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The latest from Southdown

News, reports, and announcements from across our organisation.
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June 3, 2024

Board Member Shares Fond Farewell

Board member, Michelle Baker, shares a fond farewell to Southdown as she takes on a new position at the Regulator of Social Housing. ''Southdown holds

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May 21, 2024

Artists Come Together for Mental Health

Throughout May, members of the public are invited to visit our Wellbeing Hub at Preston Park during the weekends to enjoy art created by clients

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May 13, 2024

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..

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May 9, 2024

A Statement Responding To Proposed Changes To Disability Benefits System

Many of you will have heard the recent speech from the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, on his intent to “reform the disability benefits system”, proposing

Southdown Partnership Leads for UOK

May 7, 2024

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....

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

April 2, 2024

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.

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March 30, 2024

Southdown’s 2024 Pay Award

We are really pleased to announce that we will be increasing our base rate pay from April 2024 to continue paying our colleagues above the

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March 4, 2024

The NHS needs to think differently about working with others

A new agreement in Sussex sets out how the NHS and VCSE sector will work together to meet mental health, learning disabilities and neurodiversity needs.

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January 31, 2024

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.

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January 18, 2024

Southdown signs the Age-friendly Employer Pledge

We are pleased to say Southdown has signed the Age-friendly Employer Pledge, a nationwide programme run by the Centre for Ageing Better.

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January 15, 2024

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.