This year, Seaview is celebrating forty years of supporting some of the most vulnerable people in our community. From much smaller beginnings, back in 1985 in a church hall on London Road, we now support over 1000 individuals every year providing them with food, comfort and companionship. Our range of services work in a true spirit of support and collaboration to make a holistic experience for everyone who uses our services.

We are incredibly proud of how far we have come and what we have achieved in the last forty years. The progress and impact we have had on our community and the lives of those who use our services has been outstanding. Our dedicated team of staff and volunteers both past and present have worked tirelessly to ensure that everyone receives a warm, non-judgmental welcome from Seaview.

Looking to the future, we remain committed to adapting to the changing needs of our clients and community, exploring new ways to reach and support even more people in need. It is a true testament to the strength of our community that we have come this far, and together, we can continue to make a difference. Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our journey so far, here’s to another 40 years of compassion, resilience and hope.

Helping people get back on their feet.

Seaview’s range of support services helps marginalised people with addiction problems, mental health issues, ex-and at-risk offenders and rough sleepers achieve personal growth and fulfilment.

Seaview’s range of services includes:

Open access Wellbeing Centre

We provide a warm and welcoming building where people can find help, comfort, friendship and inspiration. We offer laundry, washing facilities as well as access to activities such as gym, arts choir, healthy hot meals and friendship.

Seaview’s New Housing Project “Off the Streets”

We feel strongly that we should all have a place to call home and although this is only a first step away from homelessness, it’s a crucial one in people’s journey to find settled accommodation. At Seaview we value each person that uses our services, and we understand the importance of providing safe accommodation from where people can reach their potential. This housing project could be life changing for those struggling to survive on the streets.

Seaview is developing a 9 bedroom housing project with 24 hours supervised housing. Planning has been agreed and Seaview is in the process of restoring the house back to a home.

Rough Sleepers Outreach and Housing Support

People cannot achieve their goals without having somewhere to live. Since 1996, Seaview has been providing a dedicated housing support team to help those who are homeless access accommodation. Working with rough sleepers and people with a history of failed tenancies, we have been helping individuals navigate the pathway to achieving a home ensuring appropriate placement is aligned with support needs. We recognize our clients often have health and social care needs and support people to access specialist services alongside.

Seaview’s Specialist Outreach Recovery Service

The Seaview Specialist Outreach Recovery Service (SSORS) is a wraparound service intended to support people with their addiction recovery journeys.

The service is person centred and uses a ‘SMART Goals’ approach to determine achievable and attainable targets to encourage their recovery journey. Working intensely with clients for eight weeks, the SSORS team will provide access to a wide network of support helping them to build recovery capital. 

Seaview enjoys close partnerships with a range of healthcare organisations:

Integrated Care 24 (IC24)

Operating from a fully equipped treatment room in Seaview, IC-24 offer nurse-led drop-in clinics, up to three days a week. Service users can expect non-judgemental, practical, holistic, person-centred nursing support, in a friendly environment.

Integrated Care 24 are trying to bridge the gap that exists for those who struggle to engage with healthcare services.

Walk-in Doctor

Once a week, we offer walk-in doctor appointments for our service users in our treatment room here at Seaview.

Hepatitis C Trust and Brighton and Sussex Medical School

Offering a one stop well liver clinic in Seaview clinic room, once a week.

Connect Lived Experience Training

The Connect ‘peer trainers’ deliver drugs and alcohol awareness courses across the county. Seaview was fortunate to be granted funding enabling us to train a group of people in recovery to get the lived experience perspective included in the training delivery.

Aiming to help raise awareness of drugs and alcohol issues, explain how to get help and to de-stigmatize this group by raising awareness of some of the challenges facing people with substance misuse.

Funds raised by the Big Sleep in previous years has helped to fund the following services:

• Rough Sleepers Outreach Service – enabling Seaview to reach out and make contact with more rough sleepers on the street in the early hours, verifying and checking on the welfare of rough sleepers and encouraging individuals to take the first steps in finding a home.
• Seaview Accommodation Support Service (SASS) – supporting former entrenched rough sleepers in their homes and in doing so helping to stop the revolving door of homelessness.
• Wellbeing Centre – providing further support to those who use our Wellbeing Centre Services throughout the year.

Rough sleeping won’t go away today or tomorrow, but with your help we can make a difference!