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09 September 2026

Creating more opportunities for young people across Wiltshire

The Wiltshire and Swindon Youth Partnership is helping create more opportunities for young people across the county.

05 August 2026

WSCF selected to help shape Free to Play UK

We have been selected as one of just 20 community foundations across the UK to help shape Free to Play UK.

30 July 2026

Celebrating a year of Local Insight!

We are celebrating one year of our partnership with OCSI, which has enabled us to make Local Insight publicly available across Wiltshire and Swindon.

15 July 2026

WSCF recognised for its commitment to local communities

We are delighted to have received the Commitment to the Community Award at the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Awards.

04 June 2026

From bursary recipients to panel members

As part of Volunteers' Week, we are celebrating the volunteers who help make our grant-making possible.

21 May 2026

New research highlights importance of local impact and community connection

New national research has highlighted the links between charitable giving, community engagement and people’s connection to the places where they live.

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.