The
Charter
Tackling homelessness together
Our charter has been co-created by homeless organisations to unite people, businesses, schools and universities, anyone who shares in our mission – to tackle homelessness in Cardiff.
Cardiff’s Homeless Charter
We believe…
…everyone who is homeless should have a right to:
- Support to create a good quality of life
- Safe and secure accommodation
- The full protection of the law
- Respect and a good standard of service
- Equality of access to information and services
- Equality of opportunity to employment, training, volunteering, leisure and creative activities
…those who work with homeless people have a collective responsibility to ensure that:
- All provision is focussed on both enabling change and meeting immediate needs, with a focus on helping people break a cycle of homelessness
- Good communication, coordination and a consistent strategic approach is delivered across all services
- People with experience of homelessness have a voice and involvement in determining the solutions to their own issues, to homelessness, and to problems faced by wider society
…the wider community of Cardiff should:
- Treat people experiencing or at risk of homelessness with dignity and respect
- Empathise with people with complex lives who face real difficulties escaping homelessness and its effects
- Support and promote services that help people tackle homelessness within Cardiff
- Avoid actions that may entrench homelessness
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