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A member of the Olive Tree cafe team

Grant means hot lunches for isolated elderly people

A hot meal delivery service providing food social contact is continuing in Swindon thanks to ...

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Mechanics Institution Trust needs new people

Mechanics Institution Trust needs new people

The Mechanics Institution Trust is looking for new Trustees to join its Board.

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Swindon Wildcats in The Community (SWITC) joined forces with Franklin’s Food and Arval BNP Paribas Group

More than 2,000 free meals handed out during half term after Wildcats team with firms

Swindon Wildcats in The Community (SWITC) joined forces with Franklin’s Food and Arval BNP Paribas ...

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Important virtual gathering for Swindon charities

Important virtual gathering for Swindon charities

Voluntary Action Swindon hosts its next VAS-Live event on Wednesday, 25 November.

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Carer Support Wiltshire Trustee Ian Baldwin

Call for charity trustees

Carer Support Wiltshire is marking Trustees Week by asking people to come forward and make ...

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Volunteers needed to listen to children read in local primary schools after lockdown

Volunteers needed to listen to children read in local primary schools after lockdown

Charity Schoolreaders, who help children with reading difficulties, is looking for volunteers in Swindon.

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New online network for Swindon’s voluntary and community groups

New online network for Swindon’s voluntary and community groups

Local charities and voluntary groups around Swindon are facing tough times. Lockdown has meant a ...

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Jeremy Holt, centre, with fellow organisers of the covid-compliant auction

Swindon auction for children's charities to go ahead

A charity art auction in aid of two children's charities will be held on Tuesday, ...

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Heidi the dachshund recovered from a serious condition thanks to a transfusion and other treatment

Call for doggy donors

A Swindon animal hospital and an animal blood donor charity have teamed up to encourage ...

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Safe Families volunteers agreed to work with 72 Swindon families but took on 20 more

Volunteers thanked for extra efforts to help families

A charity working with vulnerable families in Swindon has won praise for going the extra ...

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Swindon Samaritans in new video

Volunteers from Swindon & District Samaritans feature in a new video promoting the organisation's work.

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Marie Curie shop open for business again

Marie Curie shop open for business again

Marie Curie has reopened its charity shop in Royal Wootton Bassett after the pandemic closed ...

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Robert Buckland was full of praise for the team of volunteers

Swindon MP pulls pint and praises community spirit

The Justice Minister poured a drink at a Chiseldon pub in tribute to a businessman ...

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Oakfield pledges £100,000 support for Swindon voluntary groups in partnership with Wiltshire Community Foundation

Oakfield pledges £100,000 support for Swindon voluntary groups in partnership with Wiltshire Community Foundation

A new £100,000 fund to support voluntary groups tackling the effects of the coronavirus pandemic ...

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The Samaritans receive a call for help every six seconds

Samaritans need more volunteers

Swindon and District Samaritans have announced their latest online information session for potential new members.

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Swindon & District Samaritans Calling for local people to take in 'Samarathon' to raise vital funds

Swindon & District Samaritans Calling for local people to take in 'Samarathon' to raise vital funds

Swindon & District Samaritans is inviting supporters to run, jog or walk a marathon in ...

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Volunteers and organisers from the Royal Wootton Bassett Covid-19 Mutual Aid Group, who received £2,000 from the Wiltshire Community Foundation

Covid volunteer group supported by Wiltshire Community Foundation could continue after pandemic

Volunteers who joined a town’s Covid-19 response group and helped feed and befriend more than ...

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Prospect Hospice thanks dedicated volunteers

Prospect Hospice thanks dedicated volunteers

This week marks national volunteers’ week and while many of the activities planned to honour ...

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Swindon charity wins Queens Award for Voluntary Service

Swindon charity wins Queens Award for Voluntary Service

The Harbour Project for Swindon Refugees and Asylum Seekers receives the Queen’s Award for Voluntary ...

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Wiltshire Police celebrate National Volunteers’ Week 2020

Wiltshire Police celebrate National Volunteers’ Week 2020

Today marks the start of National Volunteers’ Week (1 – 7 June) concluding with National ...

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Citizens Advice Swindon thanks it's wonderful volunteers for their dedication

Citizens Advice Swindon thanks it's wonderful volunteers for their dedication

Citizens Advice Swindon has continued giving advice to those in need throughout the coronavirus pandemic ...

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Coronavirus response fund helps mental health charity continue support for anguished clients

Coronavirus response fund helps mental health charity continue support for anguished clients

Money from the Wiltshire Community Foundation has helped a Swindon counselling service continue its support ...

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Swindon MPs call for residents to nominate Community Champions for Volunteers Week

Swindon MPs call for residents to nominate Community Champions for Volunteers Week

North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson, has joined forces with South Swindon MP Robert Buckland to ...

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West Swindon student, 11, prints out NHS tension bands from dawn to dusk

West Swindon student, 11, prints out NHS tension bands from dawn to dusk

An eleven-year-old student at Royal Wootton Bassett Academy who enlisted her dad to help her ...

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New College financial academy leader helps produce hundreds of face masks for key workers

New College financial academy leader helps produce hundreds of face masks for key workers

Zelda Culley, Financial Academy Pathway Leader and AAT Accounting Programme Leader at New College Swindon, ...

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GALLERY: Swindon Hindu Temple organises a successful NHS Blood Donation Camp to help during the crisis

GALLERY: Swindon Hindu Temple organises a successful NHS Blood Donation Camp to help during the crisis

On Monday 11 May, Swindon Hindu Temple organised a very successful NHS Blood Donation Camp ...

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Fundraising launched for Virtual Visits for Care Homes

Fundraising launched for Virtual Visits for Care Homes

Care Home Volunteers have set up a Just Giving page to raise funds for handheld ...

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Care Home Volunteers 'befriending' in Swindon now being delivered by post due to Covid-19 pandemic

Care Home Volunteers 'befriending' in Swindon now being delivered by post due to Covid-19 pandemic

Despite the majority of Care Homes now being closed to visitors, Care Home Volunteers' (CHV) ...

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