My name is Kerry Manning and I’m a former client of the Wallich in Park Street, Bridgend. I came to live in Wales from Northern Ireland in July of 2010 through domestic violence. When I first came to Wales I was in Women’s Aid for seven months before I got my own property for me and my two children. I was extremely lonely and my children were living in squalor as I couldn’t afford to decorate or buy things for my home, I was in a desperate state of depression and had no one to turn to.
Hafod Care is a charitable, "not-for-profit" Housing Association that provides a wide range of housing, care and support services to over 1000 people each year across South and West Wales. The Association provides care and support services to vulnerable people with a variety of needs.
Former bus driver Stephen Cole believes he would probably not be alive today without the intervention and help he received from Hafod Care.
Cadwyn Housing Association a ‘not for profit’ organisation with housing roots. Their supported housing section offers support to people who need help to maintain a tenancy or overcome a specific issue.
Lisa has been supported by Cadwyn to overcome several issues and won the ‘Personal Achievement’ category at the 2014 Promoting Independence Awards.