The latest from Southdown

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6 July 2022

New ‘Health and Wellbeing Service’ Opens In West Sussex

Launching from mid-July onwards, the Health and Wellbeing Service is a social prescribing service, working in partnership with GP practices across West Sussex.

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13 May 2022

Celebrating the success of Work in Mind Employment Support Service in partnership with Health in Mind

Southdown’s Work in Mind service has received a tremendous boost in the recent annual review for 2021-2022.

6 May 2022

Community Roots network changes name to UOK Brighton & Hove

As lead provider for the Community Roots network, Southdown are pleased to announce that as of Monday 9th May, at the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, Community Roots will....

"When we get it right for women, everyone benefits, both in the workplace and beyond."

21 April 2022

Southdown Signs The Menopause Workplace Pledge

Women make up nearly half of the UK workforce, but around 900,000 have quit their jobs because of the menopause.

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1 March 2022

“The Covid-19 Employment Support Service has been a real life saver”

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected all of our lives over the last two years.

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10 December 2021

Six New CQC Reports Rate ‘Good’ Overall

All our learning disability services are registered with, and regulated by, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC is an independent regulator for health and social care in England.

7 December 2021

Pilot Scheme Helping Hospital Patients Transition To The Community Extended

We are proud to announce that our Discharge to Assess service, launched in November 2020, has been extended to March 2022. Initially a six month pilot scheme, Discharge to Assess....

7 December 2021

Mental Health Crisis Prevention Service Buildings Back Open!

We are pleased to announce that our Staying Well Space service buildings have reopened in all three locations - Brighton, Eastbourne, and Hastings, enabling clients to access our buildings to....

1 December 2021

New ‘Health and Wellbeing service’ opens in Brighton & Hove and East Sussex

Launching from late November onwards, the Health and Wellbeing Service is a social prescribing service, working in partnership with GP practices across East Sussex and Brighton and Hove and Sussex....

18 November 2021

Artwork needed for Southdown’s Xmas ecard and 2022 Calendar – creative competition for Southdown clients and tenants

Last year, Southdown’s Christmas ecard (see above) was designed by clients in our Newhaven Supported Living Learning Disability Service following an invitation for clients across all of our Learning Disability....

9 November 2021

Update on Home Works housing support contract in East Sussex

From the 23rd November 2021, the Home Works service we currently provide will transfer to BHT Sussex following their successful bid to provide a new five-year East Sussex Housing Related....