Mum and baby charity closing after funding cut

A mother and baby charity which has helped 700 families, including homeless mums and their children, is shutting down because of cuts to its funding.

Blossom and Bloom runs two hubs in the White Rose Centre in Rhyl, Denbighshire, to help with support and socialising as well as training and education.

Vicky Welsman-Millard, who founded the organisation in 2020, said the "devastating" closure next month came after the local authority said it would not be giving it any money from the UK government's Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).

Denbighshire council said it had to reduce the amount given to all projects due to a "significant reduction in available funding".