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Emmaus South Wales - Building Diversity, Inclusion, Equality & Justice

We were shortlisted in the Building Diversity, Inclusion, Equality & Justice award category at the Social Business Wales Awards 2022 for the support we offer to formerly homeless people and our solidarity work. Check out our nomination film, created by WIRC Will Philpin. Social and environmental justice is fundamental to the Emmaus ethos and is central to our theory of change. We live and express our ethos of social justice as ‘Solidarity’: taking action with others to address inequalities. Our primary beneficiary group are homeless adults for whom we provide supported accommodation alongside training, work experience, structure, routine, and opportunities for development. Our companions (the formerly homeless adults we support) work in roles throughout our social enterprises, regaining their pride and self-esteem, and challenging stereotypes about ‘the homeless’. Homelessness can be a very isolating experience and our social enterprise connects companions to the wider community as most of them are in customer-facing roles. Our enterprises also give the wider community the opportunity to meet and get to know companions, which helps to break down stereotypes. In line with our ethos, we offer ‘solidarity’ spaces in our residential community for those without recourse to public funds. We use the income from our social enterprises to fund these places and commit to making available 10% of our rooms for those without recourse. Through our Reuse Stores, we offer good quality low-cost furniture for a wide customer base, but we also provide ‘Solidarity Furniture Packs’ for households in need, supplying around £200 of free furniture every month. Furthermore, our stores also enable us to hold Solidarity Sales to raise funds to support Emmaus communities internationally.