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20 years of actualising care
Paul, Ann, and Hugo de Savary founded Home From Home Care in 2004, inspired by their daughter Laura, Hugo’s sister, to create a new kind of care environment — one where adults with learning disabilities, autism, and complex physical and mental health could truly live life to the fullest.
For more than 20 years, they’ve been innovating in social care, building award-winning homes, achieving Outstanding CQC ratings, Platinum from Investors in People, leading with compassion, creativity, and family values.
Underpinning everything is a unique data informed care model. It’s a holistic approach to the adults, their environments, colleagues, management and millions of pieces of real time data – made possible by Zone Standard which is built on the AL Platform.
What started out as the aspirations of a family Care Company, has become a template for groundbreaking ways of working, and actualising complex services.
“Back in 2010, our care company, needed a rostering system. We researched, signed a contract, and waited.
What we got wasn’t a solution. It was broken promises — hot air dressed as software.
So, we turned frustration into fuel. Over endless coffees and scribbles, we sketched on a single sheet of paper what became the AL Platform. Jane turned it into a slide. That was our beginning. The seed — a single ONE AL Platform where everything speaks to everything, and everyone.”
Paul & Hugo de Savary
From the start, we built AL by partnering with Early Adopters willing to take the leap with us, so we could build AL from the inside.
They weren’t clients. They were co-creators. Together, we tested, broke, rebuilt, and refined. Every frustration became a feature. Every barrier became part of the DNA of the platform.
Without them, AL would have stayed an idea. With them, it became something real — shaped in the day-to-day reality of frontline care and workforce management.
AL isn’t just another piece of software. It’s lived experience, turned into practical tools.
Every part of the AL Platform carries the fingerprints of those who shaped it. That's why we don't call AL "our tech" - but a shared solution built with the people who need it most.
AL is now fast evolving into new areas, including: