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25 November 2025

Care Leavers Programme Grows with Major National Investment

We’re pleased to share that we will be able to expand the support we offer to young people leaving care in Wiltshire and Swindon, thanks to new investment in the national Care Leavers Programme.

10 November 2025

Celebrating Living Wage Week 2025

We’re celebrating Living Wage Week, the annual celebration of the Living Wage movement!

03 November 2025

Mark Barnett announced as new Chair

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Mark Barnett as our new Chair of Trustees, along with two Vice Chairs and four new Board members.

10 October 2025

UKCF Quality Accreditation Passed!

We’re proud to share that we have officially passed Quality Accreditation 6 (QA6) – the latest round of the UK Community Foundations (UKCF) national Quality Accreditation Programme.

11 July 2025

A Royal Visit to Mark 50 Years of Community Impact

On 10 July, we were honoured to welcome Her Majesty The Queen to a special event at Wellington Barn, Calne, marking the 50th anniversary of Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation.

26 June 2025

Event showcases local groups’ activities tackling health inequalities in Wiltshire

On 11 June, we were pleased to hold the final evaluation and engagement event for our Targeting Health Inequalities Programme at Emmanuel’s Yard in Trowbridge.

20 December 2023

Season of Goodwill

It’s that time of year – system overload! Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Should sprouts be stir fried? Did the Grinch steal Christmas? And how did Cameron Diaz fit all those coats in her suitcase for The Holiday?

20 November 2023

More than just swimming

I love a story about triumph over adversity and the latest Netflix offering called Nyad is just that. Annette Benning valiantly plays the role of Diana Nyad who, at 64 years of age, was the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida.

07 September 2023

Practice makes perfect!

I love this time of year, not least because two of my favourite guilty pleasures are about to start. Strictly and the Bake Off! I’m a terrible dancer and an abysmal baker but at this time of year, I become an armchair expert on both.

10 August 2023

Star Trek and the next generation

When I was a child I wanted to be Captain Kirk of the Starship Enterprise. This had nothing to do with the uniform but everything to do with being able to say ‘Beam me up Scottie’. I had high hopes that by the time I had grown up, someone would have invented something that meant I could be beamed anywhere around the world.