Our History

Our creation

I'm Sumayya and I set this company up in 2019 with my son, Ashley (in the picture). Ash was an aspiring Social Worker at the time and had great ideas for how we could work together to do good and help others. We had a farm and had a therapy horse available which was pretty awesome! Sadly Ash had some health challenges and he died in November 2020.

The loss of a child is something that changes you forever. I am blessed with a daughter and she inspires me to keep going. So through Ash's Place I practice ethical and kind Independent Social Work in order to help people. I also have some fantastic Associates to work with me when required.

Thank you

I'm grateful to my past colleagues in the statutory settings I've worked in before, and I am pleased to be making new connections with people keen to work with me as an Independent Social Worker, Trainer or Consultant.

How can we help?

Ash's Place offers Independent Social Work services tailored to your needs. Much of our work is in relation to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Assessments, Mental Capacity Assessments, Independent Assessments of Parenting Capacity and independent complaint investigations. We also have our popular Walk & Talk sessions with Sweetie the Retriever. We're keen on research and we deliver training in relation to key health & social care issues. We're happy to discuss your needs around specialist consultancy support. Sumayya is registered with Social Work England (Registration SW505) and she is registered with the Disclosure & Barring Service to ensure she always has an up to date DBS check.

Donate to help our work

£5.00

Supporting Ash's Place

You can translate your appreciation of Sumayya's work into material support, and help sustain her as an independent social worker and consultant, by making a donation.

Via PayPal, as above, you can make a one off donation.

If you require an alternative to PayPal, it is easy to make an online one off payment, or you can set up a regular standing order mandate with your bank by using the following details for us;

Account name: Ash's Place Ltd
Bank name: Starling
Account number: 84795608
Sort code: 60-83-71
Address: Starling Bank Operations Team, 5th Floor Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff, Wales, CF24 0FG

Non UK details:

SWIFT/BIC: SRLGGB2L
IBAN: GB79SRLG60837184795608

Thank you. Your support is really appreciated.