CSAN Members

Charities in our network have long track records in providing professional and voluntary assistance to people of all faiths and none: to families, refugees and asylum seekers, older people, vulnerable adults, the homeless, prisoners, and the unemployed. Professional services include counselling, skills training, welfare advice, health and social care, substance abuse work, and supported housing. The charities’ approach is frequently distinctive, offering:

• Long-term support to people with complex/chaotic life stories, and people who cannot access other support or have no/few entitlements;
• A whole-person approach, grounded in a Catholic understanding of human dignity, that statutory services tend not to be resourced to deliver, and
• Stable, deep connections with volunteers from parish communities.

Many services are accredited in their fields, as well as subject to statutory inspection.