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The latest from Southdown

News, reports, and announcements from across our organisation.
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December 12, 2022

New ‘Rough Sleeping Initiative and Complex Needs Homeless’ service in East Sussex

Launched on 1st October, Southdown’s new ‘Rough Sleeping Initiative and Complex Needs Homeless’ service supports people in East Sussex who are sleeping rough or at

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July 11, 2022

New ‘Southdown Moves’ service launches in Brighton & Hove

Launching on 1st November and delivered by Southdown, the ‘Southdown Moves’ service will provide accommodation, housing management and support for people with low support mental

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June 7, 2022

New ‘Health and Wellbeing Service’ Opens In West Sussex

Launching from mid-July onwards, the Health and Wellbeing Service is a social prescribing service, working in partnership with GP practices across West Sussex. Southdown already

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June 5, 2022

Community Roots network changes name to UOK Brighton & Hove

As lead provider for the Community Roots network, Southdown are pleased to announce that as of Monday 9th May, at the start of Mental Health

Homes for Homeless

February 11, 2022

Homes for Homeless campaign raises £100k

With the money raised, along with money Southdown has invested and Government funding, our Housing team has identified two self-contained flats in Eastbourne which we’re in the process of purchasing.

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February 11, 2022

Good CQC rating for our learning disability services

All of our Supported Living services have been inspected and rated as ‘good’ by the CQC.

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January 11, 2022

Southdown Recognised As A Top 30 Employer For Working Families

We are really proud to announce that Southdown has, for the tenth year in a row, been recognised as a Top 30 Employer for Working

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January 3, 2022

“The Covid-19 Employment Support Service has been a real life saver”

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected all of our lives over the last two years. For many people, it has impacted on their mental wellbeing and

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October 12, 2021

Six New CQC Reports Rate ‘Good’ Overall

All our learning disability services are registered with, and regulated by, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC is an independent regulator for health and

September 11, 2021

Update on Home Works housing support contract in East Sussex

From the 23rd November 2021, the Home Works service we currently provide will transfer to BHT Sussex following their successful bid to provide a new five-year East Sussex Housing Related....

July 12, 2021

Pilot Scheme Helping Hospital Patients Transition To The Community Extended

We are proud to announce that our Discharge to Assess service, launched in November 2020, has been extended to March 2022. Initially a six month pilot scheme, Discharge to Assess....