Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions 20.05.2025 Wiltshire landscapes exhibition sponsored by county law firm Wiltshire law firm Goughs is sponsoring an exhibition by contemporary English landscape artist Sam Travers. The artist, who works from a studio outside Bath, specialises in oil paintings which he describes as “visual poems about the English countryside.” Wiltshire […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions 04.02.2025 Black Nova celebrates 10th anniversary with charity fundraising bash Wiltshire web design and hosting firm Black Nova Designs is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a bash in aid of mental health charity Best Mates. Founded by Danielle and Kyle Holmes in 2015, the Calne-based firm has grown into […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions 04.02.2025 Malmesbury businessman to cycle the length of New Zealand for charity Kitchen designer and keen cyclist Martin Weaver is to cycle non-stop from one end of New Zealand to another in 24 days in aid of a Malmesbury charity. Martin, who lives in the town, is taking part in the […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions 22.01.2025 Tree-mendous charity collection raises £27k for children’s hospice Julia’s House Businesses, volunteers and supporters have helped raise more than £27,000 for Julia’s House children’s hospice by collecting 1,935 Christmas trees from local homes. Hundreds of people living in Wiltshire and Dorset had their real trees collected and recycled from […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions Tuesday May 20 2025 Wiltshire landscapes exhibition sponsored by county law firm Wiltshire law firm Goughs is sponsoring an exhibition by contemporary English landscape artist Sam Travers. The artist, who works from a studio outside Bath, specialises in oil paintings which he describes as “visual poems about the English countryside.” Wiltshire […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions Tuesday February 4 2025 Black Nova celebrates 10th anniversary with charity fundraising bash Wiltshire web design and hosting firm Black Nova Designs is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a bash in aid of mental health charity Best Mates. Founded by Danielle and Kyle Holmes in 2015, the Calne-based firm has grown into […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions Tuesday February 4 2025 Malmesbury businessman to cycle the length of New Zealand for charity Kitchen designer and keen cyclist Martin Weaver is to cycle non-stop from one end of New Zealand to another in 24 days in aid of a Malmesbury charity. Martin, who lives in the town, is taking part in the […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions Wednesday January 22 2025 Tree-mendous charity collection raises £27k for children’s hospice Julia’s House Businesses, volunteers and supporters have helped raise more than £27,000 for Julia’s House children’s hospice by collecting 1,935 Christmas trees from local homes. Hundreds of people living in Wiltshire and Dorset had their real trees collected and recycled from […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions Monday January 20 2025 Financial advisers hope to raise £8,000 for charity in 2025 A fund-raising team of financial advisers hope to raise £8,000 for charity this year. After raising £5,800 last year for the Kelly Foundation, which supports adults in despair in the Swindon area, the team at Dave Southby Financial Planning […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions Wednesday January 8 2025 Accountancy firm smashes target, raising over £60,000 for local charities A Wiltshire accountancy firm has smashed through its fundraising target to make £62,500 for charities in 2024, as it celebrated 10 years in business. Staff at Gooding Accounts, which has branches in Westbury, Warminster and Melksham, took part in […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions Friday December 20 2024 Hills celebrates the season of giving with charity donations Swindon-based business The Hills Group has donated hundreds of pounds to three local charities in lieu of sending out Christmas cards this year. Threshold Housing Link, Julia’s House, and Swindon Domestic Abuse Support Service were welcomed to Hills’ head […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions Tuesday December 17 2024 Packaging business provides third year of support for loneliness charity Protective packaging manufacturer GWP is helping the Marmalade Trust bring festive cheer to hundreds of local people for a third consecutive year. Having worked with the Bristol-based loneliness charity in 2022 and 2023, the packaging business has once more […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions Monday December 16 2024 Beard Construction raises £50,000 for local charities in 2024 Thousands of people across the South of England are to benefit from more than £50,000 in funding raised by Swindon-headquartered construction firm Beard for charitable causes in 2024. From physically demanding challenges, to anxiety management workshops and dress-down days, […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions Thursday December 12 2024 Awdry Law’s golf day funds doubled during ‘BigGive’ Campaign Funds raised at a golf day organised by Awdry Law for Julia’s House Children’s Hospice have been doubled during the charity’s ‘BigGive’ Campaign. This brings the total raised to by the September event to £19,550, which will support children […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions Tuesday November 19 2024 Wiltshire businesses urged to join The BIG Sleep in 2025 Wiltshire businesses are being urged to help tackle homelessness by taking part in the annual Alabaré BIG Sleep at Salisbury Cathedral, which returns in March 2025 for its 17th year.
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions Wednesday November 13 2024 Swindon champion and author to shave head for cancer charity Champion of Swindon, author, and blogger Angela Atkinson is preparing for a close shave as a tribute to her granddaughter, who is battling cancer. The Born Again Swindonian blogger and author of four books about Swindon – including Swindon […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions Monday November 4 2024 Filestream MD to run London Marathon for children’s hospice The managing director of Berkshire-based document management specialist Filestream is training after securing a place in next year’s London Marathon. Paul Day will be running in aid of children’s hospice and charity Helen & Douglas House. This isn’t the […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions Monday October 21 2024 Mintivo gets charity partnership with Wiltshire Air Ambulance off the ground Wiltshire IT services and solutions company Mintivo has launched a charity partnership with Wiltshire Air Ambulance to help keep the lifesaving service in the air. The Chippenham company, which specialises in managed IT support, consultancy, cyber security and automation, […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions Thursday October 17 2024 Accountant scales Kilimanjaro in Wiltshire Air Ambulance charity climb A partner at the Swindon office of South West accountancy firm Haines Watts has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for Wiltshire Air Ambulance. Having always wanted to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, Emma Skinner reached the summit in the early […]
