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22nd May 2020, 2:36pm | by Marc Read
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 ...more
22nd May 2020, 2:19pm | by Kymee Cleasby
Super Sunflowers: Truly & her grandmother Kymee, wanted to grow a sunflower and asked others to join them. Marlborough Beanie kids started. Sunflowers are bringing our children together in a flower growing competition. More than 100 children have joined in the ...more
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22nd May 2020, 9:47am | by Marc Read
A vigilant man has become the first Wiltshire resident to receive a financial reward through Wiltshire Council’s We’re Targeting Fly-tipping (WTF) campaign after witnessing an offence of fly-tipping in Purton. Information was collated by the resident and provided ...more
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Allan Brodie, a historian working for Historic England, looks at a range of ideas for holidays for a Wiltshire resident from the Middle Ages to the present day. Options include going on a pilgrimage, visiting a spa and spending time on the beach, and there has always been an ...more
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Most people starting out in family history tend to begin online. This could mean asking questions of relatives on social media, or by signing up to one of the family history sites like Ancestry.com. There’s a huge amount of material available online, from census records to ...more
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The Wiltshire Family History Society was founded in 1981 and aims to encourage the study of family history, including both Wiltshire ancestry of people world-wide and the world-wide ancestry of Wiltshire residents. Members not only research their ancestors by name but, by using ...more
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29th February 2020, 4:40pm | by Mandy Hughes
Every fortnightly Tuesday’s from 18th February. 2pm till 4pm. Would you like to volunteer? We are looking for people to lead one of our growing network of fitness and friendship clubs. Train free of charge for a two day course which will give you all the necessary skills to run a club that ...more
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20th February 2020, 11:50am | by Clare Lucas
Do you have some spare time to get involved in a volunteering opportunity with Alzheimer’s Society? We are seeking local people ready to take up a fun, friendly, super-flexible volunteering opportunity, with its Side by Side service. Volunteers will be paired with someone with dementia, so ...more
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29th January 2020, 6:25pm | by Sally Rhodes
We are looking for people in Marlborough to help make the town dementia friendly, there are lots of ways to get involves a few examples below: Help us to get Marlborough excited about being dementia friendly. Come along to a meeting /hold a meeting and share your experiences and tell us what ...more
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Our Wellbeing Hub is working alongside amazing community groups in Wiltshire to provide vital support for vulnerabl… t.co/g2gWTUTh1T
Household recycling centres to reopen. Please see details below t.co/1HprVxm0Ny
Tweets | by Our Community Matters Marlborough
Here you can find more Tweets from Marlborough along with Tweets from Wiltshire Council.
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