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Wiltshire village halls must innovate for the future says Community First charity

Community First — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:37:49 +0000

Community buildings across the county will be challenged to do something different as part of Village Halls Week 2022 and make a pledge on social media.

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Wiltshire Link Schemes Audit 2020 & Impact of Covid-19 on Local Link Schemes

Community First — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:38:52 +0000

As with many voluntary groups and organisations Covid-19 presented a number of challenges for the 42 Link Schemes across Wiltshire and Swindon.

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Community Led Housing: Free Virtual Event

Community First — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:16:23 +0000

Would you like to learn more about community led housing? If so, Homes of Our Own would like to invite you to join a special event organised to spread the word about community led housing

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Urgent Call for Volunteers: Transport for Covid-19 Vaccinations

Community First — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 12:52:37 +0000

We are urgently looking for people to volunteer with their local Link Scheme and support the national Covid-19 vaccine effort, by transporting people to and from their appointments. Can you help us?

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Building Back Better & Stronger: Event Invitation and Voluntary Sector Impact Survey

Community First — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 08:05:10 +0000

Wessex Community Action has extended an invitation to a virtual ‘Voluntary Sector Forum’ event on Tuesday 15th December. There is also a survey to complete for VCSE Organisations

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Village Hall Safeguarding Week

Community First — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 10:41:45 +0000

Community First is working with Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) to promote safeguarding as part of Village Halls Safeguarding Week 2020

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New Link Scheme Audit for 2018 – 2019

Community First — Tue, 21 May 2019 16:00:57 +0000

The 2018 - 2019 Link Scheme Audit highlights how Link Scheme volunteers have gone above and beyond to deliver a fantastic service for local communities.

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NEW Training Offer: MiDAS – the Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme

Community First — Tue, 21 May 2019 15:29:06 +0000

MiDAS - the Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme provides a nationally recognised standard for the assessment and training of minibus drivers and is offered to Wiltshire community groups.

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Community First Gets Lippy in Support of National Campaign

Community First — Fri, 17 May 2019 13:01:48 +0000

#GetLippy is a campaign from charity The Eve Appeal, designed to help people talk openly about gynaecological health

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Community Groups and Charities to have their say!

Community First — Thu, 02 May 2019 09:05:37 +0000

Wiltshire based organisations are invited to be part of a consultation about the challenges they currently face and the resources and support available in the region.

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