About us
What we do
Our Sussex disability charity – The Bevern Trust – ensures that people with profound disabilities can live truly active and fulfilling lives, in a home where they can feel safe, are loved and are offered compassionate care.
The Bevern Trust: A Brief History
The Bevern Trust — started with a care home founded by parents, from Sussex, in 1999. This movement was in response to concerns at the lack of facilities for young people with complex needs. It aimed to provide a home for young people for as long as they choose to live there. The Trust was formed by two parents groups who worked together and combined their resources.
The parent groups continue their work in their locality, within Sussex, and Trustees are appointed with a particular focus and responsibility for their local project.
With a Christian ethos we were founded by and uphold Christian values that demonstrate that everyone has the right to live their life in abundance. Now we provide 24hour care for 11 people who live with us full time.
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Bevern View
In 2024 we celebrated 25 years of caring for profoundly disabled people at our purpose built care home, Bevern View. In that time the home has expanded and adapted to the changing nature of adult social care. However, our ethos of loving and person-centred care has not changed.
At Bevern View, we offer a full suite of activities in our sensory room, hydrotherapy in our pool, gardening and other activities like music and art therapy which are all designed to improve the lives of the vulnerable people we care for.
Compassionate care is at the centre of Bevern View. Everything we do is based on each persons strengths and gifts, whilst involving the most important people in their lives – their family. As a charity we aspire to a time when every parent with a disabled child has services in place, like ours, that offer love, support and opportunity for some of the most marginalised people in society.
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Our Values
The Bevern Trust is a registered charity. We seek to change, progress and improve. We offer love, care, freedom and opportunity allowing profoundly disabled people to get more from life and where care, family and love come first, every day. The Bevern Trust is passionate about releasing people from the expectations others have about disability.
Committed (love)
We offer a home for life for
our residents and support for their families.
Care (care)
We ensure our residents receive high quality care and support which is person-centred, reflecting their needs and wishes. We uphold our residents’ dignity, privacy and human rights.
Choice (freedom)
We support our residents to maximise their choice, control and independence.
Community (opportunity)
We are committed to
operating as a community and committed to being a responsible part of the local communities around us.