Ruth Knagg News Today

THREE local women are going above and beyond to raise money for local cancer counselling charity, We Hear You (WHY) by embarking on a 30km trek to some of Iceland’s most stunning and hostile landscapes.

EFFORTS to complete the traffic-free Somerset Circle route are moving forward through new schemes in Frome and Shepton Mallet.

WILTSHIRE Community Foundation’s report into its response to the pandemic has praised the work of charities who helped keep the county safe – but sounds a word of warning about the financial future of the voluntary sector. The report charts how it distributed more than £1.1 million from its Wiltshire and Swindon Coronavirus Response and Recovery Fund launched last March, days before the country went into the first lockdown. The community foundation made 265 grants to 199 different grou...

By Gary Lawrence Alzheimer’s Support was one of the groups helped to cope with the fallout from the pandemic WILTSHIRE Community Foundation’s report into its response to the pandemic has praised the work of charities who helped keep the county safe but sounds a word of warning about the financial future of the voluntary sector. The report, published this week, charts the distribution of more than £1.1 million from its Wiltshire an...

A CORONAVIRUS fund grant is helping a counselling service that specialises in bereavement and life-threatening illness stay operational.