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 2-bedroom apartments in a modern purpose built scheme, …
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 on Fresh Steps has helped her with a crucial …
The giggliest of giggles – or the wider benefit of our Fresh Steps course Read More »
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 out which they then lost 4-3. It had been …
Last Friday the new Chief Executive of the Foyer Federation came to to visit us. We’ve had a long and fruitful relationship with the federation. On the one hand it’s a place where we can learn about ways to help young people. On the other we can share our good practice with other foyers and work …
With an increasing number of older people becoming victims of domestic abuse, a new service is being launched in Dudley to support this older age group. Delivered by CHADD, this innovative new service is able to provide tailored support to older victims of abuse thanks to funding from the Victim’s Fund provided by the West …
Never Too Late: Domestic abuse and older people in Dudley Read More »
The range of work we do in our On Route foyer sometimes even surprises us – and it emerges through what the young people tell us in the impact app we use. The quotes are the words of the young people we work with. It can be the simple and the practical as making food …
“We made bacon cakes with beans” – everyday life in our foyer for young people. Read More »
For the last few months we have been working closely with Nick and Steph from Podnosh to deliver a special digital project with young people in our Foyer. We were able to use a little bit of funding from Ian Austin MP to provide WiFi in the Foyer and use Podnosh’s Impact Assessment App as …
No one person or agency alone can reduce the impact of domestic abuse on a person but we are much stronger and much more effective together. As CHADD was founded by the C of E diocese in response to homelessness and gaps faced by people in communities, we are especially proud of the support and …
We have been busy over the last few weeks preparing for our AGM and pulling together all the stories, events and highlights from the last 12-months for our annual report. It is always amazing to look back and see what has been achieved and lives that have been transformed. We have a lot of CHADD heroes doing some amazing …
For the last 210 days I have had the great privilege of being Chief Executive here at CHADD, having taken over from Jane Clarke who retired at Christmas. Jane had put her heart and soul in to building this fantastic organisation working to improve people’s lives in Dudley over many decades. It is indeed an …
