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THE former mayor of Melksham is taking on a the Thames Path Challenge to raise money for a Wiltshire-based charity.

FOLLOWING a refurbishment by new operators 4Youth (South West) Atworth’s Youth Centre will reopen on Saturday, September 4 with an open day.

MELKSHAM councillor Nick Holder has called on local businesses to back plans for an end-of-lockdown party for the town’s ‘forgotten army’ of young carers. Mr Holder, who represents Melksham Without South on Wiltshire Council, said: “They are a bunch of young people that during lockdown have been largely forgotten. “At the Melksham Area Board, I was delighted to receive unanimous support for my proposal to ring fence some grant money to enable us to hold an end-of-lockdown thank you event for Melksham’s young carers. “These children are possibly the most forgotten amongst...

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 the end of the financial year, we can expect many thousands of local charities to be pushed over the...