Swindon & Wiltshire’s Charity and Third Sector news

Wiltshire business springs into action to help a special pre-school struggling with lockdown
By Nick Batten
on 12 January, 2021
John and Debbie Williams, the co-founders of Wiltshire company, John Williams Heating Services, have sponsored equipment and uniforms for Springboard...

Wiltshire Air Ambulance sees record number of call-outs in 2020
By Nick Batten
on 10 January, 2021
The vital work carried out by Wiltshire Air Ambulance has been highlighted in the latest statistics released by the lifesaving charity.
It...

Wiltshire residents get connected in time for Christmas
By Anita Jaynes
on 24 December, 2020
More than 15 families, schools and organisations have been given the gift of connectivity this Christmas as the first set of laptops from the newly...

Swindon’s heroes are given the red carpet treatment at First City Nursing
By Anita Jaynes
on 23 December, 2020
Over 350 home care staff who have spent the last 10 months on the frontline of the fight against Covid-19 have been given the red carpet treatment by...

Retain helps Age UK Wiltshire fight social isolation in the digital age
By Anita Jaynes
on 23 December, 2020
Retain Healthcare has presented Age UK Wiltshire with a cheque for £5,000, which will help combat social isolation with the use of digital...

Positive Tales of 2020 – Complete Estate Agents offers virtual property tours
By Nick Batten
on 16 December, 2020
Despite the challenges that businesses have faced during the Coronavirus pandemic – there have been some positive things to come out of 2020. We...

Positive Tales of 2020 – Shield Wiltshire
By Nick Batten
on 15 December, 2020
Despite the challenges that businesses have faced during the Coronavirus pandemic – there have been some positive things to come out of...

South West Charity Sector rewarded at Christmas themed awards night
By Anita Jaynes
on 11 December, 2020
The Business Exchange is delighted to announce the winners of Reward, our award scheme recognising charities and not-for-profits in 2020.
The...

Excalibur turnover increases despite effects of Covid-19
By Ben Carey
on 3 December, 2020
Excalibur Communications has announced its annual results for 2019/20.
The Swindon-based communications and IT
solutions provider has...

FSB’s Volunteer Champions awards to honour Covid-19 stars
By Ben Carey
on 27 November, 2020
The Federation of Small Businesses
(FSB) has launched its new ‘Volunteer
Champions’ awards to recognise members for their hard work
over the past...

Inner Flame brings light to young people during lockdown
By Nick Batten
on 19 November, 2020
Local Swindon Charity, Inner Flame, has been supporting young people in innovative ways throughout the lockdown with its new programme ‘Manage...

Highways England welcomes green light for £1.7 billion Stonehenge A303 upgrade
By Ben Carey
on 13 November, 2020
Highways England’s plans to upgrade the A303 at the notorious Stonehenge bottleneck have been given the go-ahead.
The upgraded road, which...
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