Shelter Cymru is Wales's people and homes charity. We believe that a decent secure home is a fundamental right and essential to the health and well-being of people and communities.

 

We provide independent specialist advice, advocacy and legal representation for anyone with housing problems. Last year, our advisers helped nearly 17,000 people from all over Wales, helping to prevent homelessness in 90 per cent of cases where it was threatened.

 

Through our campaigning, research and policy work we influence the legislative agenda relating to housing and homelessness in Wales, while our education service aims to prevent homelessness by working with young people and providing detailed teaching and learning resources.
Housing Advice:
Shelter Cymru has a national network of housing advisers based in every local authority across Wales, delivering advice surgeries in community venues. We are able to provide advice, advocacy and legal representation on a wide range of housing related issues.  
 








Debt Advice

We provide specialist debt advice, primarily regarding mortgage or rent arrears and other related debt issues.  

 

We operate a service funded through the Money Advice Service (Face 2 Face project) with debt advisers based in four locations in Wales.  

 

Work it out project:

Provides information and early accessible advice on housing, debt and other related issues to people in work.

Valleys Inclusion Project (VIP):

Works intensively with clients who are accused of anti-social behaviour and seeks to address their unmet support needs.  

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Legal Services Team:

A telephone advice service delivered by our solicitors to specialist advisers working in the field.  

Housing Support Services:

Advice and ongoing intensive support to people who may be experiencing difficulties managing their tenancy or mortgage.

Probation Support:

Both telephone and face-to-face advice is provided to ex-offenders to tackle homelessness or the threat of homelessness and so reduce the likelihood of reoffending. 

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Income Maximisation Housing Benefit Projects:

Provides tenants with information about the benefits they are entitled to so they don't get behind with the rent.

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Cyngor 50+ Advice:
Provides specialist housing, welfare benefit and debt advice to people over 50.

 

The project involves training volunteers to become peer advisers, able to provide advice on housing and money management to those in their own communities.

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Prison Link Cymru:

Providing homelessness prevention and advice for offenders before they leave prison. 

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