BDAC – Purpose, Aims & Values
BDAC’s Purpose – ‘Why are we here?’
BDAC is committed to improving the quality of the lives of individuals and their families in Bristol and the surrounding area by taking action that will:
Relieve and prevent poverty
Combat social and financial exclusion
Promote equality of opportunity
Promote access to justice and challenge injustice
Contribute to economic regeneration
BDAC’s Aims
BDAC aims to provide services that are:
Free at the point of delivery
Accurate and complete
Independent
Confidential
Accessible
Empowering
We also aim to:
Undertake social policy work to achieve positive change in working practices, policies and legislation
Provide education on: debt awareness, prevention, financial literacy and money management
BDAC’s Values
As a service provider and as an employer, BDAC believes in and operates from the following core values:
Service delivery being free to the client
Operating on a ‘not for private profit basis’
Everyone having the right to protect essential living expenses
Everyone having the right to access justice
Everyone having the right to fully participate in society
Commitment to equality of opportunity
Opposition to discrimination
Being responsive to the needs of clients and potential clients
Services being delivered in a way that will empower clients
Only seeking funding from appropriate sources
Only providing high quality and professional advice services
Providing a supportive and constructive work environment
Being answerable to BDAC’s membership and its community of interest
