A specialist driver training scheme, which allows 10-17 year olds to get behind the wheel in a bid to create a new generation of safer drivers, has announced it will be launching a new supersite in Chippenham in 2022. Young Driver will run its first event at MOD Lyneham on Sunday 27th February 2022, when part… Read More…
The children at Westbury Leigh have been really inspired and have taken on a variety of projects to achieve this award including; ‘The Wombles of Westbury Leigh’ litter picking, fund raising – making animals from recycled materials to raise money for an African hostel, creating monitors throughout the school to save energy, raising awareness about… Read More…
The rollout of the coronavirus vaccine across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire will now benefit from the introduction of two large-scale NHS Vaccination Centres. Based at Salisbury City Hall and Bath Racecourse, the two venues, which open to patients from next week, will be able to provide the life-saving vaccine on a… Read More…
Temporary closures will be introduced at Minor Injuries Units (MIUs) in Paulton and Trowbridge on Monday 18th January as frontline clinical staff are redeployed to care for the rising number of patients requiring treatment for Covid-19. Trowbridge MIU will be temporarily closed to patients booking appointments through NHS 111, but will keep some services open… Read More…
Trading standards is advising online consumers in Devon, Somerset and Torbay to only buy from ‘reputable’ traders, and to refer to a new advice video if they experience any problems. The new advice video has been commissioned by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) ahead of ‘Black Friday’ (Friday 27 November) and ‘Cyber Monday’, (Monday 30 November), the two… Read More…
Do you love writing? Maybe you’re more of a crafty person and enjoy making things? Perhaps creating posters is more your thing? If you’re aged four to 18 we want to hear from you! Wiltshire Council is launching a competition to encourage young people to share their creative flair during lockdown. Poetry, short stories, posters… Read More…
Wiltshire Council is encouraging parents with a child who will be two years old on or before the 31 December 2020 to apply for 15 hours free childcare. The childcare, known as Better 2gether Funding, is for parents who are on Income Support, Job Seekers Allowance, those that have an income of less than £16,190… Read More…
Libraries would like to reassure customers that key services are remaining in place during this new lockdown period. The popular “library choice” service and the reservation service for specific requests will continue to be available, but customers will no longer be able to browse shelves. The libraries service will also still provide limited access to… Read More…
“It is never too late to learn something new.” That’s the words of Wiltshire mum Hannah Wilkins who has received a special recognition from HRH The Princess Royal for her special commitment to learning. Hannah was nominated for the Festival of Learning 2020 Awards by Wiltshire Council’s Family and Community Learning Team after she took… Read More…
With national restrictions being introduced from tomorrow (5 November), Wiltshire Council has confirmed how this will affect their services over the next four weeks. The majority of council services will continue to run or stay open as normally as possible. They include services such as: Social care services Revenue and benefits Household recycling centres and… Read More…
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