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  • Have you ever wondered what it would be like to lose the ability to speak?

    Have you ever wondered what it would be like to lose the ability to speak?

    Do you live in Wrexham or work with people living in Wrexham? Would you like to understand how to better communicate with people living with dementia?

    The dementia interpreter course is designed to help people understand how to communicate with people with dementia and to recognise that some behaviours are often a way of telling us something.

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    By understanding this behaviour, we can then reduce the frustration that losing the ability to talk can cause.

    The course will delve into the impact of communication issues on an individual and on a group – not only from your perspective but from the person’s perspective as well. You will learn new techniques to help understand the simple changes you need to make to understand a person and you will gain skills to decipher behaviours and enable you to understand what someone is “saying”.

    There are two sessions available per day at each venue: 10am – 1pm or 1.30pm – 4.30pm

    This training is available specifically for people living in Wrexham or working with individuals living in Wrexham.

    Course dates:

    March, 10/11/12: Pendine Park Care Organisation, Bromfield House, Ellice Way, Wrexham Technology Park, Wrexham, LL13 7YW

    March 25: Stansty Care home, 34 Stansty Road, Wrexham, LL11 2BU

    March 26: Enterprise Hub (old Iceland Store), 11-13 Rhosddu Road, Wrexham, LL11 1AT

    For more information please contact: 

    commissioning@wrexham.gov.uk / 01978 292066

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  • Man and a van… where are they disposing of your rubbish?

    Man and a van… where are they disposing of your rubbish?

    Our Household Recycling Centres are for the use of Wrexham residents’ household waste only. No commercial waste can be disposed of at these sites, including the disposal of rubbish from ‘man and a van’ clearance services.

    If you have large amounts of rubbish to dispose of please ensure that you use a reputable company to do it on your behalf. The company acting on your behalf can’t dispose of the items at our household recycling centres but must dispose of it at a private licensed facility.

    There are instances, many in fact, where you may have paid someone to take rubbish away without realising, they’ve taken your money and then just dumped the rubbish wherever they can. Leaving you liable if it can be traced back to you.

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    So, if you’re paying someone to take your rubbish please make sure they’re legit. They should have a Waste Carrier’s Licence, if not – don’t use them as they’re very likely to fly tip it and you’ll be responsible and liable to prosecution if they’re caught or if it can be traced back to you.

    Cllr David A Bithell, lead member for environment and transport, said: “There are shocking instances of fly-tipping on social media and it costs us to remove it. We always check if there is anything in the rubbish to identify the owner and if so we will not hesitate to prosecute. Please, either use a reputable firm or use our bulky collection or even pay a visit to one of the three household recycling centres. Please don’t leave it to chance and risk prosecution because of someone else’s dubious behaviour.”

    Wrexham Councils Bulky Waste Collection Service…

    You can also use Wrexham County Borough Councils bulky waste collection service. Bulky waste refers to items that are too large to be taken away with the normal refuse collection. This can mean items such as furniture, white goods and garden equipment. Up to eight items can be collected for a minimum charge of £43.50. Any additional item over eight items has an extra charge of £8.70 per item.

    We will take:

    • Furniture (e.g. tables, chairs, suites, beds, mattresses, cabinets, desks, bookcases, wardrobes)
      • White goods (e.g. fridges, freezers, cookers, tumble dryers, microwaves)
      • Garden equipment (e.g. small lawnmowers, garden implements, garden tables and chairs, barbeques, bikes)
      • Carpet (small amounts of carpet and underlay (off cuts of no more than 1 room size)
      • Electrical and electronic equipment (e.g. computers, televisions)
      The Council only offers a kerbside collection of garden/organic waste in the green bin, we do not offer any further collection services for green waste, soil or rubble.
      Bulky collections are normally made on your next collection day providing that a notice of 2 working days is given. More information about bulky collections can be found here

    Our Household Recycling Centres

    • Bryn Lane Household Waste Recycling Centre is open 8am – 8pm every day of the year apart from Christmas Day
      • Plas Madoc and The Lodge Household Waste Recycling Centres are currently open 9am – 4pm

     

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  • Ever thought about fostering? Come along to our fostering information evening!

    Ever thought about fostering? Come along to our fostering information evening!

    Have you ever thought about fostering?

    If so, Wrexham Fostering Service would like to hear from you. They are looking for potential foster carers who are committed to children and young people of all ages. It’s so important to keep children in their local area to ensure continuity with friends and schools.

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    Foster carers create safe and nurturing homes for children and young people and in Wrexham we need more people to show an interest.

    Do you want to find out if this is something you could do? Then pop along to our fostering information evening.

    Drop-in fostering information evening

    Where: Acton Resource Centre Overton Way, Wrexham LL12 7LB

    When: Thursday, February 20

    5pm-7pm

    Find out more!

    • Opportunity to gain information
    • Talk to social workers and current foster carers
    • Find out if you could foster

    Visit our website 

    Refreshments provided

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  • Interested in Welsh language swimming lessons? Let us know!

    Interested in Welsh language swimming lessons? Let us know!

    In partnership with Wrexham County Borough Council (Freedom Leisure) are assessing whether there is a demand for swimming lessons to be provided through the medium of Welsh.

    Let us know!

    Complete our short survey here.

    You may also be interested in completing out annual Welsh language consultation.

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    The Council is undertaking this consultation in order to understand the experiences of local Welsh speakers when accessing council services in Welsh and how the Welsh language is used on a daily basis.

    We want to gather information and views from Welsh learners and pupils in our Welsh schools to get a broader picture of how the language is being used in Wrexham. We will run this consultation again in 2021 and 2022 to compare the findings.

    Cllr Hugh Jones, Lead Member for Communities, Partnerships, Public Protection and Community Safety said “I’d like to encourage all Welsh speakers to take part in completing this survey. These are exciting times for the Welsh language and it’s vital that we all do our part to further its progress.”

    Complete the survey here.

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  • Wrexham Family Information Service goes mobile!

    Wrexham Family Information Service goes mobile!

    Wrexham Family Information Service (WFIS) will be more accessible to families and carers later this month as it announces plans to go mobile and hold drop-ins throughout the county borough 🙂

    • Every third Monday at Chirk Library between 10am and 12pm starting on February 17
    • Every third Tuesday at Acton Resource Centre between 10am and 12pm starting on March 17
    • First Tuesday of the month at Plas Pentywn, Coedpoeth between 1pm and 3pm starting on February 4
    • Second Tuesday of the month at Wrexham Library between 1pm and 3pm starting on February 11
    • First Wednesday of the month at Cefn Mawr Library between 1pm and 3pm starting on March 4
    • Last Thursday of the month at Gwersyllt Resource Centre between 1pm and 3pm starting on February 27
    • First Thursday of the month at Llay Resource Centre between 10am and 12pm starting on February 6
    • Last Friday of the month at Brynteg Resource Centre between 1pm and 3pm starting on February 28
    • First Friday of the month at Rhos Library between 10am and 12pm starting March 6
      Second Friday of the month at Ruabon Library between 10am and 12pm starting on February 14
    • Last Wednesday of the month at Redwither Tower (Industrial Estate) between 12pm and 2pm starting on February 26

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    Cllr Andrew Atkinson, Lead Member for Children’s Services, said: “This is an excellent idea as it makes the service so much more accessible for parents and carers. I know staff care passionately about the services they provide and are very keen to reach as many people as possible.”

    WFIS provides free information, advice and assistance for parents and carers of children and young people aged 0-19.

    You can ask them about support available for families, childcare and childcare costs, children’s activities across the county borough both after school and during the school holidays. Health and well-being, including mental and emotional health, parenting and parenting support, child development and behaviour. Work Life Balance, education, housing, benefits and debt advice and pregnancy.

    If you are pregnant or have a very young child you may find this article of interest:

    https://news.wrexham.gov.uk/new-or-expectant-parent/

    Staff offer friendly advice and support is available to help parents access the support services they may need.

    WFIS is based in Contact Wrexham on Lord Street where it’s open every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9:30-12:30 and Thursdays 10:30-12:30. You can also contact them direct on 01978 292094 or drop them an email to fis@wrexham.gov.uk.

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    You can find out more about WFIS on our website:

    https://www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/community/fis/about.htm

  • Amazing! Over £66,000 awarded to local clubs from Community Chest

    Amazing! Over £66,000 awarded to local clubs from Community Chest

    In January, community sporting clubs across Wrexham were invited to bid to the Community Chest for funding to get more people involved with their club and to improve standards.

    As a result 57 community clubs were successful with their bid and have received funding to develop their sport totalling £66,000.

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    The funding will now ensure that over 300 coach education courses in 13 sports will take place.

    The Community Chest is a Sport Wales initiative for community sport and physical activity.

    It is available to any community group or sports club that hold a Bank or Building Society in the organisation’s name.

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  • Former Groves on the agenda for the next Executive Board

    Former Groves on the agenda for the next Executive Board

    Executive Board meets tomorrow (Tuesday, February 11) and they’ve got a tight agenda to get through.

    The Housing Revenue Account and Business Plan comes under the spotlight as members consider the rent for 2020/21 and the Business Plan.

    And there’s good news for our tenants next year if the Business Plan goes ahead as its earmarks almost £52 million to continue improvements to our housing stock which should reach the Welsh Housing Quality Standard later this year.

    This means that over £336 million will have been spent up to 2021 and this should peak in 2028 to £436 million.

    They’ll also consider the Brymbo Heritage area as Brymbo Heritage Trust gets ready to deliver the first phase of its vision for the area.

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    The Trust’s proposals offer many opportunities for Wrexham and will contribute directly our Council Plan priorities of Economy, People and Place.

    “The Groves also on the agenda”

    “To approve the Heads of Terms for the future use of both the former Groves School Building and the adjoining playing field and to approve the actions required to complete the disposals.”

    As a Part II item it’s not possible to disclose details of this item but we would like to reassure everyone that the report item will:

    • Build on the proposals to relocate the WAFC training facility to the site of the former Groves School,

    • Explore the opportunities for the Grade II listed building following the “Expressions of Interest” exercise undertaken last year.

    There are no proposals in the report to demolish the building and we believe the proposals,if approved and if they are successful, will see a positive resolution to this site, which has remained empty for several years, that is acceptable to everyone concerned with its future use.

    There’s a previous article about these plans that you may find interesting:

    Wrexham AFC proposes new Groves training ground to Wrexham Council

    Want to know why we sometimes ask press and public to leave meetings? You can find out more here:

    Why do we ask the media and public to leave meetings?

    You can check out the full agenda here.

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  • WATCH: Foster carers tell us the best things about fostering

    WATCH: Foster carers tell us the best things about fostering

    This remarkable couple have been fostering for over 16 years. Watch as they tell us the best things about being a foster carer.

    More information

    If you would like more information on fostering, please contact Wrexham Fostering Service and ask to speak to the Recruitment Officer: 01978295316 or fostering@wrexham.gov.uk

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  • Information for residents living in Chirk

    Information for residents living in Chirk

    If you live in Chirk or the wider community you will be aware of the fire recently which broke out at the Kronospan factory.

    Understandably, many residents had concerns during the incident and raised questions with ourselves (Wrexham Council) and Public Health Wales.

    Where possible individual questions were answered during and immediately after the incident.

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    We have now put together some information based on those questions that is available for the whole community.

    Links to these documents are below.

    Exposure Register

    Commonly answered questions

    Role of Public Health Wales in an Emergency

    “Copies available at Chirk Library”

    They have also been sent to local councillors, the town council, Freedom leisure centre and there are  paper copies available at Chirk Library so those not on social media can also get access to the information.

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  • Half Term Events Guide February 2020 Now Available

    Half Term Events Guide February 2020 Now Available

    Staff at Wrexham Family Information Service have once again come up with a very useful guide to everything that’s going on across the county borough during the February half term 🙂

    And there’s plenty to do at our museum, libraries, Tŷ Pawb and of course free swimming at Freedom Leisure Centres at Waterworld, Gwyn Evans and Chirk.

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    You can get your copy of the guide here:

    “Half term free swimming dates”

    Waterworld:

    Saturday, February 15, 3.30pm – 4.30pm

    Saturday, February 22, 3.30pm – 4.30pm

    Gwyn Evans:

    Sunday, February 16, 10am – 11am

    Sunday, February 23, 10am – 11am

    Chirk Leisure Centre:

    Sunday, February 16, 2pm – 3pm

    Sunday, 23 February, 2pm – 3pm

    We’ll also be posting individual events on Facebook so keep an eye out at

    https://www.facebook.com/wrexhamcouncil

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