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Swansea Young Families Scheme, Action for Children - Family support services

Last updated: 07/08/2025
Family support services
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What we do

We Provide Tenancy Support in the home to
Mums and Dads aged 16-25 years and
their children.
The support we offer, helps young parents to:
Obtain and maintain a tenancy
Build on skills to manage a tenancy
Understand and act on the rights
and responsibilities of tenants
Money
We can support young Mums and Dads
to:
Maximise their income
Manage bills
Learn to budget
Negotiate with creditors
Access specialist debt advice services
Pursue your personal development,
such as returning to education,
training, volunteering or employment
opportunities
Your Lives
We can help to:
Build on parenting skills and
knowledge as young mums and dads
Set up safe secure, child friendly
homes and help to meet the developmental needs of children
Help your children live safe, happy,
healthy lives
Meet other Mums and Dads and for
children to meet new friends
too
Obtain support from
other agencies and help you to become more familiar with your community

Who do we support

We provide tenancy support in the home to young parents, or expectant parents, aged 16-25, and their children.

Is there a charge to use this service?

No

Can anyone use this service?

Any one can refer for support for young parents, or expectant parents, aged 16-25. Referrals need to be made to the Swansea Tenancy Support Unit on Tel: 01792 774360.

Service details for this family support services

Language: English medium setting with some bilingual elements

  • Can provide specialist support for families of children with disabilities / additional needs No
     
  • Relevant staff have a valid current DBS? Yes

Contact methods

 Opening times

Monday to Friday 9:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.

Where do we provide our service?

We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.

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We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.