A COMMUNITY project has been praised in parliament for offering "impeccable" care to older people.

Susan Elan Jones, MP for Clwyd South, spoke about the Penley Rainbow Centre at a pre-recess debate in the House of Commons

Ms Elan Jones cited its "impeccable care for older people" and added: "I have had the privilege of visiting it on many occasions and I am deeply glad to support its work."

Operating since 1994, the centre offers day care, befriending, peer support groups, volunteering and a range of learning and exercise classes, as well as a new community wellbeing service that provides outreach support.

The MP added: "People at the centre work with many different groups of people five days a week—including those with dementia, frailty, learning difficulties or physical disability—and they also support families and carers. There are not just outstanding day opportunities.

"Other services include community wellbeing, peer support, lunch and learns, exercise classes, an excellent community garden—with an active gardening group—as well as a choir, art and craft classes, and beauty treatments. Active local fundraising has led to the provision of a new minibus, which means that the centre will serve even more people.

Ms Elan Jones added that Penley Rainbow Centre was "not just a credit to the area I am privileged to represent in parliament, but a project worthy of replication in communities across Wales and the UK, and indeed more widely across the world".