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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.
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,...
HIGOS Lots of Socks
Crazy Multi-Coloured Socks On behalf of everyone at Ups and Downs Southwest, we would like to say a big thank you to Higos for their participation in the Lots of Socks campaign and their generous donation of £250. The Staff from Higos Insurance Services raised...
Do you dare? Take part in something amazing!
Have fun and Abseil Uphill Quarry, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset Saturday 13th May 2017 Uphill Quarry venue is located in the village of Uphill a few miles from Weston-Super-Mare. This is a great abseil venue down a very high slightly overhanging cliff face...
HIGOS Charity of the YEAR 2017
EXCITING NEWS for local Charity! Ups and Downs Southwest, a support group for children and young people with Down Syndrome are delighted to announce that Higos Insurance Services Ltd have chosen to support them as their Charity of the Year for 2017. Higos Insurance...
Flash Mob Dance.
Skydive.
Thank You. Huge Massive thanks to athe our incredible and amazing skydivers who jumped for us. It was a gloriously sunny day with both Mike and Oliver on hand to record the day with lots of great pictures! (Mike got sunburnt to an absolute crisp.) Skydivers who jumped...
Firewalk
They walked on Fire What a fabulous night was had by all at our wonderful fire-walking event, 20 of us WALKED ON FIRE for Ups and Downs Southwest, and we hope to have a grand total to amaze and astound you in the next couple of weeks. We can at least, however, for the...
Events What’s On
Calendar Of Events
We have an extensive program of events, which you can view on our What’s On Calendar.