Help Us Launch The October Experience Exchange – #DiscoverTogether
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Ups and Downs Southwest is a Down Syndrome support charity serving children and young people, their parents/carers and all linked professionals dealing with the health and education of children and young people who have Down Syndrome.
Somerset Office
Our head office is based in Somerset and from here we cover, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, North Somerset and Wiltshire.
Bristol Office
For families and professionals in the Bristol area, we have a dedicated team based at The Park Centre, Knowle.
Castle Cary – Jumble Sale and Coffee Morning
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Pizza Making at Sherborne Youth Club
Everybody had a great time at Sherborne Youth Club making Pizzas – Ups and Downs Southwest.
Under 10’s Christmas Party
Festive Fun 3rd December 2017 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm 1610 Robert Blake & Elmwood Leisure Hamp Avenue Bridgwater TA6 6AW Check out the event on our Facebook Page
Kelly’s Martock 10K
Kelly Ware is running in the Martock 10K 18th June 2018 - Raising Funds for Ups and Downs Southwest She has a set up a JustGiving page to help raise some funds for Ups and Downs Southwest Kelly's Martock 10K 2018 JustGiving page. Martock 10K...
Tesco Bags of Help
Ups and Downs Southwest is bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch its community funding scheme, which sees grants of £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 – raised from carrier bag sales in Tesco...
Short Breaks Activity Calendar
Somerset Shorts Break Calendar There are many activities you can do during October, with many short breaks on offer. This is a very nice calendar of events organised by different clubs and groups - if you want to take part in any of them please book directly with the...
Our New Website – The Wait is Over
Ups and Downs Southwest are delighted to launch our new website, logo, and branding. In a bid to place us firmly on the Southwest map, and in partnership with Barry of SimplyAlien we have a new website, logo and a change to our branding. Under his guidance, we...
Waitrose – Wellington
For this month only, September, if you are in Waitrose, Wellington and are given a token, please vote for us!
Learning about Education Health Care Plan with SENDIAS
In conjunction with SENDIAS this workshop will help you find out about your rights, timescales and prudent information about the Education Health Care Plan. We are delighted to be able to offer this workshop to you FREE. Venue - Victoria Park Community Centre,...
Goblin Coombe
If you go down to the woods today ... Ups and Downs young people go camping. What a great time we had on our first Ups and Downs overnight camp at Goblin Combe. Six amazing young people and volunteers enjoyed fire building, den making and who could build the biggest...
HIGOS Bridport Colour Run
Multi-Coloured success A big thank you goes out to HIGOS's Bridport branch whose staff took part in the Bridport Colour Run, and in doing so raised £650 for Ups and Downs Southwest their charity of the year. Walking or running they completed the 2.5km at St...
Congratulations Poppy
Well Done Poppy Beer wins a Year 3 Trophy 2016/17 for the person that made the most progress in the whole of the school. If you have any success stories please send them to liz@www.upsanddowns.net
They did take part in something amazing!
Scary but Brave... Saturday 24th June 2017, saw 11 people abseil down Uphill Quarry, Weston-Super-Mare for us. We think the pictures say it all. A massive thank you to everyone that came and took part and their supporters, to date you raised an amazing £1500. If you...
Young Fundraisers receive Diana Award
Two of our young fundraisers have been awarded a Diana Award To celebrate Princess Diana’s Birthday this 20th Anniversary year, The Diana Award releases their Roll of Honour for 2017. The names of over 750 outstanding young people, from across the UK and the...
HIGOS £1500 Donation
Fantastic Support Higos Insurance Services have recently donated £1,500. This will help us fund our Summer Trip to Crealy Adventure Park and also our rebranding enabling us to reach more people. Higos said they were delighted to donate the money to such an incredible,...
