Sussex Compact

Working together to improve quality of life for people in our communities

Sussex Partnership has joined forces with voluntary sector organisations to enhance the support available for people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and neurodiversity.

Southdown team at the Affordable Housing Awards

We won! Best Supported Housing Landlord.

Southdown has been recognised by the national Affordable Housing Awards as the Best Supported Housing Landlord.

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Listening And Learning From Our Clients And Tenants

Listening to our clients and tenants and creating opportunities for them to share their opinions and influence how we do things is important to us. So much so, it is one of our four strategic business priorities. Across Southdown, there are lots of great client involvement activities happening – within our support services across Sussex […]

Peer Tutor at Southdown

Southdown Peer Tutor takes centre stage at Supported Employment awards

The BASE Awards highlight best practice in the UK using supported employment to change and enrich the lives of disabled, neurodivergent and disadvantaged people through good employment.

Southdown Win Award at the Mental Health Awards 2023

Winner of Most Innovative Mental Health Intervention Award

We proudly accepted the award at The Mental Health Awards 2023 in recognition for our partnership-driven and recovery-focused community mental health services across Sussex.

East Sussex VCSE Alliance Conference

East Sussex VCSE Alliance Annual Conference

The 2nd East Sussex VCSE Annual Conference is taking place on the 8th November 2023 at The View Hotel in Eastbourne.

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Ewe OK Joins Fatboy Slim on Fundraiser!

Clients from our UOK Brighton & Hove mental health service, the Wellbeing Hub at Preston Park, joined Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim, on his half-marathon walk across Brighton and Hove in aid of local hospice, Martlets. This month, residents and visitors to the city will have noticed some very colourful and unique Shaun the Sheep […]

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Introducing our Business Strategy for 2023-28

“I am delighted to introduce you to our new strategy. In getting to this point, the Board and the Executive team have had a healthy debate on what we see as the risks and challenges, of which there are many. Perhaps, more importantly, we have spent time consideringthe opportunities and how, with decisive and bold […]

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Our Tenants’ Annual Report for 2022-23

We’re delighted to share with you our Tenants’ Annual Report for 2022-23; a report we produce for our tenants highlighting what we have done in our role as a landlord over the past 12 months.

Impact Report 2022-23

Celebrating our Impact in 2022-23

We’re really excited and proud to share our Impact Report for 2022-23 with you.

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One Year On – Reflections from the Chair of our Board

When I took over as Chair in September 2022, it was all change! I was the longest standing Board member with three years’ experience; one third of the Board had only joined that month. In addition, there were two new subcommittee chairs – Helen Tuddenham (People, Pay and Culture Committee) and Simon Nunan (Audit and […]

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Southdown Named Top 30 Family-Friendly Employer in UK

We are delighted to announce that the national charity for working parents and carers, Working Families, has announced, for the eleventh year running, that Southdown has been awarded a place on its prestigious and competitive list of top family-friendly employers in the UK. Employers large and small from across the public, private, and third sectors […]