Beyond Swindon
Knitted teddies destined for the Gambia
200 children at Agape Nursery School to receive teddies from Swindon-based charity Empower the Gambia.
The 200 children of Agape Nursery School in the Gambia are set to each receive a teddy when representatives of Swindon-based charity Empower the Gambia make their next visit in March 2013. Explaining...
The 75th anniversary of the Ridgeway Base
Guest blog by Graham Pennington, Geodesy & Positioning team, describes the amazing accuracy achieved to map Britain using tape measures in 1997
Friday 7 December marked 75 years since the completion of measurements on the Ridgeway Base. The Ridgeway Base runs from White Horse Hill (grid ref. SU3008386375) to Liddington Castle (gr...
Gymnastics is not just for kids!
Veteran gymnasts return to Swindon triumphant from Championships in Newcastle
The Swindon School of Gymnastics Club who are based on the Isis Trading Estate, Stratton, recently sent 8 adult members to the British Veterans Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Newcastle. They all...
Eventful year for Swindon Salzgitter Twinning Association
Link with Salzgitter in Germany gives Swindon people chance to share with European partner
Swindon Salzgitter Twinning Association has had an eventful year with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year being celebrated in both towns. Association chairman Roger Gower said the royal river page...
Wiltshire school takes pupils on the Hottest Classroom on Earth expedition for TV
BBC documentary on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 December features expedition by pupils with special needs to Rift Vally, Tanzania
The Hottest Classroom on Earth, in which 10 extraordinary pupils from around the UK pushed themselves and the limits of their endurance, is the subject of a BBC documentary to be aired this weekend. ...
Alan Duncan MP impressed by Swindon charity Lights for Learning
Solar powered system endorsed by UK's International Development Minister
The invention that is helping children and adults in communities where electricity is not always available has been given endorsement by the UK’s International Development Minister Alan Duncan. ...
Royal Wootton Bassett Orchestra Christmas Concert
15 December - A feast of traditional Christmas and Viennese music by Strauss, Franz Lehar, Leroy Anderson and other favourites!
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Local charity aims to take the loneliness out of Christmas
Christmas Tea Party for the elderly at Milton Lilbourne Village Hall - 9 December
Milton Lilbourne Village Hall, 9 December, 2.00pm A local branch of Contact the Elderly (Swindon 2), is aiming to put some fun back into Christmas for lonely elderly people. The branch will host a sp...
Something Odd in Royal Wootton Bassett this Christmas
Children's Christmas Competition running from 3 to 14 December with £25 vouchers for winners.
Children in Royal Wootton Bassett are being invited to peer into the windows of businesses in the town centre to find the ‘odd item’ as part of a Children’s Christmas Competition org...
Swindon gymnast strikes gold in English Trampoline Championships
National and international success for Georgia Clements
Georgia Clements travelled to South Shields to compete in 3 disciplines of the English Trampoline championships. On day 1 the New College student beat 37 other competitors from across England and was...
Meet the coodinator of The 100 Women Book for Nepal
Rosa Matheson will be signing copies of 'A Day in the Life of 100 Women in Britain' at Pen & Paper, Old Town on Tuesday 27 November, 7pm.
Rosa Matheson from Highworth, who coordinated A Day in the Life of 100 Women in Britain featuring many stories by Swindon writers, will be signing copies on Tuesday 27 November, 7pm, at Pen & Pape...
Shoeboxes wanted for annual collection. 25 November deadline
Operation Christmas Child hoping to deliver the millionth shoebox this year - with your help
The Church of Christ the Servant in Abbey Meads is again a drop off point for Operation Christmas Child, the world’s largest children’s Christmas project, writes Rhona Hawkins. This year ...
Access to Swindon's heritage railway now from Tadpole Lane
Rebuilt road bridge now gives access to Swindon & Cricklade Railway from the east
The road bridge over the River Ray in North Swindon has been rebuilt and reopened giving access to Swindon & Cricklade Railway’s station at Blunsdon halt from Tadpole Lane. However the thro...
Zambia High Commissioner to attend Swindon Town game on 17 November
Groups wanted to help strengthen community development through sport, education and cultural links
Colonel Biizwayo Nkunika, High Commissioner for Zambia, will be visiting Swindon to meet representives from Swindon Town Community Trust and community groups in the town interested in further developi...
SEQOL shortlisted for third major award
Swindon's social enterprise excels in three award categories
SEQOL, the social enterprise responsible for delivering community health and adult social care in Swindon, has been shortlisted for its third major award this autumn. Colleagues from SEQOL are finali...
Subtext - at Bradon Forest School, 27 November
Explosive dance, vibrant theatre from Swerve Dance Theatre Company & Neshima Dance Company
Neshima Dance Company and Swerve Dance Theatre Company presents SUBTEXT by Artistic Directors Helen Gamberg (Swerve Dance Theatre Company) and Batel Magen (Neshima Dance Company) Neshima Cast: Cla...
Tregoze teachers and pupils off to Spain
Tregoze Primary School receives funding for another pan-European Comenius project
Tregoze Primary School has again been successful in its application for funding to undertake a pan-European Comenius project, involving eight other schools, from Spain, Poland, Turkey, Germany, Romani...
US sports scholarships offer opportunities for Swindon students
Interest in US scholarships from several families as a result of Link magazine article
An article in the June Link about applying to college in the USA to learn and play sport with a scholarship, below, resulted in several families contacting Nick Dodd for details. Former Ridgeway Scho...
Army sergeant Amy Phillippo from Swindon keeps communications flowing in Sierra Leone
Ex-Greendown School pupil posted to International Military Assistance Training Team (Sierra Leone)
Ex-Greendown School pupil Amy Phillippo, 30, from Abbey Meads, a communication specialist with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, is currently in Sierra Leone. She was promoted to Sergean...
Swindon's Jake the Juggler completes slackline marathon
5 kilometre walk raises funds for circus skills teaching trip to Nicaragua
British slackline walker champion Jacob Hirsch-Holland from Shaw completed a marathon slackline walk on Saturday 3 November. Jacob, who is known in Swindon as Jake the Juggler, set himself the target...
Talbot House - a story about a home from home behind the Front Line
Told through a play with music, this inspiring production portrays the horrors of World War I and how men found a little relief. Town Hall, Malmesbury, 7 November.
Wartime ‘Haven in Hell’ brings inspiration to a recession hit country Talbot House – a Home from Home In these austere times of rising inflation and unemployment pass a thought p...
Wessex Male Choir Remembrance Tribute Song
Moving anthems available to download to raise money for Royal British Legion
The Wessex Male Choir (www.wessexmalechoir.co.uk), based in Swindon, is fast becoming one of the most successful and sought after male choirs in the country, and is pleased to have Aled Jones as its p...
Wiltshire band create music video with fan participation
Fans filmed at The Bear Hotel gig are the star of The Vooz music video.
The Punk, Indie Rock band from Marlborough, have just created a music video with ‘HeatsProductions’ using gig footage from the Bear Hotel in Marlborough with video footage of The Vooz and ...
Highworth Warneford raise over £2,800 for Barnardo's
Students and staff undertake gruelling Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge in memory of popular teacher
In September, 24 year 11 students and 11 staff, from Highworth Warneford School Raised over £2800 for Barnardo's by way of a sponsored attempt of the Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge. The challenge ...
Swindon's Louise Hunt retains brace of titles in Cardiff
Wanborough player wins second singles and sixth doubles title in 2012 at Cardiff Wheelchair Tennis Tournament.
Wanborough’s Louise Hunt won her second singles title and her sixth doubles title of 2012 on Sunday 14 October at the Cardiff Wheelchair Tennis Tournament, Britain’s penultimate world rank...
Swindon police officers to run 3 marathons in 3 days
Can you help them reach their fundraising target of £10,000 for Children in Need?
Adam Leakey and Jon Hewlett, serving police officers in Swindon, will be undertaking a challenge to run 3 marathons in 3 days to raise funds for Children in Need 2012 - the charity chosen as they both...
