Our Mission

Spiral is dedicated to giving access and opportunities to adults with learning disabilities — providing our members with inclusive social activities, mentored learning to develop media skills, and spaces to encourage creative expression.

The charity's objects are, for the benefit of people with learning disabilities in Sussex, to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure-time occupation, and to enable such people to participate fully in the community.

Positive impacts

The work we do has a huge impact on the quality of life of our participants — and on their carers and families, who also benefit from the respite. An active social life greatly improves general health and wellbeing and helps reduce problems such as poor mental health, depression and isolation. Spiral also gains insight into people's lives, so we can raise safeguarding and welfare issues early.

Supporting 400+ people a week

We work with over 400 people a week with a broad spectrum of learning and physical difficulties including autism, Asperger's, Down's Syndrome, visual impairments and cerebral palsy. We support a broad age range, from 16 to 90-plus. Our participants come from family and residential care homes, and from people living independently.

7 days a week, 52 weeks a year

Spiral operates seven days a week, day and night, across Brighton & Hove and the surrounding districts. We have regular participants from as far afield as Seaford and Eastbourne to the east, and west across to Worthing.

Mentoring · Inclusion · Empowerment · Leadership

Spiral involves and mentors members to empower them to help lead and develop our broad range of activities, so there is something to suit everybody. Without these unique services, many disabled people in the area would be unable to take part productively in the community or pursue their hobbies and interests — and many would have little social life or work-training experience.