Bevern Trust

The Bevern Trust is a Registered Charity that has been set up to support young adults with profound learning disabilities and their families. At present it runs a home for severely disabled young adults offering permanent and respite care, a domicilliary care service and is looking to develop further care homes. Our Mission is to enable young people with profound disabilities to live their lives to the full. To achieve a safe and secure environment for people with profound disabilities. To ensure that there is high quality care and support involving everyone important to them to enrich their lives. For people to develop and reach their full potential using a holistic approach. Developing life long learning. Upholding Christian values. Being active and valued within the community. Sharing knowledge and celebrating success. The Bevern Trust (Formerly part of the Agape Trust) Bevern View was founded by parents in 1999 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 - one in Hastings and the other in Barcombe - working together and combining their resources. We The Barcombe project was transferred to the Bevern Trust in 2004. The Trust recognises the need for residential centres for young people when they can no longer live at home. The reason for this is two-fold: Firstly... Those with complex needs, like all young people, reach the point where they need greater degree of independence from their families, and should be helped to achieve this independence, however profound their disability. Secondly... Parents and carers of these young people often reach a point where they are exhausted and cannot care for them indefinitely at home, but do so at risk to themselves because there is no alternative.