Future Directions CIC

Home care agency in Oldham

CQC OutstandingDementia
NeighbourhoodGreen SurroundingsWell ServedPeaceful Neighbourhood
What do these badges mean?
  • Green Surroundings — Excellent access to parks, playing fields and other green space nearby (OpenStreetMap).
  • Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
  • Peaceful Neighbourhood — Among the lowest for recorded anti-social behaviour and public disorder of comparable areas (police-recorded crime).
AddressMarle House, Oldham Broadway Business Park, Oldham, OL9 9XA

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About

Future Directions CIC is a home care agency based in Oldham that delivers domiciliary care and support to people in their own homes across the North West. The agency supports older people, younger adults and people with complex needs including those living with dementia, mental health conditions, learning disabilities and physical disabilities.

Future Directions CIC was rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission in 2020, with Outstanding grades for Responsiveness and Leadership, and Good grades for Safety, Effectiveness and Caring. The agency operates as a not-for-profit community interest company.

What inspectors found

CQC: Outstanding

Report published 13 January 2020 · Last inspected 18 October 2019

Inspectors found that people living in supported tenancies receive person-centred support that helps them set and work towards personal goals and become as independent as they can. Care comes from small, consistent staff teams who are described as well trained, regularly supervised and motivated, and everyone the inspectors spoke with praised the service. The service was rated outstanding overall, an improvement on its previous good rating.

Strengths noted
  • Care plans are person-centred and are built with people to achieve the outcomes they want.
  • Small, consistent staff teams give people continuity of support.
  • Safeguarding arrangements are described as robust, and people are kept safe.
  • A strong, knowledgeable management team leads by example and is committed to monitoring and developing the service.

Written by AI from the report text and checked against it. Not an official CQC statement. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Read the full report on CQC.

Care provided

Dementia

Specialist care

Dementia
Learning disabilities
Mental health
Older people (65+)
Physical disabilities
Younger adults (under 65)

What's nearby

GP surgery0.7 miles
Hospital2.5 miles

Straight-line distances.

What’s in the area

Outdoor Spaces

  • AllotmentsAmple
  • Play SpaceAmple
  • Golf CourseSparse
  • Public ParkPlentiful
  • Tennis CourtPlentiful
  • Bowling GreenPlentiful
  • Playing FieldPlentiful

Local Amenities

  • Pubs & BarsAdequate
  • Restaurants & CafesSparse
  • Retail ShoppingSparse
  • SupermarketsAdequate
  • TakeawaysAmple

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What home care costs

Hourly (visiting) care — typically £22–£30 per hour
Overnight (waking) care — typically £150–£220 per night
Live-in care — typically £1,100–£1,600 per week

Estimated typical UK ranges — Future Directions CIC will give you a written quote after a free needs assessment. Check who pays with the funding calculator.

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Local health safety net

Future Directions CIC is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Royal Oldham Hospital, 2.5 miles away. The local GP practice is THE JUNCTION SURGERY, 0.7 miles away.

Nearest hospital · A&E
Royal Oldham Hospital · 2.5 mi
Nearest GP
THE JUNCTION SURGERY · 0.7 mi

Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.

Information last reviewed October 2026.

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