Our News
CHADD wins award for longevity
Thank you Dudley CVS - we came along to help you celebrate your 50th Birthday and left with an award. Last night CHADD were recognised with the prestigious Abrahams Lindsay Longevity Award for our contribution to providing a safety net and lifeline through all our...
Thank You Taylor Woodrow and Partners
The garden at our On Route Foyer has been transformed! It used to be an unused area. Now it’s a wonderful space where our young people can spend time, enjoy the outdoors and even grow their own fruit and veg. All thanks to the wonderful folk at Taylor Woodrow and...
CHADD Annual Report and Celebration
What a wonderful evening we had at our Annual General Meeting last night. More than 100 people came together to celebrate all that CHADD and our partners have been up to. Brilliant poetry from Jemima Hughes and also a new poem created with our tenants and service...
Help to get new homes decorated…
More wonderful support from Taylor Woodrow for our young people. They and VINCI have donated moving on boxes to help people decorate their new homes when they finally leave us. The box contains £170 worth of decorating materials and a note saying: "Painting and...
What is Dudley Youth Hub?
Hannah Westwood, a team senior in our Young person's Service, was asked by Street Support to write about a day at the Dudley Youth Hub, a crucial part of the service to reduce youth homelessness. This is what she said: "A day in the life of a youth hub support...
CHADD Foyer young people at Dudley Pride
Young people from our Foyer had a colourful day out at Dudley Pride. They were promoting Rainbow+ which is their new LGBT group. Connor, Willow and Winter were among those helping out on the stall.
Hands on Support from Dudley Building Society
Big thanks to the wonderful folk from Dudley Building Society who spent the day at the refuge helping to sort out clothing and toy donations, moving furniture and lots more. They also recently donated £2,500 from their Community Support Fund. Thank you so much for...
Thank you to our brilliant volunteers at the Refuge
SPRUCE UP! The lovely Jan and Sarah from Dudley South Labour Women’s Group visited in May to help spruce up the gardens at our New Beginnings Refuge. Here they are pictured refreshing our planters with lots of colourful flowering plants. Thank you Jan and Sarah!
What a difference a design makes
Women and children at our New Beginnings refuge have a beautiful new lounge - with thanks to a brilliant design team who came in and transformed the place. CHADD paid for new furniture and furnishings and Ellie and her design team from Spacious Places came up with the...