Sussex Pathways has been honoured with The Queens Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK....

Niamh Noakes is to be recognised and commended for her caring nature and going above and beyond to support Prisoners on release. Whilst going about her work in HMP Lewes seeing other clients, she came across another Prisoner who needed support that had not been referred to us as Adult Social Care were involved in supporting him, or so it was thought! Below is her explanation of the situation. "Met Mr A this morning whilst seeing another client. During our conversation, i

Every year we welcome social work students from the University of Sussex to complete a placement with us. It is a real highlight of the year to see both to see their confidence grow over the course of the placement but also to gain fresh perspectives on the work that we do. Last month we received a letter of thanks from Karen Okuefuna-Budd, Director of Practice Learning at the University of Sussex, which highlighted the impact that these placements have on the student's learn

One of the most powerful moments from our recent Kintsugi course at HMP Lewes came from a client who, at the outset, was very reluctant to take part in the process. He found the idea of deliberately breaking the object difficult and shared that he didn’t want to damage something that was he had taken time and care to create. With encouragement and support from the group, he chose to trust the process. After carefully breaking and then repairing his piece, he reflected: “Thi