by Nick Booth | Nov 2, 2017 | Domestic Abuse, News, Older People, Refuge
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...
by Anna Walsh | Aug 31, 2017 | Blogroll, General, News, Supported Housing
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...
by Anna Walsh | Aug 3, 2017 | News, Teenage parents, Young parents, Young people
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...
by Nick Booth | Jul 20, 2017 | Domestic Abuse, New Beginnings, News, Refuge
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...
by Nick Booth | Jun 23, 2017 | Annual Report, Foyer, News, Young people
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’...
by Nick Booth | Jun 16, 2017 | Blogroll, Foyer, Housing, News, Young people
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...
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