What We Offer

Name: The Beehive Project
Address: 1 Bellevue Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 2AW, UK
Telephone: 02380 633 999

The Beehive Project has many accommodation options for young people, from semi-independent living in individual studios and one-bedroom apartments, to spacious communal houses with 24-hour wraparound support for the 16-25 year olds. In order to monitor and manage this, we spend time creating a bespoke support plan within the first two weeks of the young person’s placement with us. All our support plans are created together with the young person, allowing us to bond with the individual and learn their specific needs. Our support plans are never static, and we regularly review and assess them. This allows us the opportunity to change and amend them as often as necessary.

Every young person needs a helping hand at some point in their life - some more than others. We offer a wide range of services to children and young people, including social care, support, training and education services. At The Beehive Project, we believe every person is unique and that they each face their own difficult challenges. This is why the support we offer is tailored to the specific needs of the individual. All our packages are led and managed by a team who have worked extensively across children’s and young adults services. Our aim is to safely and professionally accommodate a wide variety of clients, including young people with complex needs, young people with children, asylum seekers, and looked-after children.

Our support plans consist of:

Mental and physical health service support
Preparation for independent living
Life skills training
Finding and joining leisure activities
Accessing local organisations
Education and training
Job preparation
In-house registered psychologist and counsellor services
Family tracing for UASC

Semi-Independent Living: Preparing for Normal Working Life

As young people gain confidence through learning life skills and increased independence, our semi-independent living tier is designed to simulate ‘normal working life’. Developing autonomy is encouraged through a controlled and safe environment. Residents here learn a range of skills, including managing schedules, budgeting, and other personal responsibilities, preparing them for a successful transition to adulthood, while still offering a safety net of support.

24-Hour Supported Accommodation & Mentoring

For young people ready to move beyond clinical care into semi-independence, our 24-hour supported housing offers them a safe haven - an ideal environment in which to learn and build on foundational life skills. Staff are on-site all hours to provide supervision and mentoring support whenever needed.

Specialist CQC-registered Services for High-Acuity Needs

Our CQC-registered supported living at Morris Road, Southampton is the cornerstone of care for young people with complex mental health and behavioural needs. A clinical yet nurturing environment, it serves as the first stage of our step-down pathway, supporting intensive stabilisation on the way to our broader community-based services.

Specialist Provision: Parent and Baby Supported Accomodation

We also offer specialist support in the form of parent and baby placement solutions, providing a nurturing environment for young people. Here they can develop essential parenting skills, within the safety of a supportive ecosystem that gives them the tools for independence as young parents.

Bridging the Gap: Hospital Discharge & Mental Health Step-Down

Providing housing support following hospital discharge is a vital part of the Beehive mission. Our step-down houses ensure that young people leaving clinical settings don’t have to face abrupt change without support. These units focus on complete community integration and prepare residents for private or social tenancy. By the time a young person reaches this stage, they are equipped for their transition to adulthood, with the resilience and practical skills needed to thrive independently.

Education and Training

Many of the young people entering our accommodation are disengaged from education or training, have struggled to find the right structure or organisation, or have been unsuccessful in gaining qualifications such as GCSEs. The staff at The Beehive encourage and support our young people to begin or continue a form of training or education where possible.

This could include:

Social and personal development in the form of cooking courses, independent living skills and leisure activities
Functional skills such as Maths and English
Employability with interview prep and CV writing
College/University courses
Internships
Jobs in the local area

We believe that all young people should achieve their potential and be supported to access employment training or education, all our service users should be offered equal opportunities to access courses in the local area. With ties to Southampton City College, Solent University and the Princes Trust, there is a large selection of options available, should our young people wish to access them.

The Beehive Project has a close working relationship with educational support workers to provide as much assistance as possible for our residents.

Health and Therapeutic Services

The Beehive Project acknowledges that many of the young people accessing our services suffer from mental health issues. This could be post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder or a range of other complexities. Moving homes is a disruptive time for anyone, and the stress of this can exacerbate any present or underlying mental health conditions in our young people.

The Beehive Project has close working relationships with local health organisations and a host of experienced counsellors, covering an array of services to support our residents. During relocation, there is often a delay in transferring existing services to the new local borough, and we recognise that it can take time to go through the referral process to access mental health services in Hampshire. To lessen this struggle, and where agreeable to the local authority, we utilise our own in-house registered psychologist and counsellor to ease this transition, and to allow access to prescription medication where required.

We use referrals from our counsellors, and the local doctors surgery to expedite the procedures needed to access Hampshire’s mental health services including College Keep, Antelope House and Yellow Door. During this wait, our young people can have regular appointments with the counsellor and psychologist, dependent on which best suits their needs. At this stage, residents are also assessed by our trained staff to help determine which services will be the most beneficial for each young person.