The Eight Conditions for Living Well

  • 01 - Living Well

    Keeps the person’s life at the centre, asking whether people can live lives that remain recognisably their own.

  • 02 - Relationships & Community

    Explores connection, belonging and the relationships that matter with staff, family, friends, peers and the wider community.

  • 03 - Meaning & Occupation

    Looks at opportunities for purpose, interest, contribution and engagement that are meaningful to the individual.

  • 04 - Health, Safety & Wellbeing

    Considers how people can be protected from avoidable harm while retaining rights, independence, agency and meaningful living.

  • 05 - Environment & Place

    Explores how the physical and sensory environment influences comfort, independence, identity, belonging and ordinary life.

  • 06 - Leadership, Culture & Learning

    Looks at how leadership shapes values, behaviour, openness, reflection, accountability and the organisation’s capacity to learn.

  • 07 - Systems & Practice

    Considers whether systems help important knowledge, decisions and good practice travel reliably through the organisation.

  • 08 - Improvement, Impact & Sustainability

    Explores how organisations learn from experience, test change, understand impact and sustain what makes life better.

From understanding to improvement

The Eight Conditions are not a checklist or scoring system. They provide a structure for exploring what everyday life feels like, recognising what is helping or getting in the way, and deciding where meaningful improvement is needed.