Our News
One Number; Local Helpline for Domestic Abuse
How to get help if you are a victim or are concerned about someone you know...... Dudley borough has a single point of contact to help victims of domestic abuse and their families access support services quickly by calling one number 01384 455 411 We are proud to be...
Foyer gets stuck into to help a Dudley Homelessness Jam #dycjam
Yes that right, a homelessness Jam. Some of the people who live in our Foyer have got involved with Dudley Youth Council which has given itself the brief to "Raise awareness of homelessness and increase services for young people" To start long term work on this...
Welcome to Rotary House
It's been a hugely busy pre-Christmas for us with lots of activities and events, and in sorting through and distributing all of the donations received through our recent Big Give Christmas Campaign. We have been overwhelmed with the success of our campaign this year...
New Year Honour for Jane Clarke, Former CEO at CHADD
Jane Clarke, who retired as the Chief Executive of Dudley charity CHADD (Churches Housing Association of Dudley and District) two years ago, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honour’s list. Jane has received the award for services to vulnerable women and...
Never too Late – domestic abuse for older people and Women in Housing Awards
Some of us are in Manchester this evening. For an awards do. We think it's the first time this has happened to CHADD staff. Not that we don't think our work is good - we just haven't been in the habit of hollering about it. We're really looking forward to a whole...
We all needed help didn’t we? #StartsatHome
All of us have received support with our housing.....yes, every one of us! We may not have known it at the time or appreciated it, and it's likely it wasn't labelled as such, but we all had to learn the skills to live independently - and it started at home. Most of us...
Springboard for Young Parents – exciting news!
A very quick post to announce that we are now offering homes with support for young parents in both Dudley and Sandwell. A first for CHADD to be working in Sandwell! Both of these schemes provide tenancies to young parents aged 16 to 25 years, in self-contained...
The giggliest of giggles – or the wider benefit of our Fresh Steps course
Jenny has just finished our 8 week Fresh Steps Course. It helps people re-build the confidence that has been broken by domestic abuse and sets them up to start finding a job, perhaps learning again or take on a volunteering opportunity. For Jenny the work she's done...
Football at the Foyer, or following a passion.
This season our On Route Foyer's fledgling footie team made it to the semi finals of their first competition. Reports from the sideline tell us it could've gone even better at the Wellbeing League Cup: "Slight controversy as a 'phantom' goal took it to a penalty shoot...