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16-24 year olds are being encouraged to join a special live online broadcast this week as Wiltshire Council and Youth Hub partners encourage young people to consider their next move to employment or learning. The event on Thursday 21 January will be live from 4pm and is aimed at young people aged 16 – 24 who are currently not in education, employment or training or unemployed who need inspiration to consider their next steps to employment ...more

Wiltshire Council has become the first local authority to join Safer Highways as part of its new free membership programme and is also backing the organisation’s industry-led Stamp It Out initiative to eradicate road worker abuse. Cllr Bridget Wayman, Wiltshire Council Cabinet Member for Highways said, “We have been working with our contractors to reduce abuse of those working on our behalf and have introduced measures to prevent it. “We ...more

Wiltshire Council is already set up and ready to work with schools and early years again to ensure no child in Wiltshire need go hungry during the school holidays. In December 2020 the council agreed some of its share of the government’s COVID Winter Grant Scheme would be used to cover food costs to families who receive free school meals. The money would be available for the school holidays of Christmas, February half term and Easter. Before ...more

Community First supports 42 Link schemes in Wiltshire & Swindon, led by an amazing group of volunteers who help keep communities connected to local services. Link schemes help to keep local communities connected to vital services, by connecting volunteer drivers (using their own cars), with passengers who have limited ...more

Beat the lockdown blues and sign up to Alzheimer’s Support’s Skydive for Dementia on March 20th. Not only will you experience the thrill of a lifetime, but you’ll also raise money for people living with dementia in Wiltshire. The charity has teamed with skydive experts GoSkydive to offer places on a dedicated Alzheimer’s ...more

Wiltshire Council is working with, and advising, landowners to help keep public rights of way as clear as possible during 2021. Having been through almost a year of restrictions, people have been using local places to walk, cycle and ride for their exercise, and residents are regularly informing the council that certain areas are not as accessible as they should be. Wiltshire has 4,000 miles of footpaths, byways and bridleways which are ...more