About Rachel Rose Rainbows

Rachel Rose Weddings is the brainchild of the Cortijo Rosa Blanca owner and wedding planner, Rachel McFadden, director of the Rachel Rose Weddings - Planning & Coordination company. 

In the last few years, not only did Rachel have to face the devastation of her own father’s cancer diagnosis and learn how to navigate his illness as a family, Rachel also received another huge blow when she was diagnosed with cancer herself.

As a family, they all rallied around one another, becoming one another’s much-needed support network and spending as much precious time with her dad as possible.

Sadly, Rachel’s dad passed away in the summer of 2024 before they were able to enjoy a planned family holiday together, and although her and her family were full of grief, they were also full of gratitude for the time they had with him. A few months later, it was a welcomed relief for all to see, Rachel got her own rainbow moment - a cancer-free diagnosis.

After coming out on the other side of a difficult few years, Rachel came to realise that although those years were a dark period of her life, marked by worry, sadness and grief, she could see the light and the opening of a new chapter in her life.

Fuelled with a sense of clarity and a strong purpose to help others during sad and vulnerable times of their lives, the Rachel Rose Rainbow Foundation was born.

The first recipient, before the foundation had really taken shape, was a past wedding couple of Rachel’s, who sadly had the crushing experience of having a child diagnosed with leukemia. Rachel got to witness from afar how this awful disease turned their lives upside down and strained their family life in many ways. Rachel & her husband Johnny felt compelled to help in whatever way they could, and this is where the idea came to gift them a holiday at Cortijo Rosa Blanca - something to look forward to after their daughter's final treatment. They didn’t know it then, but that action was what set in motion the idea for the foundation.