Health and Wellbeing

Community Warm Spaces for Wrexham County Borough Published 21/12/22

Group Name: Warm Walkin' Wednesdays Point of Contact: Fiona Sammut Contact Details: [email protected] | [email protected] | (01978) 898070 What does your group do? “We offer a warm … [Read more...] about Community Warm Spaces for Wrexham County Borough Published 21/12/22

A huge thank you to the staff at Wrexham Tesco who have kindly contributed refreshments for the opening of the Gwersyllt Community Hub (Gwersyllt Resource Centre, Second Ave, Gwersyllt, Wrexham, LL11 … [Read more...] about Gwersyllt Community Hub: Thank you Wrexham Tesco staff! Published 01/12/22

From 28th November you can call into Shopmobility Wrexham to get warm, have a brew, and have some friendly conversation! AVOW will have welcoming staff there to talk to (or not, if you’d prefer some … [Read more...] about Shopmobility Wrexham: Warm up while you wait! Published 21/11/22

WaveLength helps support those who are lonely due to age, poor physical or mental health or are isolated through other circumstances across the UK. It gives free radios, televisions and tablet … [Read more...] about WaveLength: The Gift of Technology for the Lonely & Isolated Published 09/11/22

BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme supports children and young people who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances and is delivered by Family Fund Business Services. The … [Read more...] about BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme Published 09/11/22

Third Sector organisations, community groups and non-profits: With the cost-of-living crisis starting to bite, we are all thinking of ways we can help the public in this trying time. As a sector, we … [Read more...] about A Warm Welcome / Croeso Cynnes Do you have space in your community activities? Published 04/11/22

We all think, "It will never happen to me," but each year around 350,000 people in the UK are admitted to hospital with an acquired brain injury. That’s someone every 90 seconds. Headway helps … [Read more...] about Headway Wrexham Drop-ins with tea & coffee, 1st Tuesday of every month (14:00 - 16:00)

Grants of up to £2,000 are available to charities, housing associations, schools and social services providing support for individuals and families across the UK who are in financial need. Priority … [Read more...] about Grants to Support Individuals & Families in Need (UK) From COSARAF, published 11/10/22

AVOW Wellbeing Hub Launch by Tim Johnson AVOW were thrilled to be at the launch of the Hwb Lles Wrecsam / Wellbeing Hub Wrexham yesterday afternoon - our Chief Officer, Dawn Roberts-McCabe, gave a … [Read more...] about Hwb Lles Wrecsam / Wellbeing Hub Wrexham Launch, 05/10/22

AVOW has recently brought Jane Edwards on board as our Community Support Hub Officer! Jane has worked with the public throughout her career and over the past 14 years has worked directly with … [Read more...] about Welcome Jane Edwards, AVOW Community Support Hub Officer!

We are sad to announce that our Sponsored Walk, originally planned to take place on the 24th of September 2022, has been postponed until Spring 2023: This is to avoid clashing with other popular … [Read more...] about The AVOW Sponsored Walk 2022 has been postponed! Published 15/09/22

Touchwood Bowling Club for the Visually Impaired meets on Wednesday mornings between April and September, 10:30 - 12:30 at Bradley Park Bowling Club, Nr. Wrexham! The game is adapted to suit … [Read more...] about Touchwood Bowling Club for the Visually Impaired Wednesday mornings between April and September, 10:30 - 12:30

TCC (Together Creating Communities / Trefnu Cymunedol Cymru) tackles social injustice by supporting diverse communities to gain the power they need to enact change. They do this through community … [Read more...] about TCC Campaign: Changing Places for Wales Issued 19/07/22

The Impartial Pregnancy Advice Centre (IPAC Options) requests the participation of women and men from the BAMER community who have experienced miscarriages, termination of pregnancy, stillbirth loss, … [Read more...] about IPAC Survey: BAMER Community – Pregnancy Loss & Bereavement Survey from Independent Social Work Services Ltd (ISWS)

AVOW has been certified as a Disability Confident Committed employer by the UK Government's 'Disability Confident' Scheme. 'Disability Confident' Scheme The 'Disability Confident' Scheme supports … [Read more...] about AVOW Certified ‘Disability Confident’ Committed Published 14/05/20