Home care agency · Doncaster
Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster)
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster)- Address
- Unit 2, Don House, Richmond Business Park, Sidings Court, Doncaster, DN4 5NL
- Run by
- Lifeways Community Care Limited (33 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency, Supported housing, Supported living
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- May 2016 (10 years)
- Part of
- Lifeways Community Care
- Registered manager
- Brett Kyle Paul Thorlby
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2000 (25 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04126127)
- Last CQC check
- 10 Mar 2023
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-2644164628
The service in brief
Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster) is a CQC-registered home care agency that also provides supported living in Doncaster, run by Lifeways Community Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with learning disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (March 2023). It is one of 57 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Doncaster; 44 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe50 of 54 in Doncaster
- Effective49 of 54 in Doncaster
- Caring49 of 54 in Doncaster
- Responsive47 of 54 in Doncaster
- Well-led45 of 54 in Doncaster
From CQC's latest report, published 10 March 2023. Under each rating: how many agencies in Doncaster share it.
Ratings over time
- Jun 2017
- Dec 2019
- Mar 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 10 March 2023
- CQC inspection report 18 December 2019
- CQC inspection report 30 June 2017
Finding it
- Ward
- Hexthorpe & Balby North
- Council
- City of Doncaster Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Doncaster Central
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in DN4 (26)
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Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence). A home care agency's office address; carers travel to people's homes nearby.
Reading Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster)'s CQC ratings
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 44 of the 53 other agencies in Doncaster that CQC has rated.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster) at £30–£37 an hour (visiting care, weekdays), based on published prices in the region. As an example, an hour each morning and a 30-minute evening call comes to about £350 a week.
Live-in care in this region typically runs £1,450–£1,770 a week.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Doncaster Council for a free care needs assessment.
Who it can help
Registration details from CQC.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- Right Support People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice.
- Staff focused on people's strengths and promoted what they could do, so people had a fulfilling and meaningful everyday life.
- A relative said, "The staff are brilliant with [Relative].
- It's a lot of relief for me as I know they are being well looked after." People were supported to maintain and pursue their interests and to achieve their aspirations and goals.
Inspected 20 February 2023; report published 10 March 2023. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 16 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Living Ambitions Limited (Doncaster), under 0.5 miles away.
12 of the 16 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Hexthorpe & Balby North ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS South Yorkshire ICB.
How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from May 2016, so the service has been operating for around 10 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2017–2023), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
At 3 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.
Reports on record: 3, with the most recent dated 10 March 2023.
The registered provider
Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster) is run by Lifeways Community Care Limited (company 04126127), incorporated in 2000, 15 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 4 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
Lifeways Community Care Limited runs 33 CQC-registered services across 27 council areas; 27 of the 32 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (84%), against 85% for the same mix of services across England.
It trades under the Lifeways Community Care brand, which covers 86 services run by 19 registered providers.
Family reviews
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Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster) in local context
- Rated Good. Across Doncaster, 96% of the 54 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (March 2023) is more recent than 35% of agency ratings in Doncaster.
- Registered with CQC in 2016: it has been registered longer than 79% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Doncaster lists 6.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in Doncaster (Oct 2026).
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Quick answers about Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster)
- What kind of care can Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster) offer?
- Its CQC registration covers homecare agencies, supported housing, supported living. Ask Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster) how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Which provider runs Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster)?
- Lifeways Community Care Limited is the registered provider for Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster).
- How much does Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster) charge?
- No fee list from Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster) has reached us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Is Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster) rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- What is Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster)'s address?
- The agency works from Unit 2, Don House, Richmond Business Park, Sidings Court, Doncaster, DN4 5NL; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- Is Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster) registered with CQC?
- Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster) is on the CQC register as a home care agency (ID 1-2644164628) and was rated Good overall in March 2023.
- Is Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster) registered for dementia care?
- No dementia specialism is recorded with CQC. Ask the provider directly if this is likely to matter.
- How recent is Lifeways Community Care (Doncaster)'s CQC rating?
- 10 March 2023 is when the current rating was published, 3 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
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