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

12 December 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

11 July 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

7 June 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

5 June 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

11 February 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.

11 February 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.

11 January 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

3 January 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

12 October 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

11 September 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....

12 July 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....