Meet Rae

The best lessons I ever learned in life, came from the worst experiences in my life.

Meet Rae

The best lessons I ever learned in life, came from the worst experiences in my life.

Harnessing the Power of Lived Experience

The Maslow Foundation works at the intersection of health, justice, and social care, delivering trauma-informed services that create lasting change for individuals, families, and communities.

The Maslow Foundation utilises Maslow’s hierarchy of needs as a guiding framework to create genuinely human-centred, holistic services.

The Maslow Foundation creates safe spaces for meaningful conversations through our model of trauma stabilisation and connection. We bring lived experience into service delivery to improve outcomes and help people move toward stability, opportunity, and hope.

Explore The Maslow Foundation’s diverse range of innovative projects.

Our Projects

How we help

Hope for Change

Providing housing and intensive housing support for people who are vulnerable creating journeys toward employment and positive change

Child Impact Assessment 

Ensuring children’s voices are heard when a parent is at risk of imprisonment or other significant events, recognising the long-term impact on children.

Professional Consultancy

Embedding lived experience into service design and delivery to create more effective, person-centred support.

How we Work

CO-CREATING

Our projects are co-created with other charities, the public sector and the communities we serve.

OUR PROJECTS

Vanessa's Blog

Is Language a Patient Safety Issue?

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The use of language in healthcare can significantly influence patient safety in several ways. We identify communication as a contributing factor to investigation recommendations but I would like to explore…

The Future of Leadership in Healthcare: Balancing AI and Humanity in a Complex World

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Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare The healthcare industry has been undergoing an immense transformation, largely propelled by advancements in technology. The rapid shift towards personalized care, fueled by insights from genomics,…

How Do You Create Curiosity When There Is Chaos And Fear.

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Listening to Sir Mark Rowley (Metropolitan Police) answering questions from the public, we realise the enormous challenge that policing has to change their culture and enable the community to be…

Should Regulatory Organisations Undergo a Health and Safety Risk Assessment

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The tragic and preventable death of Ruth Perry, headteacher at a school downgraded by an Ofsted inspection, has sparked calls for a review of regulatory oversight. While safety and quality…

Our Approach

Our services create safe spaces for meaningful conversations.

We prioritise:

✓ Building support around individual needs using Maslow’s hierarchy approach

✓ Trauma stabilisation and connection

✓ Safeguarding and risk management

✓ Participation and lived experience

✓ Entrepreneurial Hub

✓ Access to interventions

Our values:

Hope
Supporting people to believe that positive change is possible.

Joy
Recognising strengths, celebrating progress, and creating moments of connection.

Meaning
Helping people find purpose, belonging, and opportunities for growth.

Experience gives the greatest lessons in life

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REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1197354