The latest from Southdown

20 May 2026
NHS England funding to expand IPS employment support across Sussex
NHS England has awarded funding to Southdown , working in partnership with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust , to expand Individual Placement and Support (IPS) employment services across Sussex over....
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15 May 2026
Community football and wellbeing session launches Mental Health Awareness Week in Brighton
Earlier this week, UOK teamed up with Brighton & Hove Albion Foundation to kick off Mental Health Awareness Week with a free community football and wellbeing session in Brighton.
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15 May 2026
Marking National Hoarding Awareness Week 2026
Did you know that hoarding is considered a mental health condition?
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14 May 2026
Commissioning Excellence in East Sussex: strengthening trust, transparency and partnership
Commissioning shapes the services and opportunities available to communities, yet it often operates under financial pressure, organisational complexity, and transactional relationships.
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11 May 2026
What action will you take this Mental Health Awareness Week?
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week 2026, running from 11–17 May. The theme from the Mental Health Foundation is action .
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8 May 2026
Supporting communities in East Sussex understand and respond to trauma
Earlier this year in March, UOK East Sussex launched its Trauma-Informed Practice Test & Learn Programme 2026 , supporting local voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations to embed trauma-informed…
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28 April 2026
Join us for football, movement and good company this Mental Health Awareness Week
To mark this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week 2026, we’re starting with something simple: coming together.
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10 April 2026
Opening doors to care careers through community recruitment in Brighton
As the largest not-for-profit provider of care, support, and housing in Sussex, we value ourselves on being responsive to the needs of our services and our communities.
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1 April 2026
Reflecting on five years of Transition and Resettlement Support service
After five years, Southdown's Transition and Resettlement (T&R) Housing Support service has come to an end.
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18 February 2026
How Chit Chat Corner sessions are creating meaningful connections for our clients
Southdown's Chit Chat Corner initiative, launched in 2025, is already helping clients from our learning disability services across Sussex form meaningful friendships and stay connected.
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17 February 2026
Southdown’s Financial Inclusion team recognised at Parliament event
Members of Southdown's Financial Inclusion team were invited to the National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers' (NAWRA) 50th anniversary celebration at the Houses of Parliament last month, marking five decades....
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