Community House is a community centre located in the Maindee area of Newport, South Wales, and serves as a hub for various local activities, events, and services, aiming to support and empower diverse communities in the area.

We’re also a member of the Homewards Newport Coalition and committed to supporting Newport in its ambitions to prevent and end homelessness locally.

At Community House, we’re proud to play a significant role in fostering a sense of belonging and community cohesion in Newport.

We offer a welcoming and inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can come together, access services, learn new skills, and build lasting relationships. We hope this not only addresses social isolation but also empowers individuals to take an active role in their community.

Our young people’s project ‘Community Youth’ is open five nights a week for young people in the local area. Since 2012, young people from Maindee area and beyond have had access to the project which supports their needs, listens to them, gives them a space to grow, and encourages them to build stronger bonds with their peers and community.

A few months ago at Community House, we were joined by some very special guests from Saatchi Gallery in London, as well as local artist, Kyle Legall and photographer and music artist Stuart Peaty, for a creative workshop attended by our children and young people.

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The workshop invited our young people to create art to appear in an exciting new exhibition called Homelessness: Reframed, which aims to utilise the power of art to help improve the nation’s understanding of homelessness and inspire optimism that it can be ended.

Being part of the workshop was an amazing opportunity for us to continue to speak to our young people about removing the stigma around homelessness and building their understanding of their rights and the support available. We know how important it is for everyone to have these conversations.

It was great to travel to London with some of our young people, see the exhibition and for them to know that their thoughts and voices were represented.

Sarah Miller is development manager at Community House

Homelessness: Reframed is on view at Saatchi Gallery, London until Friday, September 20, 2024.

Homewards is a project launched by the Royal Foundation and Prince and Princess of Wales to find solutions to homelessness, focusing on six cities including Newport.