Belong at Home Atherton is an affordable, high-quality home care service.
Through personal care, support and companionship, staff enable people to continue living in their own home and community. Staff offer expert support with daily living and medication.
When choosing Belong at Home Atherton as a home care service, the support needed is provided.
Care Provided by Belong at Home Atherton
Types of Home Care
- Visiting Care
Minimum Visit Duration (Visiting Care)
- 30 minutes
Contract Durations
- Ongoing / Long Term
- Respite / Short Term
Age Ranges
- Older Person Care (65+)
- Younger Adult Care (18-65)
Personal Care Services
- Washing & Dressing
- Toileting Assistance
- Medication Assistance (Oral)
- Companionship
- Continence Care
- Feeding & Drinking Assistance
Household Services
- Cleaning Service
- Food Preparation & Serving
- Laundry Service
- Shopping Service / Errands
- Transportation Service
Other Care Provided
- Dementia
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Cancer Care
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- Mental Health Condition
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
- Hospital Discharge
Funding & Fees
Daily Charges per Person
- Hourly Visiting Care Fees: £37.50 - £38.50
See key facts and pricing information on our website for further details.
Contact Belong at Home Atherton to get a personalised quote:
Funding Types Accepted
- Private Funding (Self-funded)
- Direct Payments (from Local Authority/NHS)
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Local Authority (Contracted Provider) - NHS (Contracted Provider)
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Good to Know
Group/Owner
- Belong at Home
- Voluntary / Not for Profit Owned
Person in charge
- Lesley Bailey (Area Manager)
Belong at Home Atherton Reviews (53)
Belong at Home Atherton has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.576) out of 10, based on 17 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Belong at Home Atherton has 53 reviews.
Very good help and assistance. All carers are on time and very friendly. They go out of their way to help. Available at short notice for urgent tasks.
Thank you very much for this lovely review. We really appreciate you taking the time to provide it and our Belong at Home team will be delighted to hear that you appreciate their help and assistance. Thank you for choosing Belong at Home Atherton.
From the initial phone call, everything with these care providers has been excellent. They do what they say, from returning phone calls to arriving at agreed times. The person who visited at first was punctual and efficient. All the carers who have looked after my mum have been lovely with her- doing the job with the utmost empathy and kindness, instilling confidence and trust all-round. I would recommend it without hesitation.
Thank you so much for taking the time to post this lovely feedback. It's a privilege to support your mum, and it is crucial to us that we make people's time with us as special and positive as possible. It will mean a great deal to our Belong at Home teams to read your comments, especially since all...
The care given to my dad was excellent. The carers were loving, understanding and patient. He was always happy to see them. They also supported my mum through this difficult time. It was comforting to know they were there for Dad. Thank you so much.
Thank you very much for taking the time to provide us with this feedback. We are delighted that you found our Belong at Home Atherton service a valuable way of helping to support your mum and dad and that you found our carers loving understanding and patient.
A well managed and caring service where Mum’s needs were met to a very high standard. As a shy and anxious lady, Mum was apprehensive about carers coming into her home, but the friendly, kind and professional carers made Mum feel at ease with the help she received. I would highly recommend Belong at Home and cannot thank them enough for looking after Mum so well.
Thank you very much for taking the time to provide us with this feedback. Our team work really hard to ensure a friendly, homely and welcoming environment. It means a great deal to our Belong at Home Atherton team to know that this is appreciated and that you highly recommend us.
The carers are very helpful and friendly.
Thank you so much for taking the time to post this feedback, especially that our carers are helpful and friendly. We aim to maintain high standards at Belong at Home Atherton; we are so delighted to hear this has been your experience.
Very pleased with the care organisation; they strive for perfection, have high standards, treat with dignity and respect, trustworthy, dependable and professional from management to care assistance.
Thank you very much for taking the time to provide us with this feedback. Our team work really hard to ensure a friendly, homely and welcoming environment. It means a great deal to our Belong at Home Atherton team to know that this is appreciated and in particular that you find we treat you with dignity and respect.
It was a difficult time for him and the family and they were great! The manager was so lovely and knowledgeable of what we needed.
The only criticism would be that the staff visiting weren't consistent so he needed to learn lots of names. It would have been easier to have had a smaller number of regular staff who could have supported him.
Thank you for such lovely feedback. We are delighted to hear your father-in-law was happy with us and enjoyed our services. I will make sure your review is passed on to the Belong at Home Atherton team.
They are always nice to me and do a good job with my hair and keep the apartment clean. The carer is a lovely sweet kind person.
Thank you for taking the time to submit your review of Belong at Home Atherton. We are so touched by your kind words and will make sure your comments are shared with the team.
Absolutely first class service. It has made such a difference knowing someone is going in to care for Mum.
Thank you for taking the time to provide this lovely feedback. We are delighted to know that your mum is happy at Belong at Home Atherton and that the dedication of our Belong at Home teams are making a difference. Thank you for choosing Belong at Home Atherton.
Staff are respectful and professional. My mother is able to be independent in her home. The staff are friendly and helpful. They do their duties to a high standard.
Thank you very much for taking the time to provide us with this feedback. We are delighted that you are finding our home care service a valuable way of helping to support your mum. Thanks again for choosing Belong at Home Atherton; it’s a pleasure to have your e.g. mum with us.
Our team of carers are always friendly and very professional in their approach and attitude towards my husband and myself, making their visits a pleasure rather than a chore.
Thank you very much for taking the time to provide us with this feedback. Our staff work really hard to ensure a friendly, homely and welcoming environment. It means a great deal to our Belong at Home Atherton team to know that this is appreciated. Thank you for choosing Belong at Home Atherton.
Thank you all so much.
Thank you very much for taking the time to provide this very touching feedback. It is a privilege to support your sister, and it is crucial to us that we make people's time with us as special and positive as possible. It will mean a great deal to our Belong at Home Atherton team to read your...
The staff supported me very good over Christmas and New Year and my worst time. Excellent.
Thank you for your positive feedback on the support provided by Belong at Home Atherton. Our staff work really hard to ensure a friendly, homely and welcoming environment. It means a great deal to our Belong at Home team to know that this is appreciated. Thank you; for choosing Belong at Home Atherton.
My father receives homecare three days of the week. The carers who I know well now as we have the same carers regularly are always friendly, polite and prompt on arrival. They listen to my instruction and I trust them. There have been instances where my dad has been in immediate danger and the staff have rapidly responded. All in all, I am pleased with the care that they provide my dad.
Thank you very much for taking the time to provide us with this feedback. We are delighted that you are finding our home care service a valuable way of helping to support your father. Thanks again for choosing Belong at Home Atherton. It's a pleasure having your father with us.
Excellent.
Thank you for taking the time to submit your review of Belong at Home Atherton. Our staff will be thrilled with this feedback. We aim to maintain high standards; at Belong at Home. We are so delighted that this has been your experience. Many thanks; for choosing Belong at Home Atherton.
The care my dad received whilst in his own home was brilliant. His key carers were patient, attentive and caring. He truly was happy with his care and attention.
Thank you very much for this lovely review of Belong at Home Atherton. We really appreciate you taking the time to provide it and our Belong at Home staff will be delighted to hear that your dad was settled and happy. Thank you for choosing Belong at Home Atherton.
I am 88 and prognosis months only to live. Belong at Home's care goes far in helping me manage a difficult and most sad twilight of my life. Alone and widowed after 55 years of marriage.
Thank you for taking the time to submit this incredibly moving feedback for Belong at Home Atherton. It is a privilege to support you, and it is crucial to us that we make people's time with us as special and as positive as possible. It will mean a great deal to our Belong at Home team, to read...
All the staff are very nice and polite. We always have a laugh and it is a pleasure to see them. Nothing is too much trouble. Would recommend them.
Thank you for taking the time to submit your review of the Belong at Home service. We aim to maintain high standards and are pleased to hear this has been your experience. I will ensure your kind comments are shared with the Atherton team.
All the young ladies we have had from Belong Atherton have all been very polite and very helpful. We cannot fault them in any way.
Thank you very much for taking the time to post this lovely feedback. We are delighted to hear that you are happy with the Belong at Home service and trust that your experience will continue to be a positive one.
It eases one's mind when you know help is always there and most importantly at the end of a telephone.
Thank you for your positive feedback on the support provided by Belong at Home. We aim to maintain high standards and we are delighted to hear that this has been your experience. I will ensure that your kind words are shared with the Belong at Home staff team; thanks again.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 06 November 2018- Caring Good
- Effective Good
- Responsive Good
- Safe Good
- Well-led Good
Inspection ratings
We rate most services according to how safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led they are, using four levels:
- Outstanding - The service is performing exceptionally well.
- Good - The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.
- Requires Improvement - The service isn't performing as well as it should and we have told the service how it must improve.
- Inadequate - The service is performing badly and we've taken action against the person or organisation that runs it.
- Not rated - we have not yet rated this area of the service, this is normally because the assessments we have carried out have been focused on other key questions.
News (18)
- Posted: Tuesday 21 Apr 2026Decked in black and gold balloons, bunting, and banners, Atherton’s leading care village, Belong, has commemorated 15 years supporting the community with a birthday bonanza destined to be the focus...
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- Posted: Monday 17 Nov 2025Dementia specialist care operator, Belong, has seen three of its care villages reaccredited the Quality Hallmark Award, demonstrating the highest standards and best practice in end-of-life care for its customers....
Awards / Recognitions (11)
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Meet the Team (4)
Lesley has an extensive career history in social care which began in a residential home in Salford, and later as a care assistant for social services for 9 years, before leaving to live in Holland and later Portugal. On returning to England in 2004, Lesley returned to social care, working at Cornwall Care as a community carer, before progressing within the company and becoming an area manager for two areas of domiciliary care in the area of St Ives and in Falmouth. Lesley returned back to Manchester, to be nearer to her parents in 2008, and managed a small residential home for people with mental illness before joining Belong, as the Registered Manager for the Belong at Home service in Atherton, in April 2019.
Andy is a highly motivated and caring member of the Belong at Home team and its longest-standing colleague, having been appointed as its first community support worker when the service was launched in 2009.
He embodies Belong values and has worked across the various Belong at Home regions to support local teams through various challenging periods. He has been instrumental in developing the service to its current level and is committed to taking it to the next level, both in terms of business growth and closer integration with the villages to ensure our services operate in a complementary manner. He is loved and admired by customers and colleagues alike, working closely with his care team and also with other managers, providing support to all who need it. As Head of Operations (Belong at Home), Andrew maintains his focus on the customer, leading by example and showing his usual determination to ensure that clients receive person-centred support from a team in which he is personally invested. Andrew is a great example of someone who lives and breathes the organisation’s ethos, values and culture, and instils these into both his team and other managers. He is a truly inspirational individual.
Rachael is an outstanding trainer who has worked in the Health and Social Care sector for 29 years.
She started with Cheshire County Council in domiciliary care in 1996 and then joined CLS in 1997, where she worked as a Care Assistant and Care Team Leader before progressing to a Care Manager.
Recognising her passion for mentoring and developing others, she made the move to training company, Total People, where she worked for 15 years as a Training Advisor/Assessor/IQA supporting learners through various Health and Social Care qualifications at L2/3/5.
In 2017, she was appointed Practice Development Facilitator for Belong at Home, with responsibility for the professional development of our community support workers across all regions.
An invaluable member of our team, Rachael enjoys empowering others to be able to support customers in a person-centred way to ensure they receive continuity of high-quality care.
Elaine brings a wealth of care sector experience to her role as Senior Enquiry Manager for Belong at Home and, above all, carries it out with enormous empathy and compassion.
She has supported the expansion of Belong’s home care service since 2016, providing advice, information and guidance to people seeking support in their own homes.
Prior to that she worked as Enquiry Manager for CLS Care Services for a number of years, applying her previous extensive experience as a frontline carer to bear in her ability to support enquirers through the process of finding the right care setting, as well as supporting managers to promote their care services effectively.
Elaine’s caring qualities have been honed over a long career in the care sector, which she first joined in 1988, holding a variety of roles, including Care Assistant, Activity Co-ordinator and Team Leader, before working as a highly effective Registered Home Manager for 15 years.
Frequently Asked Questions about Belong at Home Atherton
How many Carers does Belong at Home Atherton employ?
Belong at Home Atherton employs 12 carers.
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