Purple Elephant Productions, the people behind the Children’s Festival and Toy Library, are very excited that one of their loyal volunteers is being exceedingly brave and doing a skydive to help raise funds for their work, bringing free activities to the children and families of Frome. Local Frome resident, John Clarke, has already helped at… Read More…
6 MORE CHILDREN’S CENTRES THREATENED WITH CLOSURE. A campaign has started to fight the proposed closure of Westbury’s Children’s Centre. Wiltshire Council has proposed closing 6 more Children’s Centres (formerly known as SureStart centres) only 3 years after a reorganisation that saw nearly half of all such centres close. Following the launch of the… Read More…
A new £12m school will provide much needed special educational needs places in the south of Wiltshire. Wiltshire Council successfully bid for Department for Education (DFE) funding to create a 150-pupil school for pupils aged 4 to 19 years. The school will help pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)… Read More…
Figures released today (1 March) show 98% of Wiltshire children will attend one of their preferred choices of secondary school from this September. Wiltshire has been able to offer 93% of parents their first preference school – up from 92% last year. Parents who applied online have found out their decisions today, while those who… Read More…
Over the Wall, the children’s charity that provides free residential camps for children with serious illness based in Liddlington, Wiltshire, has developed new ‘Daytime Volunteer’ opportunities in a bid to encourage more local people to help by volunteering. The charity- originally founded by the Hollywood legend, Paul Newman- is this year celebrating 20 years since the actor launched the organisation. The… Read More…
Plans for a new primary school at Elm Grove in Trowbridge have been dropped by Wiltshire Council following public consultations last month. The plans to develop the land included family homes, a school and enhanced sports and recreation facilities. Campaigners are celebrating the council’s decision to abandon plans to build the school on the Queen… Read More…
Frome Children’s Festival are running a family bingo evening on 15th March at Frome Football Club to raise funds for the town’s Sports Festival. The Sports Festival, which offers a warm and open invitation to all Frome and area families, brings a fun-packed week of free sports tasters in April for everyone to enjoy and… Read More…
Children and young people with Special Education Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) in Wiltshire will continue to enjoy clubs and short-break activities after charity Barnardo’s secured a three year contract. Wiltshire Council re-awarded the charity the £570,000 contract to run the Wiltshire Short Breaks & Positive Activities Service which aims to increase opportunities for eligible children… Read More…
Wiltshire schools are preparing to welcome hundreds of service children, who will be making their home in the county later this year. As part of the Army Basing Programme some 4,000 Service Personnel and their families will move to Wiltshire this summer. Wiltshire Council has worked closely with partners to ensure the county is ready… Read More…
National Children’s Day UK (NCDUK) is all about the importance of a healthy childhood and how we need to protect the rights and freedoms of children in order to ensure that they can grow into happy, healthy adults. This year National Children’s Day UK is taking place on Sunday 12th May and people can run any… Read More…
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