Bayley House first opened its doors in 1951 as the Brighton & District Branch of the Helping Hand Association, born from the vision of a group of parents with a desire to provide educational opportunities for children with an intellectual disability.
Today, 70 years later, we cater for adults, from school-leavers to seniors, through the delivery of a diverse range of day activities and supported living options. We support over 200 individuals with an intellectual disability and their families.
The people we support come from over 20 different cultural backgrounds and have a range of intellectual disabilities. Many also have secondary conditions such as physical, sensory or psychiatric disability.
The history of Bayley House is captured beautifully in a book entitled A special place: a history of Bayley House Brighton. It’s well worth a read to appreciate our place in the lives of many people and our journey over the decades. Please ask us if you would like to see a copy.
Bayley House Life Members
We recognise and honour our Life Members past and present.
| Mr C Godfrey* | 1955 |
| Mrs Kathleen Bayley* | 1956 |
| Mr C Elliott* | 1963 |
| Mr S T Glassborow MBE* | 1974 |
| Mrs E M Glassborow MBE* | 1974 |
| Mr K E Davidson* | 1976 |
| Mr R O Ball* | 1976 |
| Mr R J Black OAM* | 1983 |
| Mr T Haddon* | 1983 |
| Mrs E Tonkin* | 1984 |
| Mr T Mulcahy* | 1990 |
| Miss Beryl Fookes OAM* | 1994 |
| Mr P Blood* | 1994 |
| Miss S Ruthven* | 1995 |
| Mr William Hodgson | 1997 |
| Mrs Mona Andrawartha* | 1997 |
| Mrs P Arnott* | 1997 |
| Mrs J Kennedy* | 1997 |
| Mrs L Morgan* | 1997 |
| Mrs G Vulcan* | 1997 |
| Mrs Sybil Ball* | 1998 |
| Mrs Marilyn Duffield | 1998 |
| Mr Ian Grover* | 1998 |
| Mr J Malone* | 1998 |
| Mrs Joan Grover* | 1999 |
| Prof Peter Vulcan AM | 1999 |
| Mrs Faye Barrow OAM | 1999 |
| Mr Graham Gude* | 2001 |
| Mr Richard Fletcher* | 2002 |
| Mrs Toni Waite | 2002 |
| Mrs Moyha Bettess | 2003 |
| Mrs L Fraser | 2003 |
| Mr J Jamieson* | 2003 |
| Mrs V Jamieson* | 2003 |
| Mrs Val Doolan* | 2004 |
| Mrs Sally Stewart* | 2004 |
| Mrs Judy Browne | 2005 |
| Mrs Esther Campbell* | 2005 |
| Mrs L Dugan* | 2005 |
| Mrs Gwenda Hance | 2007 |
| Mrs Carmel Sullivan | 2007 |
| Mrs Janet Walter | 2007 |
| Mr Peter Lee | 2008 |
| Mr Peter Bennett* | 2009 |
| Mr Hector Walker* | 2009 |
| Mrs Hilda Glotzer-Rozenfeld | 2009 |
| Mr James Bainbridge | 2010 |
| Mr Ray Fairley | 2010 |
| Ms Krysia Hodgson | 2011 |
| Mr Gerard Savage | 2012 |
| Mrs Fay Matthews | 2013 |
| Mr Wally Matthews | 2013 |
| Mrs Shirley Kudeviita | 2014 |
| Mr Norm Peatling | 2015 |
| Mr Wally Matthews | 2013 |
| Mr Norm Peatling | 2015 |
| Mrs Prue Bennett | 2015 |
| Mrs Pat Calver | 2016 |
| Mrs Judith O’Connor | 2018 |
| Mrs Gillian Peatling | 2019 |
(* Deceased)