Family Friends, a charity that has supported the Wrexham community for more than 25 years, has been awarded a grant from Hafren Dyfrdwy’s Community Fund.

The good cause provides bespoke help, whether that is practical or emotional, at critical moments in families lives through their trained volunteers and highly skilled family support workers.

A grant of £9,830 in core funding has been awarded to them through the Fund, which will be used to help cover their running costs. This includes their finance and administration support role, who supports with financial management, monitoring, referrals, resource preparation for groups and family support within the home.

Jo Hughes, Senior Manager at Family Friends, said: ‘’This grant has been a real and meaningful boost to us and the work we do across Wrexham with vulnerable families. This money will allow us to provide vital support services to people at critical moments in their lives. We are excited to Partner with HD Community Fund over the coming year to make a real difference in Wrexham.’’

The charity offers free counselling for adults and children, wellbeing groups and respite groups for both parents and children, domestic abuse training/support and confidence building courses.

They also recruit and develop volunteers who support all their services, many of whom are people who have benefited from the service at a time of crisis in their own lives and now want to give back to their community.

Family Friends is a well-established intervention charity working with more than 25 local Wrexham referring agencies including social services and Wrexham Council.  They currently have 91 families on their waiting list for support.

Jade Gough, Hafren Dyfrdwy Community Fund Officer, said: “Family Friends provides vital support for people in the Wrexham area offering care, training and advice that is valuable for the families they support.

“Organisations like Family Friends are essential to the local community and we’re really pleased to be able to help them keep these services running for local families.”

Hafren Dyfrdwy announced it would be supporting charities throughout Powys and Wrexham with £50,000 of grant funding being made available through its Community Fund at the end of last year. The application period has now closed, and funding offered to a number of charities.

The water company provides a water only service in Wrexham and parts of Denbighshire and Flintshire and both a water and wastewater service in Powys.     

To find out more about the Community Fund or to get in touch visit www.hdcymru.co.uk/communityfund