News & Updates

Cancer Support Salisbury invites you to join them for a fun quiz night fundraiser on Friday 19th June at 7.30pm at the Quaker Meeting House, Wilton Road, Salisbury.

During #VolunteersWeek we are saying a BIG THANK YOU to volunteers across the county with daily stories via BBC Wiltshire to make you smile while you work.

Welcome to the Summer 2020 edition of Headlines, with the latest news and updates from across our programmes and services.

With so many aspects of our lives having to be adjusted over the past weeks it has not been surprising to see new ways of working emerging from the many volunteers that are supporting out in our communities.

This Thursday we are asking members of the public to recognise local Hidden Heroes by sharing their weekly clap for the NHS with the young carers supported by Youth Action Wiltshire.

Find out how Community First is working with volunteers, groups and organisations to support communities during the COVID-19 crisis.

How do we continue to reach the isolated and vulnerable in this uncertain time? This week Alex caught up with Community First’s Volunteer Community Organiser, Stevie.

Alex shares an update on some of the groups that she has worked with on this project; and what they are getting up to while the country is on lockdown…

Wiltshire Council has made an urgent call to hoteliers, B&Bs, and Airbnb providers to come forward to offer accommodation to house homeless people in Wiltshire during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

An update from Community First and its programmes and services in relation to COVID-19 (Coronavirus).

In the February 2020 edition of Headlines, we share the latest news and updates from across our programmes and services.

Macmillan Senior Community Development Co-ordinator Alex reflects on the Big Community Cancer Conversation, an event held on 15th January that saw 45-50 people come together to have conversations around how they felt about Wiltshire’s current services.