delivered
• Stepping Up
• Breaking Barriers
• All In
• Our Past, My Future
• Local Area Coordination (LAC)
• Self-Advocacy Forum
• Tune In
• Rights Now
• Enable Heritage Project

Products and services

• Enable Cares Human rights-driven self-directed social care service delivered through a Personal Assistant (PA) Model that empowers individuals with learning disabilities to direct how their support is designed, delivered, and who provides it. Supports 1,000+ people to live independently in their chosen communities across Scotland.
• Enable Works Employment, education and training services that help jobseekers with learning disabilities obtain and sustain quality careers while supporting employers to build inclusive workplaces. Delivered through programmes including Breaking Barriers, Stepping Up and All In.
• Enable Communities Community support services that connect people with learning disabilities to local friendships, networks, and their rights, supporting over 3,000 people across Scotland to be active, connected and engaged citizens. Includes Local Area Coordination, Self-Advocacy Forum and Youth Groups.
• Breaking Barriers Employability programme enabling young people with learning disabilities to attend university business schools, achieve accredited qualifications (SCQF Level 6 Certificate in Applied Business Skills) and gain work placements with major employers including ScottishPower, Balfour Beatty and EY.
• Stepping Up School-to-work transition programme supporting 1,000+ young people annually in their transition from education to employment across 75 schools in 15 Scottish local authority areas.
• All In Glasgow Individual Placement and Support (IPS) employment service helping 1,500 people overcome barriers into work, with 92% of clients with significant mental health support needs remaining in work after 12 months.
• Moray Supported Living Complex Supported living complex in Elgin, Moray, commissioned by Health and Social Care Moray and developed with Hanover Scotland, supporting individuals with learning disabilities, autism and complex support needs using modern technology and housing design.
• Coming Home Service supporting individuals with learning disabilities to return to community living from institutional settings, delivered as part of the Scottish Government's Coming Home Agenda.
• South Glasgow Alcohol & Drug Recovery Hub Recovery hub providing support for alcohol and drug recovery, including an online workspace with core group materials, workbooks and resources for individuals and families.
• Tune In Music programme combining electronic music activities with employability skills, where participants learn DJing, music production and event organising.
• Local Area Coordination (LAC) Community-based support service for people with learning disabilities and their families, helping them build confidence, make new friends, and access community resources and connections.
• Self-Advocacy Forum

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% of Breaking Barriers graduates progress to positive outcomes (employment or further education)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and flagship.

• sportscotlandcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership delivering Modern Apprenticeship programme supporting young disabled people into sports sector employment. sportscotland leads the initiative with Enable Works providing employability support.
• The Scottish FAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Employer partner in Modern Apprenticeship programme. Zak serves as inclusion administrator working with Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Manager to implement inclusion strategy across Scottish football.
• JudoScotlandcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Employer partner in Modern Apprenticeship programme. Emma McInulty joined as 18-month Business Administration apprentice working with membership services and events team.
• Karis Disability Services (Canada)strategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025International delegation from Canada's Karis Disability Services visited to learn about Enable's PA Model, employability services, and deinstitutionalisation approaches. Karis serves 3,000 people across Ontario and Saskatchewan.
• Radical VisionsstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Consultancy partner working with Enable and Citizen Network on self-directed support workshops and personalized social care development.
• Citizen NetworkstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Global advocacy network focused on citizenship and personalized approaches to care. Simon Duffy, Director, co-chaired international self-directed support conference and works with Enable on advocacy.
• Edinburgh Napier UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024University partner in Breaking Barriers programme, collaborating with corporate partners EY and Dayforce for student work placements and industry experience.
• Balfour BeattycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Employer partner providing work placements through Breaking Barriers programme, particularly supporting Science Faculty collaborations with students.
• EYcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Corporate partner collaborating with Edinburgh Napier University for Breaking Barriers programme student placements and work experience.
• Acorns to TreesstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Campaign partner supporting Rights Now campaign for learning disability rights legislation in Scotland.
• Inclusion EuropeflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024European partnership hosting Europe in Action Conference 2024 in Glasgow. Enable welcomed organizations from 39 European countries for conference on equity, diversity and inclusion.
• Health and Social Care MoraycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Public sector commissioner for new supported living complex in Elgin. Partnership to deliver care and support to individuals with learning disabilities, autism and complex support needs.
• Hanover ScotlandcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Social housing provider and developer collaborating on new supported living complex. Partnership uses latest technology and housing design to provide safe homes meeting people's needs.
• Scottish AutismstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partnership in Rights Now campaign for Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill. Joined forces in 2021 Scottish Elections to launch Our Voice, Our Rights campaign.
• National Autistic Society ScotlandstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Co-campaigner in Rights Now coalition for LDAN Bill. Jim Gault serves on Scottish Government's Lived Experience Advisory Panel for the Bill.
• BiGGAR EconomicscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Economics research firm commissioned by Enable to produce Scotland's Care Sector: An Economic Driver report demonstrating £5.1bn GVA contribution of social care sector.
• ScottishPowerflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Founding partner of Breaking Barriers programme alongside Enable and University of Strathclyde. ScottishPower provides work placements, employment opportunities, and ongoing advocacy support. Joe Kingdom and other graduates secured employment in ScottishPower HR team.
• University of Strathclyde Business SchoolflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Academic partner in Breaking Barriers programme, enabling young people with learning disabilities to attend business school, achieve SCQF Level 6 Certificate in Applied Business Skills, and gain university experience.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Voyage Care: Major UK provider of supported living and specialist care for people with learning disabilities, autism, and complex needs. Directly comparable to Enable Cares' supported-living offer and competes for similar Health & Social Care Partnership contracts.
• Turning Point: UK-wide social care charity providing learning disability, mental health, and substance misuse services. Highly comparable to Enable across care delivery and employability programmes, though operating at larger geographic scale across England, Scotland, and Wales.
• United Response: UK charity supporting people with learning disabilities, autism, and mental health needs through supported living and personal-assistant-style services. Directly comparable care delivery model to Enable Cares.
• Hft (Home Farm Trust): UK charity providing learning disability support, including supported living, day services, and personalisation. Comparable to Enable's combination of Cares and Communities pillars, with overlapping Scottish commissioning territory.
• National Autistic Society: UK charity for autistic people, including those with learning disabilities. Directly comparable to Enable's autism and complex-needs work, and an existing campaign partner in the Rights Now LDAN Bill coalition.
• Mencap: One of the UK's largest learning disability charities, offering supported living, employment support, and advocacy. Directly comparable to Enable's three-pillar model and shares the human-rights-driven, self-directed care positioning.
• Community Integrated Care: UK social care charity delivering supported living and community-based services for people with learning disabilities, autism, and mental health needs. Comparable service portfolio and commissioning model.
• Lifeways: UK provider of supported living and community support services for people with learning disabilities and complex needs. Comparable to Enable Cares, with overlapping personalisation agenda.
• Scottish Autism: Scotland-based autism charity providing services across the lifecycle. Directly comparable regional peer, with overlapping territory and co-campaigning role with Enable in the Rights Now coalition.
• Sense: UK disability charity supporting people with complex needs including learning disabilities, autism, and deafblindness. Comparable mission and service mix, and a co-campaigner with Enable through the Rights Now coalition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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