KIND individuals who have lost their jobs spent time volunteering at a now 'closed' vital centre so they could return scooters and equipment back to customers.

Staff have been left "broken hearted" for their vulnerable customers following the sudden closure of The Disability Resource Centre located in Glan Clwyd Hospital grounds.

Staff were made redundant from The Disability Resource Centre on Thursday, January 25. It is understood trustees came in to tell staff the centre was "now closed."

Administrators were on site on Tuesday, January 30. 

Some customers had been "left" without their mobility equipment; mobility scooters for customers were locked up in the workshop. 

However, caring individuals came to volunteer at the site on Tuesday to help return items to customers. 

One devastated worker, who has asked not to be named, said: "We finally got all the scooters and equipment back to customers on Tuesday afternoon. All staff were now volunteers as no longer employed by The Disability Resource Centre. The final customer delivery was to a small farmhouse near Corwen.

"Volunteers were at the centre from 8.30am and stayed all day.

"Equipment including scooters etc for customers were released by administrators at 1pm. Some customers collected in person but kept waiting until 1pm. 

"Some customers waited about three hours in the centre. We felt awful leaving disabled customers that long. We made them tea and coffee and they wanted to pay a £1 or so for it and we said absolutely not. They were so nice."

Redundant staff are currently looking at ideas to reform the centre and are seeking sources of funding and are open to ideas.

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The centre, a lifeline for many, has been running for 25 years. It provides mobility aids and equipment for people with disabilities, sensory impairments and chronic conditions.

The mobility shop, workshop and offices offers short term wheelchair hire to sales, installations, vehicle adaptations and more. 

The centre covers areas / has customers in Rhyl, Prestatyn, Flint, Holywell, Mold, Colwyn Bay, Llandudno and Bangor.

A spokesperson for the centre told the Journal on Monday, January 29: "People are devastated. It is such a shock. We knew on Thursday something was going on but not this."

The Disability Resource Centre does not come under Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB).

BCUHB were unable to comment at this time.