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The centre was started by Clwyd County Council Social Services working with local people with physical disabilities and sensory impairments. The government Welsh Office paid half the running costs for the first few years. Pictured left: Volunteer Helen Cookson in 1995
Three full time paid staff, helped by a team of volunteers with disabilities, ran a disability information and advice service dealing with 4,000 enquiries a year.
Quotes about the Disability Action Centre in 1996: "A marvellous place” - ME Support Group “Lovely posters” - Mold Deaf Club “Wish more areas had places like this” - Welsh Women’s Aid Network “Great people, good coffee” - Young Disabled Action Group “An excellent service” - Age Concern “Super” - MS Centre Saltney
In 1996 the centre was taken over by Flintshire County Council following local government reorganisation in Wales. In 1998 the staff, Ian Jones, Wendy Jones and David N Jones, were moved to Ty'r Binwydden in Clayton Road, Mold and the Action Centre in Buckley was closed.
In 1999 Ian Jones was transferred to work in County Hall, Mold where he stayed until 2002 when he left for a new job in the Wirral. The staff continued their work as Flintshire Disability Action until 2002 when their disability information role was taken over by the Flintshire Disability Forum Charity. The remaining Disability Action staff, Wendy Jones & David N Jones, transferred to
working as the Public Information Unit of the
Flintshire County Council Directorate of Adult Social Care.
Pictured left: DisAware Chairperson Kevin Walsh in 1994 Pictured below: Volunteers Pauline Dutton, Rosemary Hughes & Val Blundell in 1994
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The Disability
Action Centre operated in Mill Lane, Buckley, Flintshire from 1993 to 1998. 
Pictured left: Disability Action Centre in 1998
Pictured left: Information Officer Ian Jones in 1994
Pictured left: Development Officer David N Jones in 1997
The Action Centre
volunteers formed a voluntary organisation in 1994 called DisAware which ran the Centre in
partnership with the Council. DisAware also organised disability awareness training until
they disbanded in 1999.
