Swindon & Wiltshire’s Charity and Third Sector news
The Platform Project secures funds to support more young people
By Anita Jaynes
on 23 September, 2020
Swindon based youth development firm The Platform Project has been awarded a grant of £36,500 from the Social Enterprise Support Fund to help more...
Brand new beginnings
By Ben Carey
on 4 September, 2020
A new agency is hoping to carve a niche for itself providing
quality PR and marketing services to small businesses.
Chippenham-based Brand Media...
Virtual business centre supports community through lockdown with charity hotline
By Anita Jaynes
on 25 August, 2020
Family-run company, The Virtual Business Centre, in Brinkworth, has supported the local community by taking almost 1,000 calls from people shielding...
Businesses invited to get in shape for future growth
By Ben Carey
on 21 August, 2020
SETsquared
is offering a fully-funded innovation workshop for businesses across Swindon
and Wiltshire.
The Innovation Workout, which is taking...
Oscar’s 10 for 10 crosses the finish line
By Anita Jaynes
on 18 August, 2020
A group of Swindon business buddies – and one from 10,519 miles away in Port Campbell, Australia – have covered nearly 5,000 kms to...
Prospect Hospice helps shoppers to buy online
By Anita Jaynes
on 15 August, 2020
With a pandemic sweeping the globe and lockdowns in place across the world, charities were among the hardest hit by Covid-19 as shops closed, events...
Supermarket alternative extends delivery area
By Ben Carey
on 30 July, 2020
Heritage Fine Foods (based in Coate, Wiltshire) has
extended its delivery areas further across the South West.
At a time when many are still...
Wasdell donates £50,000 to foundation that helps children cope with difficult issues
By Anita Jaynes
on 29 July, 2020
The Wasdell Group, which has its headquarters at Blagrove in Swindon, has donated £50,000 to enable every primary school in the country to have...
£100k Coronavirus Response Fund launches in Swindon
By Anita Jaynes
on 22 July, 2020
A new £100,000 fund to support voluntary groups tackling the effects of the coronavirus pandemic in Swindon has been set up by a pioneering housing...
Wiltshire Music Centre launches £60,000 appeal
By Anita Jaynes
on 20 July, 2020
Wiltshire Music Centre in Bradford on Avon, have launched a major community fundraising appeal to help the Centre to reopen and deliver a...
Swindon school gets laptops from IT company bridging the digital divide
By Anita Jaynes
on 6 July, 2020
Headteacher Sherryl Bareham of The Dorcan Academy has been presented with five free laptops by Wiltshire company Priority IT to support students who...
The power of business friendships keeps Oscar’s 10 for 10 challenge on track
By Anita Jaynes
on 2 July, 2020
The Coronavirus lockdown almost ended a carefully laid plan by Karl and Charlotte Paul to raise £10,000 this year in memory of their son Oscar who...
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