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The latest from Southdown
News, reports, and announcements from across our organisation.

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

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

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..

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

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....

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.