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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...
Domestic Abuse Service Recommissioned for 5 years
We are celebrating this month. CHADD has won a tender to continue supporting hundreds of women and children affected by domestic abuse in Dudley for another five years. The contract with Dudley Council means our refuge and outreach services are secure until at least...
CHADD care services put a cross in the voting box
Dudley Voices for Choice visited us last week at Charter St to explain the voting and democratic process to our service users. Many of the people who use our services for people living with learning disabilitiesand mental health conditions already vote and are ready...
A day in the life of an IDVA in Dudley
CHADD is leading the way with a top team of Independent Domestic Violence Advocates - helping hundreds of women and children each year. Known as IDVAs, they are highly specialist professionals, specifically trained to help survivors of domestic abuse. And they can...
Thank You Sally
Sally Huband is a former board member at CHADD and a total star. For her "big" ish birthday she asked for donations instead of gifts and raised just shy of £1000 for our women's refuge. Thank you, Sally & friends, and yes, we managed this rare picture of our Head...
CHADD’s Carol Service
The Charter Street Choir went down a storm this week when they sang at the end of the CHADD Carole Concert. They belted out Merry Christmas Everyone to wind up a wonderful afternoon with 100 people packed into Living Hope Church. The Bishop of Dudley, Rt Revd Martin...
CHADD hosts a defibrilator in Russells Hall area of Dudley
Pictured is Anna Walsh and David from CHADD with Debra Warren and Gemma Blackford from Friends of Russells Hall Park in front of the defibrillator and bleed kit at our sheltered housing scheme, Rotary House. It means that anyone in the area who has a heart attack or...
Domestic abuse and visual impairment – a tool kit for refuges.
When a domestic abuse survivor comes to live in a refuge it can be distressing and frightening. But imagine if you are also blind or vision-impaired. The challenges are even greater. Here at CHADD we have been working with Beacon Vision in Wolverhampton on a six-month...