• Swindon & Wiltshire Social
• Thursday October 15 2026

Community foundation hits £30 million grants milestone

Wiltshire & Swindon Community Foundation has awarded more than £30 million in grants, reaching a major milestone in its 51-year history. The Foundation, founded in 1975 as Europe’s first community foundation, has now distributed more than 10,000 grants to […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Social
• Monday October 12 2026

Nationwide launches discreet online Safe Space for domestic abuse victims

Victims of domestic abuse can now access confidential support online without leaving a trace on their device, following the launch of a new service by Swindon-headquartered building society Nationwide. The building society’s Online Safe Space tool is available to […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Social
• Thursday October 8 2026

Law firm’s golf day tees up £12k for charity

Wiltshire law firm Awdry Law has raised more than £12,000 for pregnancy and baby loss charity Sands after staging its biggest charity golf day to date at Bowood Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort. The firm brought together 92 guests […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Social
• Tuesday October 6 2026

UKSBS colleagues volunteer to help restore Swindon canal

Ten employees from Swindon-based UK Shared Business Services have spent a day volunteering with the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust in Swindon, helping with vital conservation work along the historic waterway. The volunteers took part in a range of […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Social
• Wednesday September 23 2026

BElectric backs biodiversity bash

Solar energy specialist BElectric UK has been announced as a co-sponsor of this year’s Wiltshire Bee & Honey Day. The Brinkworth-based company is supporting the free event as part of its commitment to boosting biodiversity. The Wiltshire Bee & […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Social
• Tuesday September 22 2026

Businesses invited to sign up for sponsored fire walk

Following on from the hot success of last year’s Firewalk, Swindon charity Society Without Abuse has now opened registrations for this year’s fundraising event. The evening enables people to not only brave the blaze and walk in the footsteps […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Social
• Wednesday September 9 2026

Southby & Co plan a September of fundraising

Wroughton-based financial advisers Southby & Co are taking on their next fundraising challenge by running Swindon’s Half Marathon for child bereavement charity, Wiltshire Treehouse. At the start of 2026, Southby & Co Financial Planning announced their charity of the […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Social
• Tuesday September 8 2026

Shipment from book charity’s Swindon warehouse supports readers in Sudan

Book Aid International is sending 18,000 brand-new books to Sudan, supporting students and researchers whose access to learning has been devastated by war. Partners receiving books are the University of Khartoum, the Sudan Academic Libraries Initiative and Windle Trust […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Social
• Monday August 24 2026

Wiltshire firm donates solar panels to London’s largest community energy organisation

Wiltshire-headquartered meals provider apetito has donated close to 200 solar panels to Energy Garden, London’s largest community energy organisation, helping to power a new green community space designed to bring people together through creative and educational activities and granting […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Social
• Tuesday August 18 2026

Marathon-a-day charity trek will take Swindon estate agent all the way to Woolacombe

Swindon estate agent is putting his best foot forward to help raise vital funds for Swindon’s homelessness charity Big Breakfast Plus. Starting next Monday, August 24, Danny Hale (pictured left), co-founder of Peach Estate Agents, is setting off from […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Social
• Tuesday August 18 2026

Best Mates raise £20k on bike ride to Brussels

Eight cyclists have completed a 308-mile journey from London to Brussels, raising almost £20,000 for Swindon welfare charity Best Mates. The four-day challenge was the charity’s second overseas fundraising ride, following 2024’s London to Paris cycle, when 15 riders […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Social
• Thursday August 13 2026

Darth Vader joins Wiltshire firm to raise £2,500 for charity

Darth Vader and a battalion of storm troopers joined staff at Wiltshire firm apetito for a family fundraising event that made £2,500 for its chosen charity. Trowbridge-based meals provider, apetito | Wiltshire Farm Foods brought together colleagues and their […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Social
• Wednesday August 12 2026

Nationwide leads industry-wide effort to improve accessibility for people with communication difficulties

Building society Nationwide is making its Speak Easy communication cards freely available to all financial services providers across the UK, helping create a more consistent and accessible experience for customers who may have communication difficulties. Launched in 2024 in […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Social
• Friday August 7 2026

World Cup gives NSBRC a chance to tackle homelessness in Swindon

The England squad may not have managed to bring football home this summer, but that didn’t stop the National Self Build & Renovation Centre from getting in the World Cup spirit. The home building visitor centre used the opportunity […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Social
• Thursday July 16 2026

Charlotte serves up legacy at Big Breakfast Plus

Swindon’s Big Breakfast Plus is bidding farewell to trustee and former Chair Charlotte Mannion, who steered the organisation from a small charity into one serving around 100 breakfasts a day to the town’s homeless and hungry people. Based in […]