Pictured is Anna Walsh and David from CHADD with Debbie Parkes 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 suffers a severe bleed is closer to …
CHADD hosts a defibrillator in Russells Hall area of Dudley Read More »
“It gave me goosebumps”. That’s how Sophie described watching her own story back. Here she tells us the journey she’s been on since moving to our Foyer for young people. What do you think?
A Netherton taxi firm has dropped off a welcome boost for our domestic abuse refuge in Dudley. One 4 You Services raised £350 for CHADD, so help us continue to which offer safety for 900 people each year, mostly women and children. “We work with young people, the elderly and people with disabilities every day. …
Last week we devoted International Women’s Day to the About Bloody Time campaign to tackle period poverty for the women of Dudley. This week the government confirmed that they will fund free sanitary products for schools in England. Hurrah – great news and well done all who campaigned for this change! But This doesn’t deal …
About bloody time – but we still need help with period poverty Read More »
This morning we celebrated a new team member joining us at CHADD. Esther Treasure was formally licensed as our new Chaplin by the Rt Rev Graham Usher, Bishop of Dudley and our chair. The license is issued by the Bishop of Worcester. With the formalities over, two things happened. First the obligatory selfie and then …
Meet Esther Treasure – our new chaplain at CHADD Read More »
We’re halfway through a new programme to train medics and other staff at Russells Hall Hospital to help them recognise and act on domestic abuse. It’s a new partnership built on long-standing relationships between our own Karen Turnock and the safeguarding team at Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust. Karen is clear about why it …
‘This saves lives’ – CHADD’s domestic abuse training at Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley Read More »
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 had family …
