Relationships can be exciting, confusing, joyful, and sometimes really hard. At Loveable, we believe everyone deserves the chance to explore friendships, attraction, love, and relationships in ways that feel safe, respectful, and right for them.
Our relationship support is led with care, honesty, and openness – creating space for real conversations, without judgement or pressure.
Loveable’s relationship support is about:
Building confidence around relationships and dating
Talking openly about feelings, attraction, and boundaries
Exploring what healthy relationships can look like
Supporting people to make their own choices
Feeling less alone with questions about love and connection
We centre the voices and experiences of learning-disabled and autistic people, and we go at a pace that feels comfortable.
We are not a dating agency! We do not ‘match’ people in this way however our aims are to open up opportunities for you to meet new people around the County outside of your existing support bubble (eg family or day service) If you meet somebody at any of our socials or events and like them and want to take it further then great! We will help you to set up a date and navigate next steps. We also support some members with online dating if this is suitable and appropriate for them.
If you are working with somebody with a learning disability or autism and would like some advice on how best to support relationships for the person you support we can also offer signposting to outside agencies. We work closely with 2 local charities SARSAS and SWISH who have specialist learning disability outreach teams and can provide one to one support with issues around sexual violence, sexual health or just general relationship guidance and topics such as boundaries and consent. If you would like us to directly refer you to any of these teams please just contact us or ask in any of our events and sessions.