A Wellbeing Hub has been praised by a North Wales MS for its facilities after a total refurbishment.

The Wellbeing Hub on Chester Street in Wrexham, which opened its doors back in October, was created as a partnership between Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Association of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham (AVOW) and Wrexham Council.

The Hub provides integrated community, health, social care and third sector preventative activities and alternative solutions to care and support in a safe environment that has accessible facilities for all ages and abilities.

Wellbeing hubs were in the programme for government, so the Hub was refurbished thanks to Welsh Government funding in collaboration with the Health Board and Wrexham Council.

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Carolyn Thomas, MS for North Wales recently shown around the facilities by Leader of the Wrexham Council, Mark Pritchard and the Chief Executive, Ian Bancroft, where she saw that the toilet facilities in the building have been upgraded.

The Leader: The toilet facilities The toilet facilities (Image: Carolyn Thomas MS)

Carolyn Thomas, MS for North Wales said: “I was pleased to see two changing places toilets incorporated, one adult and one child, also with showers; as well as kitchen units that move up and down to varying heights suitable for wheelchair use, they also had a sensory room, children’s early years outdoor and indoor play area, a learning hub and a consulting room for people suffering with long COVID, they really had thought of everything at the early planning stages, it was an absolute delight to see.”

She also said that she had been to the Hub before, where she had attended a cross party Autism group meeting.

The MS said that there had been recent debates on the need for changing place toilets in Wales and Jan Thomas of Flintshire Disability Forum along with TCC (Together Creating Communities) have been lobbying her about them since she was a Flintshire Councillor Cabinet Member.

For this reason, she says that she always asks if they can be incorporated in any new public building or redesign of an existing one. 

Jan Thomas and TCC said: “We know from the people we work with and support that the biggest concern about going out into the community is the lack of accessible toilet facilities.

"Changing Places toilets enable all disabled people to have the same experiences as their non-disabled, it is a basic human right.”

Anyone visiting is able to ask for advice on cost of living support and grants, and a member of staff will be able to help.