Rushton Futures is the adult social care division of the Royal School for the Blind Charity, Liverpool.

We are a day service providing person-centred outcome driven support for young adults who are described as having complex needs. 

It started in 2016 when the Trustees of the Royal School for the Blind Charity, Liverpool sought to provide a continuation of care for young adults leaving education with a lack of adequate provision within the city region. 

Rushton Futures supports young adults who are described as having complex health needs and sensory impairment.

We are part of Liverpool City Council Adult Social Care Provider list for Learning difficulties, Autism and Sensory Impairment, but we receive referrals from Liverpool, Halton, Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, Warrington and Cheshire West.  

Referrals come from commissioning teams and social workers in both Social Care and the NHS. 

We currently share a site with the Royal School for the Blind Charity, Liverpool in Wavertree.

We share values, principles and training with the school which is considered Outstanding by Ofsted.

Each year we are able to support young adults transition, where necessary, from the school provision into the adult day provision.

Being in the same building as a school is problematic for young adults as a continuous safeguard between children and adult services.

The new Rushton Centre, like all good adult social care provisions need to have the people we support at the heart of their community moving away from historic segregated institutional approaches.  

We get referrals and enquiries for placements several times a year from social workers from the transitions team and from individuals with a personal health budget.

Unfortunately, due to our current service provision being based on the first floor, we are limited by the number of young adults who we can support upstairs requiring the use of an evacuation chair in emergency circumstances and so we have to turn down some referrals who await either a gap in provision or for a suitable ground floor, accessible provision. 

Each service user we support has an individual package of support based on their highlighted support needs.

Fees are paid through the local authority contracted placement or direct payments (Social Care), or through NHS funding via Clinical Commissioning group or Personal Health Budget (Health). 

The Care Act 2014 set in legislation that the core purpose of adult care and support is to help people to achieve the outcomes that matter to them in their life. Each individual who uses the Rushton Futures service has an individual Care File, a crucial part of their individual plan is their ‘Outcomes’ section where we discuss with, where possible the person themselves, or their families, carers and advocates what the individual wants to do at Rushton Futures.

What does the individual enjoy?

Why does the individual want to come to Rushton Futures?

What are the outcomes they want / need us to help them meet?

These are then formed within our four outcome areas of: 


Wellbeing 


Feeling Connected  


Feeling Relaxed 

Movement and exercise. 

Each service users outcomes and what they are seeking from Rushton Futures are individual to each person, some outcomes for service users include: 
Being around peers and forming friendships 
Time out of their wheelchair and physio plans 
Health needs met through medication and dignified care 

Rushton Futures is considered a vibrant setting, which offers person centred care relevant to a diverse group. We have a high relational focus and this is one major aspect of our support model.