Our News
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...
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...