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Corsham Community Area Network in Partnership with Groop Working in partnership with Corsham Town Council and Wiltshire Council, Sally Higham, local tech entrepreneur and CEO of Groop, is delighted to offer all community groups and clubs in the Corsham Community Area the opportunity to share in Groop’s success and use ...more
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Wiltshire Council has provided mental health and resilience webinars to volunteers who have been supporting residents during COVID-19. In March, hundreds of community groups and volunteers sprang into action alongside Wiltshire Council to immediately support their communities when stay at home restrictions were introduced. Wiltshire Council has been in regular contact with the groups throughout this challenging time and it was felt it would ...more
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In January we started “Souper Friday”, a free lunch of soup and bread, tea and coffee from 1 – 2.30pm every Friday in Corsham Baptist Church hall. Since the lockdown we have taken this ‘on the road’ in the form of delivering food parcels along with a socially-distanced chat and prayer if asked for! We are collecting ...more
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Wiltshire Council has the third highest number of ‘made’ Neighbourhood Plans in the country – as a national milestone of 1,000 made local plans has been passed. Neighbourhood Plans give communities direct power to develop and shape the development and growth of their local area, allowing local people to choose ...more
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Wessex Community Action has created an online survey to try to gain a wider understanding of how the pandemic is impacting Wiltshire’s voluntary, community and social enterprise sector’s finances and staffing; and the potential impact this may be having on beneficiaries. The information you provide will support our ...more
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The England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) have reached a major milestone of helping 30,000 people escape the clutches of loan sharks and have increased their online presence, providing extra advice and support to victims. The team have launched a new live chat service on their website, which will be available every ...more
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Wiltshire Council is working on a series of projects to make significant changes to road layouts to give more space to cyclists and pedestrians, following recent guidance from the Department of Transport to reallocate road space in response to COVID-19. As the number of cars on the road has fallen considerably in recent ...more
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