Cymryd Rhan has decided to close its doors having supported citizens in Wales for the past 40 years.
In 1985, a group of parents whose children had just finished their special education wanted to open a community-based support charity where it places its beneficiaries at the heart of everything it does. Those values have remained throughout Cymryd Rhan’s 40-year history, and citizens designing and shaping how they want to be supported is as strong today as it was all those years ago when their parents were creating support services that delivered things in a way that matters to each person.
The ongoing pressures to continue providing this support in line with organisational values during a time when funding becomes more challenging to secure, have placed Cymryd Rhan in a position where it has questioned whether it can deliver the right thing to its beneficiaries in a way that matters to them. With challenges in funding, staff development, succession planning, and no clearly defined direction set at a national level for social care, Cymryd Rhan has decided that it will not deliver services where it feels compromised and is faced with delivering less than the expectations for each citizen.
The charity will cease operating on the 31st March 2025.
We would like to thank all of the citizens we have supported over the past 40 years, and to say that it has been a privilege to have been part of your life in the time that we have supported you. We would also like to thank all of our Trustees, Volunteers, Staff and in particular the Senior Management Team who have successfully navigated the organisation through the multiple challenges that the organisation has faced whilst delivering services which have achieved high standards of quality.