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18 June 2025

Southdown achieves major reduction in restraint use in Learning Disability Services

Keeping clients and staff safe is a priority in our learning disability support services .

A group of five people from the Milchester Players theatre group, including clients and Support Workers from an East Sussex service, are dressed in colourful sea-themed costumes on stage. They are smiling and posing together in outfits such as a fish, mermaid, ship captain, lobster, and shark. A "Learning Disability Week 2025 – Do You See Me?" badge appears in the corner of the image.

17 June 2025

Do You See Me?: Celebrating the Milchester Players this Learning Disability Week

For Learning Disability Week 2025, we’re celebrating the amazing Milchester Players – our East Sussex theatre group led by clients and Support Workers at Southdown.

16 June 2025

Exciting News: Southdown-led partnership wins mental health support services contract in Brighton & Hove

We’re pleased to share that a Southdown-led partnership has been successful in securing the contract to deliver community-based mental health support services in Brighton & Hove for another five years.

A man in a navy padded jacket sits at a table holding up a colourful poster with photos and blue rosettes. He leans slightly forward and looks directly at the camera. Next to him, a woman with long curly hair, glasses, and a black-and-white striped top sits closely, looking at the poster with a calm, supportive expression. The image is from a Southdown client involvement session.

5 June 2025

Southdown’s new involvement charter and strategy to centre client and tenant voice

At Southdown, our clients and tenants are at the heart of everything we do. We know that the best services are built with, not just for, the people who use....

Illustrated banner with colourful wildflowers along the top and bottom edges, and a teapot and teacup graphic above the text: 'Join us for a fun Garden Party at our Bradbury Court (Learning Disability) service.

3 June 2025

Join us for a garden party at our Bradbury Court learning disability support service

This June, clients and staff at our learning disability support service , Bradbury Court, are inviting friends, families, and everyone to join them for a very special afternoon.

A mental health talk in progress, delivered by Daniel Wilsher, to a seated audience in a community hall. A large screen behind him reads 'Building Community Through Service' and a UOK banner stands nearby, displaying the message 'It's OK to need help, we all do sometimes.'

2 June 2025

UOK Hosts Inspiring Mental Health Talk on Community and Connection

Following from Mental Health Awareness Week, UOK hosted a Mental Health talk around the theme of Community at the Brighthelm Centre in the heart of Brighton.

Promotional materials from the UOK event for Mental Health Awareness Week, including wellbeing tip cards, UOK leaflets, pens, mints, and bookmarks encouraging mental health check-ins.

16 May 2025

Celebrating Community: UOK Hosts Frontline Workers for Mental Health Awareness Week

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week 2025, our UOK frontline workers across Brighton & Hove came together on Tuesday, 13th May, at Southdown’s office in Isetta Square for a gathering....

16 May 2025

This Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re celebrating Community

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and this year we are celebrating the power and importance of community for our mental health.

Promotional banner for a live talk on mental health awareness by Daniel Wilsher, TEDx speaker and finalist of Channel 4’s The Piano. The image shows Daniel on stage in front of a seated audience, with a microphone and keyboard in the foreground. The UOK and Southdown logos are displayed at the top of the banner. The talk's theme is - Building community through service.

1 May 2025

‘Building community through service’: UOK Brighton & Hove to host mental health talk

Building on the momentum of Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 (12-18 May), UOK Brighton & Hove is continuing the conversation by hosting a powerful in-person talk exploring how lived experience....

25 April 2025

Stronger together: Reflections on our first year of leading the UOK East Sussex partnership

Southdown’s vision for UOK has been to create a mental health system for our communities that is accessible and inclusive, holistic and preventative.

A Recovery College staff member speaks with a visitor at the registration desk during a busy Open Day event, with people chatting and exploring course materials in a welcoming community hall setting.

22 April 2025

Brighton & Hove Recovery College Open Day – Launching Summer Term

The Brighton & Hove Recovery College , run by Southdown as part of the UOK Brighton & Hove mental health partnership, is inviting local residents to its Open Day.