Prepared for MacIntyre Shared Lives Warrington by Adrian Taylor, 2026-10-05. If you work there and would rather this page came down, say so and it comes down.
MacIntyre Shared Lives Warrington: what the records show, and what we could do together
Adrian Taylor runs Charity in a Box, after twenty years working in charities and public services. About Adrian.
1. What you say, and where we read it
We read your website (Shared Lives | MacIntyre) and your public channels.
“Our Shared Lives carers go through an induction and initial training to ensure they have the skills needed to support people with their individual needs.” (macintyrecharity.org/for-adults/shared-lives)
Figures you publish: “It is used by around 12,000 people in the UK and is available in nearly every area.”; “It is used by around 12,000 people in the UK and is available in nearly every area.”; “It is used by around 12,000 people in the UK and is available in nearly every area.”
Your channels: bluesky (read); youtube (read); linkedin (closed to readers, not read); facebook (closed to readers, not read); instagram (closed to readers, not read); tiktok (closed to readers, not read).
Your latest posts on Bluesky: “Wayne loves being outdoors and enjoys helping people, so he volunteered at his local junior parkrun and became part of their community.
Th” (2026-10-02) “"How will we ever help this person out of hospital?" can become "They're thriving in their own home."
Our podcast episode explores everythi” (2026-09-30)
2. Warrington’s charities, from outside
173 charities are based in Warrington, 8.2 for every 10,000 residents, where 18% of residents are on low incomes. 16% show under three months’ reserves or three years of deficits on their latest return; 13% take half or more of their income from government. The five largest hold 59% of the area’s charity income.
Learning disability in Warrington
In Warrington, the national network for your field (learning disability) sits in the best-reached fifth of England's areas for the number of people counted there (gold in the chart below where a field has none recorded here or is in the thinnest fifth). Across England, 4,337 charities outside the field say in their own reports that they serve the same people, against 223 in it.
The 25 fields, against England
For each field of charity work we have mapped, where Warrington stands among England’s 152 areas for the presence of the national network per person in need. Gold bars are the fields where no presence is recorded here (6 of 25) and those in the thinnest fifth of areas (1).
Almshouses
Befriending
Dyslexia
Homelessness
Kidney patients
Older people living alone
Riding for the disabled
Veterans
Cadets
Unpaid carers
Hospice care
Young people
Disability services
Families with young children
Local infrastructure
Community transport
Food aid
Legal help
Drug and alcohol services
Rural communities
Learning disability
Young people with SEND
Mental health
Community foundations
Youth centres
Warrington: the bar is where the area stands among England's 152 areasnone recorded here, or in the thinnest fifthEngland's median area
Point at a bar for its figures.
Who does the work here, by register purpose
Warrington173 charities
Education/training85
General charitable purposes53
Religious activities48
Amateur sport32
Disability29
Health26
Poverty relief25
Economic/community developme…24
Arts, culture, heritage, sci…22
Environment21
Recreation14
Other purposes13
A charity records up to three purposes, so the circles overlap. Point at one for its count.
Researchers who studied how charities support people with dementia across the United Kingdom concluded:
“National and local data sources could help charities and commissioners begin to identify inequalities of provision.”
Mayrhofer, Goodman, Lafortune, Smeeton, Littlechild, Shora and Bunn, Voluntary Sector Review, first published 2021. Read the paper.
This page is that view for Warrington.
3. Sample campaign
Three posts in your voice from the figures above, each with its picture, ready to use. Every figure is from public information and no charity is named.
Bluesky / X: Learning disability in Warrington: the national network's presence, for the people counted here, sits in the best-reached fifth of England's areas. Who else does the work: https://www.charityinabox.uk/offers/macintyre-shared-lives-warrington.html
LinkedIn: Learning disability in Warrington: the national network's presence, for the people counted here, sits in the best-reached fifth of England's areas. Who else does the work: https://www.charityinabox.uk/offers/macintyre-shared-lives-warrington.html
Built from public information; no charity is named.
Bluesky / X: 173 charities are based in Warrington: 8.2 for every 10,000 residents. We've read what they say they do. https://www.charityinabox.uk/offers/macintyre-shared-lives-warrington.html
LinkedIn: 173 charities are based in Warrington: 8.2 for every 10,000 residents. We've read what they say they do. https://www.charityinabox.uk/offers/macintyre-shared-lives-warrington.html
Built from public information; no charity is named.
Bluesky / X: 16% of Warrington's charities show under three months' reserves or three years of deficits on their latest return. Which fields, and who else is at work: https://www.charityinabox.uk/offers/macintyre-shared-lives-warrington.html
LinkedIn: 16% of Warrington's charities show under three months' reserves or three years of deficits on their latest return. Which fields, and who else is at work: https://www.charityinabox.uk/offers/macintyre-shared-lives-warrington.html
Built from public information; no charity is named.
Your area's charities from outside, with your own field first: how thin the known network is here for the people you work with, who else does the work, how exposed the area's charities are, what the money looks like. A page like this one, in full, refreshed each quarter.
£600 once, or £1,200 a year with four refreshes
A campaign from the findings
Three to five posts a month in your voice, each with its picture, from your area's own figures.
£250 a month
The first month: a twenty-minute call, your page in full within a week, and the first campaign posts the week after. Prices are set by income band from the public register and are the same for everyone in the band.
5. How to say yes
Reply to the email with a day that suits, call or text Adrian on the number in the email (it is on the Contact page too), or write to adrian@charityinabox.uk.
What this can and cannot say. These are counts over groups of charities and places from their own returns and reports and from national statistics. They do not rank any charity, name any, or say why. A thin field is one where the known network is thin for the people counted here, not one where nobody is helped.
Built from public information: the Charity Commission for England and Wales register and the annual reports charities file with it (OGL v3.0); Census 2021 (ONS); the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); the Claimant Count (ONS). Privacy.