Environment/Eco
North Swindon MP keen to see a stadium suitable for champions
Justin Tomlinson looks forward to redevelopment of Abbey Stadium
North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson believes detailed plans for the redevelopment of Abbey Stadium and the houses proposed for St Andrew’s Ridge are not far off - and with Swindon Robins winning t...
Swindon Council has to take the extension of Thamesdown Drive seriously
Haydon Wick Parish Council and residents want answers about northern relief road
It is over 15 years since Swindon Borough Council, then Thamesdown, was considering detailed plans for a northern relief road to join up what is now Thamesdown Drive with Great Weste...
Change the world in your pyjamas
‘Microvolunteering’ is the buzz word for doing small charitable works in the comfort of your own home or office and in support of Big Society aims, writes Sue Dunmore, Swindon Volunteer Centre manager.
‘Microvolunteering’ is the buzz word for doing small charitable works in the comfort of your own home or office and in support of Big Society aims, writes Sue Dunmore (pictured), Swindon V...
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. ...
Can you help bumble bees and butterflies in your garden?
What can we do over the winter to encourage more pollinating insects?
Bees are responsible for pollinating a substantial proportion of our food-producing plants, and yet the population of pollinating insects is increasingly at risk, particularly after the wet summer wea...
Fresh Start Christmas Bonanza
Display and sale of multi-cultural products - Toothill Community Centre, Saturday 1 December, 11am-6pm.
African small business men and women under the flagship of FRESH START will be displaying and selling multi-cultural products on Saturday, 1 December from 11am till 6pm during their business exhibitio...
Further flooding across county
Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service warns motorists not to drive through floodwater if they don’t know the depth.
Heavy rain last night (22/23 November) has led to localised flooding around the county, and the strong winds also caused trees and debris to blow down into the roads. Since yesterday morning,...
Book now for a canal boat trip in Swindon with Santa
Santa will be visiting the Wilts & Berks Canal from 1 December - book early as places are limited.
Following the success of last year's ride with Santa along the Wilts & Berks Canal from the landing stage at Kingshill, Swindon, the canal trust has booked Santa to visit in December. Places on t...
Swindon school hosts Fairtrade Enterprise Day
Churchfields Academy pupils learn the importance of Fairtrade in developing countries at Fairtrade Enterprise event.
Pupils at Churchfields Academy in Swindon were given the opportunity to learn the importance of Fairtrade in developing countries in a special Fairtrade Enterprise event. The school invited 60 pupils...
Last few tickets available for Moonbears film premier at Vets Klinic: 27 November
Swindon Animals Asia Support Group showing award winning film 'Cages of Shame'
Swindon Animals Asia Support Group is showing Cages of Shame, the award winning film by Martin Guinness, at Vets Klinic, Unit 2, Callenders, Paddington Drive SN5 7YW on Tuesday 27 November, 7pm. Th...
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...
The healing power of gardening - talk on 15 November at Business Village
Swindon charity TWIGS' business talk focuses on the great outdoors at Holiday Inn Express
A touch of the outdoors will come to a group of business people this week when they attend a presentation by the Swindon charity TWIGS. Alan Holland, from TWIGS – Therapeutic Work In Gardening ...
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...
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust public exhibition for proposed solar array
Consultation for local communities - Thursday 15 November, 1pm-8pm, Cricklade House, Common Hill, Cricklade
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and Bath & West Community Energy are consulting local communities on a proposed Solar Array at Chelworth Industrial Estate. A public exhibition will be held on Thursday 15...
South Swindon MP Robert Buckland helps plant trees at school for the future
Peatmoor Primary working towards silver RSPB Wildlife Award
South Swindon MP Robert Buckland visited Peatmoor Primary School in October to help them in their bid to achieve the RSPB Wildlife Award. Each class has gained the bronze level and children are worki...
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust takes Action for Ash
WWT calling for members and local communities to report potential sightings of infected trees.
The potentially devastating Ash dieback disease has been identified in several areas of England. So far, it has not been identified in Wiltshire. However, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is calling for membe...
Take the 8 week Rubbish Diet Challenge
Sign up for Wiltshire Wildlife Trust's Waste Watchers Challenge
Most readers will have made at least one New Year’s resolution in their lifetime. How about making a New Year’s resolution in November? Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is challenging people acr...
Visit Swindon's Wild Wood on Sunday 4 November
Peatmoor Community Woodland Group invites you to coppicing morning as part of CSV Make A Difference Day
Peatmoor Community Woodland Group is cutting down trees as part of CSV (Community Service Volunteer) Make a Difference Day, the UK's biggest annual day of volunteering on Sunday 4 November - and you...
Scrapstore Charity Craft Fair - 3 November
Local crafts on display and for sale - a few tables still available
Swindon Children’s Scrapstore is holding a Charity Craft Fair event on Saturday 3 November 2012 at the Scrapstore in West Swindon, 10am -4pm, we have invited local Crafters to come along to disp...
Swindon Childrens Scrapstore – Creative Arty Parties
Creative activity based parties for all occasions.
The Swindon Children’s Scrapstore now runs Creative Arty Parties for 0-5 year olds. We provide the venue, activity and party packs, all with an environmentally friendly approach. We run creativ...
Hanging basket workshops at Lydiard Park
Wednesday 17 and Saturday 20 October - Lydiard Park’s head gardener will give practical advice to people who want to brighten up their garden during winter and spring.
Lydiard Park’s head gardener will give practical advice to people who want to brighten up their garden during winter and spring. Simon Brooks will be on hand to help people create their own han...
Human Rights in Burma: Cause for Hope?
Thursday 25 October - A talk by Zoya Phan presented by Swindon and Marlborough Amnesty International Group for One World Week 2012
For One World Week 2012 Swindon and Marlborough Amnesty International Group presents: Human Rights in Burma: Cause for Hope? - a talk given by Zoya Phan, Burma democracy activist and author of &ld...
Friends of the Railway Path Workday - 14 October
Your help is needed to keep much-loved greenway at Ogbourne St George looking good - and you can meet people, learn new skills and get some gentle exercise at the same time!
The next Friends of the Railway Path workday is on Sunday, 14 October. Workdays are an important way of helping to keep this much-loved local greenway looking good. This one will concentrate on the s...
Coppicing day at Peatmoor, Sunday 4 November
Come and cut down some trees at Peatmoor Community Woodland, West Swindon
It’s time to cut down some trees Why? Surely it’s a bad thing to do. But some trees grow better and last longer if they are regularly cut - and you can have fun doing it. The Peatmoor Co...
South west averages six house moves in a lifetime
BHF Furniture & Electrical Stores collect unwanted household items for free
A survey released today by the South West British Heart Foundation (BHF) Furniture & Electrical Stores reveals that the average person from the South West will move house six times during their li...
National Liftshare Week: 1 to 5 October. Share the fuel bill and pocket the benefits
Swindon Travel Choices promote scheme to fill empty car seats and save money
National Liftshare Week aims to promote car sharing to fill up some of the 38 million empty car seats being driven around the UK each rush hour. Since 2008 over 2,000 Swindon car drivers have signed ...
