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Anna Walsh, Debra Warren, Gemma Blackford and David Johnson stand in front of Rotary House next to the yellow box of the new defibrillator. They are standing outside in the rain, Gemma is holding an umbrella.

CHADD hosts a defibrillator in Russells Hall area of Dudley

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 …

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About bloody time – but we still need help with period poverty

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 …

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The Dudley Group Domestic Abuse

‘This saves lives’ – CHADD’s domestic abuse training at Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley

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 …

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