Volunteering & Charities
West Swindon families can get advice about changes in welfare benefits
West Swindon Family Centre offers help to families with children aged 0 to 19
It’s a huge challenge: balancing family life and finances can seem overwhelming, and changes to the benefit system are confusing and frightening, but help is available at West Swindon Family Cen...
Widow Kathleen bowled over by Barrie's final fundraiser
Celebration concert raises £960 for Willows Counselling Service
The last event planned by life-long fundraiser Barrie Smith from Haydon Wick became a celebration of his community work at a concert held at St John’s Church in Haydon Wick in late Februar...
Kentwood Show Choir sing for Mayor's Charities
St Georges Day Concert in the Council Chamber, Civic Offices on Tuesday 23 April
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Fashion Targets Breast Cancer
Leading high street and online retailers want you to 'Wear Your Support' to raise money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Wear Your Support for Fashion Targets Breast Cancer 2013 is the year Fashion Targets Breast Cancer focuses on unity. Together we are stronger and this year’s campaign will see us unite mothers ...
Swindon charity workers take afternoon tea with Simon Cowell at Claridges
Swindon charity HOMETRUTHS joined host of celebrities to celebrate the success of The Health Lottery
A Swindon charity working with survivors of domestic violence were invited to celebrate the success of The Health Lottery in the company of Simon Cowell and a host of celebrities at Claridges Hotel in...
Cats Protection Charity Shop Now Open
Donate your good quality items and help give local cats a brighter future.
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Calling all old and new members of the WRVS
Talk by Alice Cleland CBE on the history of the WRVS - Wroughton Library, Thursday 18 April
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National Stalking Awareness Day, Thursday 18 April - awareness raising session at Borough Lands Trust, Chippenham
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2012: A Disaster Year For UK Butterflies
52 out of 56 species suffer decline as a result of cold wet summer of 2012
Washout 2012 was the worst year for UK butterflies on record with 52 out of the 56 species monitored suffering declines, a scientific study has revealed. Some of our rarest species such as the fritil...
Co-op 'Gets Wiggy With It' for Teenage Cancer Trust
Old Town store colleagues let fundraising go to their heads
Swindon store 'Gets Wiggy With It' for Teenage Cancer Trust. Colleagues at a Swindon supermarket let fundraising go to their heads when they took up the challenge to ‘Get Wiggy With It’ f...
Bombay Lounge Charity Curry Nights 2013
Make money for your community organisation by enjoying a curry cashback evening at Swindon's most charity friendly restaurant
The charity curry nights every Monday and Tuesday evenings at the Bombay Lounge restaurant at Peatmoor Village Centre in West Swindon, in association with Swindon Link magazine, have raised nearly &po...
SALOS sing songs from the West End Shows in aid of Swindon Charities
Fundraising performance by SALOS for Goldenhar and STEP project - Wednesday 10 April, Bath Road Methodist Church
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Climbing Everest for SMASH
Sadie looking for sponsorship as she plans to raise £50,000
Sadie Harries is spending April climbing to the North Col of Everest to raise £50,000 for a youth mentoring charity, and is inviting companies and individuals to support the cause thro...
Legal Aid still available for mediation after 1 April
mediationplus provides family mediation for couples and families dealing with separation or divorce.
From 1 April, Legal Aid will no longer be available for people wishing to engage a solicitor in most Family Law cases. But it will be available to clients accessing family mediation, subject to eligi...
James Gray supports Prostate Cancer UK’s Quality Checklist
Quality Checklist to be used as best practice guide for men and clinicians.
“Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, yet the quality of care in Wiltshire is falling behind in key areas. "It is incredibly important that we do all we can to ensure all men ...
Grant to help provide crucial counselling for children
Mediationplus receives Community Outreach Grant of £1092 from AFL
AFL presented mediationplus a £1,092 grant to help provide crucial counselling services for children whose parents are separating or separated, in the Swindon area. mediationplus provides a fre...
Romeo and Juliet Masquerade Ball
Miss Swindon fundraising Ball for 'Beauty with a Purpose' - 30 March at MECA, Swindon
Ela Good, the current Miss Swindon, is holding a Romeo and Juliet Masquerade Ball on 30 March at the MECA in Swindon. She is raising money for the Miss World charity 'Beauty with a Purpose', promoti...
A Big Thank You from the Olive Tree Cafe
Benefit Gig at Riffs Bar on March 8 raised over £1000 for mental health charity
The Olive Tree Café would like to take this opportunity to give a big thank you to everybody who attended their Benefit Gig at Riffs Bar on Friday March 8. The superb night raised over £...
Swindon Scouts raise vital funds for Wateraid
18th Swindon Scout Group raise more than £300 supported by Swindon MP Robert Buckland.
A Swindon Scout group has raised more than £300 to help provide safe, clean drinking water for children around the world through WaterAid. South Swindon MP Robert Buckland has described their f...
Link Centre's Red Nose exercise classes raises over £1000
Fitness fanatics pile on the pounds for Comic Relief at the Link Cente.
The Swindon Borough Council-owned leisure centre held a Red Nose Fitness Weekend and raised more than a thousand pounds for the charity appeal. People taking part in the classes were asked to make a ...
Young Carers Nature Challenge Celebration Day!
Nature based activities and BBQ for young carers and their families at Lydiard Park on Thursday 28 March.
The Swindon Young Carers Nature Challenge Celebration Day will take place at Lydiard Park on Thursday 28 March 2013, 12 noon until 3pm. There will be a BBQ for young carers and their families, and a...
Donate your lovely unwanted things to South West BHF Shops
Have a spring clear out - if you haven't used something for over a year it's time to give it up!
Over one third [35%] of people from the South West hang onto things that remind them of a better time but are prompted to have a clear out after a break-up [22%], research by South West British Heart ...
Swindon gardener takes on Hearty Challenge for BHF
Landscaper from Abbey Meads running the London Marathon on 21 April to raise money for British Heart Foundation
A man from Abbey Meads is taking on an exciting challenge for the British Heart Foundation (BHF). Landscape gardener Cliff Boddy, will be running in The Virgin London Marathon on 21 April to recognis...
Sunday 24 March: Still time to enter Swindon's Mad March Hare
Just a few days to plan to take part in a great event in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer Organised by local volunteers, the 5km and 10km routes around Lydiard Park are suitable for walkers, runners...
More carers needed to open up their homes
Home & Away Scheme - information evening on 26 March
We are doing a big push to spread awareness of the Home & Away Scheme, in advance of an information evening at the end of the month, writes Cheryl Keller at the Swindon Council Family Placement Te...
Kerry gives up her golden tresses for Little Princess Trust
Kerry's long blond curls will help provide wigs for children who have lost their hair
When Kerry Rutherford, 9, from Toothill saw a story online about Little Princess Trust, which provides wigs for children who have lost their hair due to cancer treatment and other conditions such as a...
