GROW was developed so we can:
GROW isn’t about ticking boxes. It’s about understanding a person’s story — their strengths, what matters to them, and how they’re moving toward the life they want.
Every adult moves through different stages of life:
Becoming Adult, Being Adult and Always Adult.
Each stage brings different challenges, opportunities and responsibilities.
GROW helps us understand:
Because growth doesn’t happen in straight lines — it happens season by season.
The GROW Tool helps us stay true to what matters most at Alkira:
You. Your choices. Your goals. Your growth.
Just as the GROW Tool and Life Stages Model helps us understand how people grow, change and thrive across adulthood, our Co‑Design Model ensures that the people we support are equal partners in shaping the supports, services and ideas that help them flourish. While the Life Stages Model provides the roadmap for what people may need at different times in their lives, Co‑Design is the way we walk that journey together — listening deeply, sharing ideas, and building solutions side by side. By bringing these two approaches together, we make sure that every stage of life is not only understood, but also shaped by the voices, choices and lived experiences of the people at the centre of it all. In other words, Life Stages tells us when and where to tend the garden, and Co‑Design ensures everyone gets a hand in deciding how it grows.
