Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Wrexham Volunteer Centre was redeployed into the AVOW Community COVID-19 Response Team. Through this work, AVOW has been in contact with organisations, community groups, and hundreds...
Are you playing your part to stop transmissions of COVID-19 in Wrexham, and avoid the county going into a local lockdown? Now is the time for everyone to take responsibility...
Date: Thursday 20th August 2020 Time: from 9:30 am Location: via Zoom AVOW invite you to join our Community Centre and Buildings Briefing. Briefing Outcome This session is an opportunity to review...
Date: 11th August 2020 Time: 10 am until 11:30 am Location: Microsoft Teams Meeting Booking: to book your place, please email Sandra.Anderson@avow.org Mental Health in Children and Young People during COVID-19 and beyond...
Has someone made an impact on your or your community? Have they gone above and beyond to provide support? We’d like to hear your stories. AVOW COVID Community Showcase Nominations...
Planning the Return to the Workplace: A Course for Employers Date: 21st July 2020 Time: 10 am until 11 am Location: via Zoom The return to the workplace will not be sudden...
This will be the final edition of the AVOW Weekly E-briefing on the community response to Coronavirus within Wrexham County Borough. This briefing will now be fortnightly rather than weekly....
In conjunction with Charity Fraud Awareness Week, AVOW are offering a free online training session, Lookin After Your Assets delivered by AVOW’s Chief Officer John Gallanders. Date: Monday 19th October 2020...
As a border town, Wrexham is faced with many variations on lockdown restrictions which have an impact on our lives and communities. The different rules and regulations emerging between Wales...
This week the restrictions on lockdown in Wales and England have been a key topic of debate and speculation. It is important to note the lockdown has been extended for...
Join AVOW Funding Officer Nigel Davies and National Lottery Community Wales Funding Officer Catriona Learmont on Thursday 28th May for the first Virtual Funding Workshop for Wrexham County Borough. Virtual...
AVOW have launched a new, virtual Volunteer Organisation Network Meeting. Formerly the Volunteer Network Meeting, this is an opportunity to network between Voluntary Organisations across Wrexham County Borough. This is...
Over the last few weeks the Association of Voluntary Organisation in Wrexham (AVOW) have seen a tremendous effort in our community. Residents across Wrexham County Borough have pulled together to...
As we enter another week of uncertainty, we find some solace in the downward turn in the number of cases and deaths across Wales. Unfortunately, we are still hearing individuals...
In addition to the new Voluntary Services Emergency Fund from WCVA, AVOW have received an additional £25,000 to distribute to organisations across Wrexham County Borough. In this time of national...
Community Support Response to Coronavirus – Wrexham County Borough As we reach the end of our first month in a UK-wide lockdown, we reflect on the way our society has...
Barclays have announcing the establishment of The Barclays Foundation, initially to provide a COVID-19 Community Aid Package of £100 million to charities working to support vulnerable people impacted by COVID-19, and...
We have again seen an increasing daily total of people who have been dying from Coronavirus, many of us won’t have direct links to any of the deceased but we...
The Association of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham (AVOW), in association with Dr Graham Sperey-Taylor and Cllr Phil Wynn, are fundraising for a Wrexham Hub located at Ysgol Clywedog and other...
A comprehensive list of local retailers available for delivery across Wrexham County Borough during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Please use the contact information provided within the map for each individual...
We all want to capitalise on the goodwill and resourcefulness of communities and community action in caring for those who are most vulnerable under the shadow of coronavirus. But we...
Before reading the attached it may be worth just reflecting for a minute on those people who only a couple of weeks ago were on the frontline in in their...
As the situation evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic, AVOW have put together a Community Support Pathway to ensure that individuals can get in touch with the right people at the...
The Association of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham (AVOW) are currently co-ordinating the recruitment and placement of volunteers in response to the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation across Wrexham County Borough. To...
Operation Hidden Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). A joint initiative between Business, Voluntary Sector and Wrexham County Borough Council Operation Hidden Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is an initiative across Wrexham County...
Professional logistics planner who understands Care issues within the community who can offer input into effective planning and resource allocation. Must be local to Wrexham County and available immediately. Email John.gallanders@avow.org...
Thank you to everyone who has built upon their existing networks to provide street level support across the communities of Wrexham County Borough. There is a tremendous effort at the...
Tŷ AVOW Our building will be closed from Monday 23rd March. All staff will be working remotely. There will still be lots of activity and information on our social media...
Open message to all Voluntary and Community response to Coronavirus from AVOW The response that is occurring in our communities to the crisis we are all facing is fantastic and...
As the situation around Coronavirus (COVID-19) evolves, AVOW are looking at new and existing systems in place to direct both Individuals, Volunteers and Organisations during this unprecedented time. Following a...
The Wrexham Community Map is an interactive map collated by AVOW and the COVID19 Community response, with area contacts across Wrexham County Borough, including Community Councils, Council Members, Community Agents...
