Handmade quilts and blankets for local children
In March, Southside Family Project was delighted to receive a second generous donation of blankets from Project Linus UK. These beautiful blankets were given to children attending the Southside ThinC group, a 12-week programme designed to support young people who may have experienced trauma or are facing emotional challenges such as anxiety, low confidence, or […]
FASHION MATTERS: Southside and Mercy in Action on the Runway.
A stylish, joyful and deeply community-spirited evening, kindly hosted free of charge by The Paragon School, was enjoyed by all at the second Southside and Mercy In Action (MiA) Fashion Show; a growing highlight of Bath’s social calendar! Guests, including members of our Writhlington Hub Steering group came along to enjoy a delicious spread of […]
Southside X Bath City FC Foundation
Great news for Southside clients this season! Thanks to a long-standing partnership between Domestic Abuse Services Manager Andy and the Bath City FC Foundation, we were given a number of adult season tickets for 2026. These could be used to offer free entry to any Bath City home game, a fantastic opportunity for clients to […]
Christmas 2025 Update
Southside’s offices will be closed from 2pm on Wednesday 24th December until 9am on Friday 2nd January 2026. We will however be actioning high risk domestic abuse referrals received from the Police. Our amazing staff and volunteer team at Southside will be taking a much-needed break at the end of this challenging year. It is […]
Queen Esoteric Fundraiser for Southside
Amazing vibes and fantastic auction deals were the order of the evening at a stunning fundraiser recently organised by entrepreneurial makeup artist Queen Esoteric in support of Southside. “I just wanted to give something back,” said her majesty (aka Chanel Hill). “Southside’s services have been so important for me, and for many of my friends. […]
Southside’s Annual Review 2023/24
Southside’s new Annual Review is available to download here: Southside Annual Review 2023-24 The theme for this report is ‘Looking back to look forward’, highlighting how we have learned through experience and benefited from the expertise built by people with personal experience of the challenges we tackle – Southside has always had lived experience at […]
Changes to our Family Support and Play Service
From 1st November 2024, the Family Support and Play Service starts a new phase following the end of the significant annual contribution from the Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) Direct Schools Grant to support work with children and their families. The direct B&NES Council funding is continuing with a variation to the contract to […]
Thanks to Rotork for choosing Southside as 2024 Charity of the Year
We are delighted that Southside is being supported as Rotork’s Bath office Charity of the Year for 2024! They started the fundraising with a great team taking on the Bath Half Marathon in March and visited Meade House in June to present a big cheque for £3,500 to support our work with local families facing […]
Doodlefest celebrates the accessibility of art!
Southside teamed up recently with Bath Mind, The Carers’ Centre and The Holburne Museum to bring the art of the doodle to the communities of Bath and North East Somerset. The Holburne Museum is currently host to the first large scale exhibition of the work of Mr Doodle, AKA Sam Cox the UWE trained artist […]
Every little helps – vote for Southside!
From July to September, you can use your Tesco blue tokens to vote for Southside in the Keynsham, Longwell Green and Saltford stores. We are one of three organisations chosen to vote for to support our Keynsham Community Hub Group – the one with the highest number of blue tokens by the end of September […]