ALDI PARC TAWE

Swansea MAD is a local grassroots youth and community charity. We seek to better people’s lives, by providing inclusive safe spaces for people to access services, projects and support which create a meaningful effect in their lives; bringing fairness and belonging and influence change for the better. We are a Warm Welcome Hub offering people direct support, free food, hot drinks, toiletries, period products, clothes, printing, SIM cards, data, devices, training, workshops, advocacy, one-to-one support and friendship.

- General charitable purposes - Education/training - Arts/culture/heritage/science - Economic/community development/employment - Human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity - Recreation - Children/young people - People of a particular ethnic or racial origin - Other defined groups - Provides buildings/facilities/open space - Provides services - Provides advocacy/advice/information - Other charitable activities

We are a project that house 12 young people aged 16-24 with complex needs who would be homeless if they were not living here. Our aims are to teach them to live independently whilst encouraging them into education or training. We support them 24 hours a day and involve them in activities that promote health and well being whilst encouraging them to make friends and learn new skills. We have recently had funding to build a workshop on the premises and we are presently making items from 100 percent recycled wood such as reindeers and snowmen. The proceeds of these go directly back to the young people and the money is used to help them with travel, clothes food, activities and anything they may require whilst living here at the project. We also have two training flats nearby that they can move into if they are ready to move on but may need additional support for a short while. our long term goals are to move them into more permanent accommodation and for each client this can be between 6 months and 2 years depending on their individual progress.