Swindon & Wiltshire News
Friday August 15 2014

Explorer Hempleman-Adams helps young people looking for a route into work

Explorer and adventurer David Hempleman-Adams will be the guest speaker at a business networking event to raise awareness and funds for Inner Flame next month.

Inner Flame helps people aged 14 to 25 through training, mentoring, work experience, jobs and apprenticeships, in the face of mass unemployment among young people in Swindon – where 1,000 youngsters are still struggling to find work.

The event, which is being run in partnership with Business Scene, takes place at The National Self Build & Renovation Centre, Great Western Way, Swindon SN5 8UB on Thursday, September 25 from 6pm. Tickets cost £15.

To book a place, click here

Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions
Monday April 20 2020

Wiltshire Community Foundation coronavirus fund helps groups tackling hunger, isolation, and mental health

More than £136,000 has been given to voluntary groups tackling the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic by Wiltshire Community Foundation.

Its Wiltshire and Swindon Coronavirus Response Fund has raised more than £260,000 in less than three weeks. The money has been given by the public, charity trusts, private donors and by the National Emergencies Trust, which is distributing its £25 million Coronavirus Fund through the UK’s 46 community foundations.