On 5th February, 2025, Carers Manchester staff and one our Lived Experience reps visited the Smart Suite. Here’s what they learned!
The Smart Suite was founded by the Manchester Equipment and Adaptions Partnership (MEAP). It is in Beswick, near Manchester City Stadium.
The Smart Suite is a showroom where you can see different equipment and adaptions which MEAP can provide, as well as examples of other equipment. The space is set up to be welcoming. There are areas set up as a bathroom, bedroom, kitchen and living room. Even the lift in the building is a working example of an adaptation and some of the toilets in the building have adaptations in place. There are examples of community alarms, including a pendant alarm, falls alarms, heat, carbon, smoke and flood alarms, wearable trackers and door alarms.
The staff are knowledgeable and can explain what different equipment or adaptations would be helpful for different situations, and how to arrange an assessment for these.
