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The numbers of warm spaces registered on the council’s interactive map has reached 99 but more exist without being registered.

SELWOOD Housing resident Mark Walker has worked hard to grow fruits and vegetables at Kingswood Chase community garden in Studley Green, Trowbridge,…

VOLUNTARY groups and charities helping communities recover from Covid have been boosted with grants through a partnership between Wessex Water and Wiltshire Community Foundation. The Wessex Water Recovery Fund is part of the Wessex Water Foundation, a multi-million pound initiative launched last June. Grants have been targeted at people struggling with money, schemes to strengthen communities, green recovery initiatives and projects to enhance nature and wildlife. Among the recipients of ...

TROWBRIDGE Future is celebrating after being awarded £299,198 in lottery money to continue its work supporting the local community.

The charity will use the cash to develop and consolidate sustainable growth over the next three years. Meg Aubrey, youth and community manager at Trowbridge Future, said: “We’re delighted that The National Lottery Community Fund has recognised our work. “Now we will be able to confidently press on with our plans to widen the range of opportunities available to local residents, which creates a sense of inclusion, helping to alleviate social isolation and loneliness.” Zoe Meaden, ...

VOLUNTARY groups and charities are springing into action to support families and individuals in lockdown three as Wiltshire Community Foundation…

Rise Trust youth workers Danielle Blake, right, and Tash Burton in Calne CHARITIES who lost out on thousands of pounds of fundraising thanks to Covid are facing a tough 2021. Rosemary Macdonald, who left Wiltshire Community Foundation to become chief executive of the UK body earlier this year, is warning that some grassroots voluntary groups might not survive without financial help. “Local charities across the UK are teetering on a funding cliff edge. Without urgent intervention before ...