Southdown Team at Summer Fiesta

Investors in People Gold Award

We’re delighted to announce that we have successfully retained the coveted Investors in People (IIP) Gold standard following our recent assessment.

Starts at Home

Blog: Starts at Home Day

On this #StartsAtHomeDay, it’s time for an adult conversation about the future of supported and temporary accommodation. We need a coordinated approach that brings together capital and revenue funding to truly transform lives and communities.

KInd people are our kind of people

UK Riots and Support

Following the recent riots across the UK, our Chief Executive, Neil Blanchard, shares a message of solidarity for humanity and against racism and violence.

Southdown employees at our annual Summer Fiesta

All the fun of the Fiesta with sunshine & stocks

The exceptional care provided across our learning disability services was on full display at our annual Summer Fiesta.

Sharon Clare, Director of Client Services, Southdown

Message of thanks to our Director of Client Services

On behalf of everybody at Southdown, our Chief Executive shares a message of thanks to our Director of Client Services who is moving on from Southdown after 23 years.

Learning Disability Week 2024, ‘Do you see me?’

We asked colleagues and people we support through our learning disability services to share what the theme for Learning Disability Week, ‘Do you see me?’, means to them, and how it relates to their experience of Southdown and what we do.

General Election 2024: importance of adequate funding for health and social care.

Ahead of the General Election 2024, our Chief Executive stresses the critical importance of adequate funding for health and social care.

Introducing our refreshed UOK website

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, the team at Southdown is delighted to share a refreshed website for the UOK network of mental health support across Brighton & Hove..

Southdown Partnership Leads for UOK

Introducing Southdown’s Partnership Leads for UOK

Our Communications Manager sat down with our Partnership Leads for UOK East Sussex and Brighton & Hove to find out more about their roles and the UOK network of mental health support.

Southdown Mental Health Support Coordinators celebrate launch of UOK East Sussex on Hastings seafront.

Southdown Launch Five-Year UOK East Sussex Partnership

Southdown launch five-year UOK East Sussex partnership with East Sussex County Council to promote good mental wellbeing and improve access to support.

A woman is wearing a stripy yellow t shirt and is smiling whilst looking at the camera.

Working together to protect the future of local learning disability services

Sussex providers of learning disability services join forces to highlight issues and campaign for future sustainability of support.

A white woman with black glasses and purple cropped hair is looking at a client with curly brown hair. She is holding a leaflet in her hands.

Southdown awarded five-year contract to transform community mental health support in East Sussex

We’re delighted to share that we’ve been awarded the five-year contract to lead the transformation of non-clinical, community support for people living with mental health challenges in East Sussex.