The Rainbow Foundation celebrates its 1st anniversary of delivering services in Chirk
Clients from The Rainbow Foundation’s award-winning Day Opportunities Service in Penley and Marchwiel, joined those in Chirk for an afternoon tea dance to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Chirk opening. Jean who has been attending Chirk’s Day Opportunities service for the past year says: “I look forward to coming here every week. The staff are […]
The Rainbow Foundation, Wrexham is encouraging residents to come forward for support with the cost of living
More than a third of Welsh households are struggling to heat their homes, this is almost 50% higher than the British average. The current pressures on UK households mean that 24% are struggling to keep warm, 15% struggling with rising food costs and 50% say winter pressures are impacting on their physical and mental health […]
The Rainbow Foundation creates a digni-tree on Dignity Action Day
The Rainbow Foundation has been shining a spotlight on dignity this Dignity Action Day by creating our very own digni-tree. Celebrated each February 1st, clients and staff at The Rainbow Foundation have been responding to the question What does dignity mean to me? The answers are written on leaves which are added to the branches […]
Healthy cooking course returns to Penley
Practical cookery sessions to help people learn to cook healthy home-made meals returns to The Rainbow Foundation. Preparing a Healthy Meal is a FREE four-week cookery course for people who would like to learn more about healthy eating. The course, which completed its first programme in May of this year, is back to provide people […]
Community Roadshows returns to South Wrexham
The Rainbow Foundation’s Community Roadshow returns to South Wrexham supporting local residents to claim their full benefit entitlement and help with the rising cost of living. Each year it is estimated that up to £3.5 billion of state benefits in the UK go unclaimed by older people. Following the success of our previous roadshow which took […]
Award-winning charity launches home care service in Wrexham
Award-winning charity gains Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) registration to launch quality home care service for residents of South Wrexham Active aging charity, The Rainbow Foundation, is launching their quality home care and support service across South Wrexham, the new home care service builds on their award-winning day opportunities service which has been operating for 28 years, […]
Social Prescribing available in GPs across Wrexham
The Rainbow Foundation celebrates the Social Prescribing project which continues to deliver mental health and wellbeing support to patients at GP Surgeries across Wexham. This was part of National Social Prescribing week which ran from March 4 to March 10. A Social Prescriber can help patients establish what matters to them and provide them with […]
The Rainbow Foundation launches a new day opportunities service in Chirk
The new service opened its doors on Monday 21st February and focuses on enhancing and developing relationships and building self-confidence. This enables clients to better manage their health, wellbeing and self-care while combating loneliness. Town Councillors Frank Hemmings (Chirk North) and Terry Evans (Chirk South) visited the centre on Monday 7th March along with Councillor […]
The Rainbow Foundation’s FREE ‘Active Futures’ classes are improving strength and balance
now taking bookings for more classes starting in March! ‘Active Futures’ is a programme of free physiotherapist led exercise classes targeting over 65’s in the Wrexham area who are at risk of falls, which is being delivered by the Rainbow Foundation. The classes are designed to help improve your strength and balance and reduce the risk of […]
The Steve Morgan Foundation donates a new bus to The Rainbow Foundation
The Steve Morgan Foundation has delivered 89 Smiley Buses with two more on order since launching in 2001 and The Rainbow Foundation is the latest beneficiary. CEO Caroline Tudor-James said community transport is a lifeline to many people, especially to the older elderly living across rural communities of Wrexham, and the bus will help them expand their services […]
