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Over £500 raised for mental health charity at Bangor Races
(Image – ABF volunteers collecting money at Bangor Races) Over £500 was raised in aid of Wrexham mental health and wellbeing charity...
Nov 3, 20211 min read
Wrexham charity calls for equality for World Mental Health Day
Sunday, October 10th marks World Mental Health Day 2021, and Wrexham mental health and wellbeing charity Advance Brighter Futures (ABF)...
Oct 6, 20212 min read
Development of mental health charity’s building on track to deliver significant improvements
(Image: Richie DeRosa, Managing Director at Don Hughes Electrical – third from left – with members of the ABF team) The development of a...
Sep 22, 20213 min read
Wrexham mental health charity stays hopeful for World Suicide Awareness Day
(Image: ABF Chief Officer Lorrisa Roberts and Trustee Phil Jones grab a coffee together) *Trigger warning – this post refers to suicidal...
Sep 8, 20212 min read
“I honestly don’t know where I’d be without ABF” Read Phil’s journey from severe anxiety to becoming
Phil Jones, 67, has been a part of mental health and wellbeing charity Advance Brighter Futures (ABF) for many years now. Anyone who has...
Jun 30, 20213 min read
Wrexham mental health charity praises ‘small but vital’ charities
Wrexham mental health and wellbeing charity Advance Brighter Futures (ABF) wants to use Small Charities Week to raise awareness of the...
Jun 16, 20212 min read
Crucial funding allows mental health charity to ‘reach, support and assess more people’
(Image: ABF Business Development Officer Cath Taylor outside the ABF building) Wrexham mental health and wellbeing charity Advance...
Jun 9, 20212 min read
“Our volunteers are amazing!” Wrexham mental health charity says thanks during Volunteers’ Week 2021
(Image: Advance Brighter Futures volunteer Elaine Hughes with her decoupage pots) Volunteers’ Week 2021 takes places between June 1-7,...
Jun 1, 20213 min read
Wrexham charity promises ‘Not Just Talk’ for Mental Health Awareness Week
We’re now into Mental Health Awareness Week (10-16 May), and Wrexham’s mental health and wellbeing charity Advance Brighter Futures (ABF)...
May 12, 20213 min read
Wrexham mental health charity welcomes First Minister
(Image: Lesley Griffiths, MS for Wrexham and the First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford visiting Advance Brighter Futures) Wrexham...
Apr 15, 20213 min read
Funding from the Steve Morgan Foundation allows popular wellbeing project to continue
A Wrexham-based mental health and wellbeing charity can continue its popular HALO (Help And Listening Online) project for an extra year...
Apr 7, 20212 min read
It’s Stress Awareness Month! Local mental health charity says “watch out for the signs”
Thursday, April 1st marks the beginning of Stress Awareness Month 2021 and Wrexham mental health and wellbeing charity Advance Brighter...
Mar 31, 20212 min read
£160k improvement to mental health charity’s building to offer ‘the standard that people deserve’
Advance Brighter Futures (ABF), Wrexham, has been awarded £145,818 by Welsh Government’s Community Facilities Programme towards the total...
Mar 17, 20213 min read
“Make Time to Talk” says Wrexham mental health and well-being charity!
Time to Talk Day 2021 takes place on Thursday, February 4, with the emphasis this year being on ‘the Power of Small’. Wrexham mental...
Feb 1, 20212 min read
Ryan Reynolds Aviation gin raises over £250 for Wrexham mental health charity
(Picture: raffle winner Leon Bowen with his prize) A raffle to win a bottle of Ryan Reynolds’ Aviation gin has raised a fantastic £263.35...
Jan 21, 20212 min read
Local builders kindly donate new window to mental health and wellbeing charity
(Image – ABF Chief Officer Lorrisa Roberts standing by the new window) Advance Brighter Futures (ABF) would like to give its thanks to...
Dec 16, 20201 min read
A bottle of something special to help mental health charity
Image: Chris Evans (Chair, Saith Seren), Nia Jones (Manager, Saith Seren) and Cath Taylor (Business Development Officer, Advance Brighter...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
“These fundraisers have been so important to us throughout the pandemic”
(Image: Dorothy ‘Dolly’ Tomlinson. A fundraider was set up in memory of Dolly, which raised over £1,000 for ABF) Local mental health and...
Nov 18, 20202 min read
Local charity needs help finding new shed for much-loved allotment group
(Image – Hannah Wilcock with ABF’s current shed) Local mental health and well-being charity Advance Brighter Futures (ABF) is issuing a...
Nov 11, 20202 min read
“For something new and rewarding, becoming a Trustee of a charity could be an ideal choice”
(Image – Rick Bedson, third from right, on a fundraising walk in memory of his friend and colleague Tony) As we’re currently in Trustee...
Nov 4, 20203 min read