FULL OF LIFE

Name

FULL OF LIFE

Legal name

Full of Life

Website

https://fulloflifekc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charity and Disability Family Support Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Special Needs Adult Day Programs (Developmental/Physical Disabilities, Seniors) (HLADAIAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Benefits Counseling & Financial Literacy for Transition-Age Youth (EDAKANAJ)

Keywords

• Disability family support
• Special educational needs
• Carer advocacy services
• Community charity support
• Day services young people

Headquarters

HQ city

LONDON

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Full of Life operates as a charitable organization reliant on donations from individuals and organizations within the community. The website provides a donation mechanism with options for individual donors and those donating on behalf of schools, companies or groups. Gift Aid support is available for UK taxpayers. The organization states that 87.48p of every pound goes directly to supporting families and young people, with 1.98p on governance costs and 10.54p on running costs.

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Full of Life is a local charity delivering free, independent support services to families with children and young people (aged 0-25) with additional needs or disabilities in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. Its core offerings include a Family Support Service (0-14), a Carer's Advocacy Service (14+), an Information Advice and Support Service (IASS/SENDIASS) for SEND-related matters, and Day Services for Young People with complex needs operating six days a week. Services are funded by donations and grants.

Product overview

Full of Life is a local charity providing a suite of support services for families with children and young adults with additional needs in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The core service portfolio comprises four direct support services (Family Support Service for ages 0-14, Carer's Advocacy Service for ages 14+, Day Services for Young People with complex needs operating 6 days weekly, and Information Advice and Support Service/SENDIASS for ages 0-25), supplemented by a Parent Carer Forum for peer support and training. The organization also provides informational resources including downloadable guides on education, disability, and social care topics, and training resources covering social care law. All services are free and independent, designed to empower parent carers and ensure children with disabilities receive appropriate support and care.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Family Support Service Independent advice and information service for families with children under 14, covering benefits (Disability Living Allowance, Carer's Allowance), form filling for grants and applications, Special Educational Needs support for Early Years, housing advice, preparation for meetings, support with complaints and appeals, and liaising with statutory departments such as Social Services and Health. Operates Tuesday to Thursday 9.30am – 4.30pm by appointment only.
• Carer's Advocacy Service Independent practical support, advice and information for carers of individuals aged 14+, covering Social Services issues including Carer's Assessments, Needs Assessments and access to Services, support with transition from Children to Adult Services, Education Advice (16 plus), benefits and housing advice, form filling, support attending meetings/reviews, complaints support and advice, and liaising with services and professionals.
• Day Services for Young People Specialist day service operating 6 days a week for young people with complex additional needs in Kensington and Chelsea, focusing on communication and personal development, developing communication skills, building confidence, promoting self-worth, developing positive relationships, transition into adult life preparation, and community involvement.
• Information Advice and Support Service (IASS/SENDIASS) Independent advice, information and guidance on Special Educational Needs and Disability issues for parents and young people aged 0-25, covering diagnosis, SEN support, EHC Needs Assessment, EHC Plans and Annual Reviews, the Local Offer, Personal Budgets, Social Care Assessments and Packages, exclusions, phase transfers, communicating with Local Authority, nurseries/schools/colleges, disagreement resolution, understanding professional reports, meeting preparation and support, form filling, and signposting. Operates Monday, Tuesday and Thursday by appointment only.
• Parent Carer Forum Bi-monthly forum providing a non-judgemental space for parent carers to meet, gain support, access training sessions (such as Understanding the Law, Safeguarding, Challenging Behaviour, Resilience and Epilepsy), and participate in consultations to shape local services. Forums also include walking tour trips for parent carers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 5000 hospital staff trained on working with patients with learning disabilities
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• Chelsea and Westminster HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFull of Life works closely with Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and has helped design their Hospital Passport, a document that includes information about the person with a learning disability, their treatments, communication needs, what might upset them, and how to tell if they are in pain. The organization also helped develop the Hospital's Learning Disability Flagging System, which allows families to provide information to assist patients with learning disabilities, such as preferring early morning appointments or needing a quiet place to wait. Full of Life has, in partnership with the hospital and RBKC's Learning Disability Team, helped train over 5000 hospital staff on how to work with patients with learning disabilities in a clinical setting.
• Contact (Human Rights Lawyers)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFull of Life highlights a campaign by Contact, a charity of human rights lawyers who have written a free school meals guide and four template letters to help families whose disabled child is eligible for free school meals but cannot access them in the standard way. The lawyers provide online flowchart tools to help families identify their situation and direct them to appropriate template letters. Full of Life disseminates this information to its families in the community.
• Health Education EnglandmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth Education England, led by Chief Nurse Professor Mark Radford and Regional Director Philippa Spicer, has become supporters of the Oliver McGowan Campaign. Health Education England announced the partners selected to design, develop, trial and evaluate mandatory training in learning disability and autism for all health and social care staff, to be known as The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training.
• Oliver McGowan Campaign / Paula McGowanmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Oliver McGowan Campaign, founded by Paula McGowan following the death of her son Oliver, campaigns to make training in learning disability and autism mandatory for healthcare staff. The campaign has succeeded in securing commitment for mandatory training for all health and social care staff. Full of Life supports this campaign and has worked with Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on related initiatives.
• British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBILD was selected by Health Education England as one of the partners to design, develop, trial and evaluate the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training in Learning Disability and Autism for all health and social care staff.
• Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation TrustmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust was selected by Health Education England as one of the partners to design, develop, trial and evaluate the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training in Learning Disability and Autism for all health and social care staff.
• Royal Mencap Society / National Autistic SocietymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRoyal Mencap Society and National Autistic Society were selected by Health Education England as one of the partners to design, develop, trial and evaluate the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training in Learning Disability and Autism for all health and social care staff.
• Pathways Associates CICmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPathways Associates CIC was selected by Health Education England as one of the partners to design, develop, trial and evaluate the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training in Learning Disability and Autism for all health and social care staff.
• National Development Team for InclusionmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe National Development Team for Inclusion was selected by Health Education England as one of the partners to design, develop, trial and evaluate the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training in Learning Disability and Autism for all health and social care staff.
• Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) Learning Disability TeamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFull of Life has worked in partnership with Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and the Learning Disability Team from RBKC to help train over 5000 hospital staff on how to work with patients with learning disabilities in a clinical setting.
• Leeds University / CerebrasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerLuke Clements is the Cerebra Professor of Law and Social Justice at the School of Law, Leeds University. Full of Life is very proud of its association with Professor Clements who has over the years delivered a number of training sessions to parents. The organization hosts his Social Care Law Lecture Series as part of its training resources.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Broad incumbents

• National Autistic Society: Leading UK autism charity providing information, education, and advocacy services. Full of Life and NAS are both selected partners in the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training programme, evidencing overlap in the learning-disability and autism training and advocacy space — though NAS operates nationally.
• Scope: National disability equality charity providing information, support, and campaigns for disabled people. Overlaps with Full of Life's benefits advice, SEND, and family-support remit, though Scope operates across all disabilities at national scale rather than as a single-borough family-facing charity.
• Sense: National disability charity supporting people with complex communication needs, including those who are deafblind. Adjacent to Full of Life's work with young people with complex needs and learning disabilities, though Sense operates nationally across a different impairment profile.
• Mencap (Royal Mencap Society): Largest UK charity supporting people with learning disabilities, providing broader services across the lifespan. Full of Life participates in the same Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training initiative as Mencap, evidencing overlap in learning-disability advocacy and training, though Mencap operates at national scale across a far wider service portfolio.

Direct peers

• IPSEA (Independent Provider of Special Education Advice): Direct comparator in the SENDIASS/IASS statutory advice space, providing independent advice on EHC plans, SEN support, and tribunal representation across England. Full of Life's IASS service performs a near-identical statutory function, making IPSEA the closest direct peer for that service line.
• Cerebra: UK charity supporting children with neurological conditions and their families, including legal and social-care advice. Full of Life already has an active relationship with Cerebra's Professor of Law (Luke Clements) for training delivery, reflecting close operational similarity in the parent-carer legal-advice niche.
• Family Fund: UK charity providing grants to families raising disabled or seriously ill children. While Full of Life does not itself administer grants, both organizations serve the same beneficiary cohort and operate on a charitable, family-facing model — making Family Fund a direct functional peer in the disabled-children's family support ecosystem.
• KIDS: National charity working with disabled children, young people, and their families across education, play, and short-break services. Comparable to Full of Life's Day Services for Young People with complex needs and its broader family-support model.
• Contact (Contact a Family): UK charity specifically supporting families with disabled children, providing advice, information, and campaigning on issues including benefits, education, and social care. Full of Life already references and distributes Contact's resources to its families, indicating close functional overlap in the parent-carer support niche.

Emerging players

• Ambitious about Autism: UK charity focused on education and outcomes for autistic children and young people, with day services and school provision. Comparable to Full of Life's Day Services for Young People with complex needs, though Ambitious about Autism operates specialist schools rather than a local-charity family-support model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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