Once you have worked through Stage 2 with your support team and made a plan for the type of living situation that you are trying to achieve, it is time to move on to planning for the practicalities of your new home.  

This is about thinking through the details of running a home, like your finances, chores and paid supports. Throughout this stage, we encourage you to refer back to your worksheets from Stages 1 and 2 so that you can use the thinking you have already done to feed into your decisions.  

Remember, this journey does not have to follow a ‘straight line’. It can be helpful to go back and revisit past sections or skip forward and read through later chapters before you are ready to engage with the worksheets or action your next steps.  

It is valuable to talk about this whole journey with your support team. If you haven’t already, this could be a good time to set up some regular conversations about this move. Regular conversations will help you keep up the momentum of working towards your goals on a timeframe that suits you best.