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• Info, Support & Advice for Carers living in Wiltshire

  By  carerswest at 10:32 on 07/09/10

  

  There are four Carers Support organisations in Wiltshire, your nearest being Carers Support Kennet, an independent charity based in Pewsey that exists to support unpaid Carers living in Kennet. You are a Carer if you look after a partner, spouse, child, neighbour or friend who wouldn't get by without your help. You may look after them for a few hours or it may be 24 hours. We are here to offer Carers information, support and...

• Volunteer befrienders needed in Wiltshire

  By  MirandaBaker at 09:14 on 23/08/10

  

  Volunteers are needed to become befrienders for young people living within the care system in Wiltshire. ‘Voice’, the Wiltshire children’s rights service, is looking for committed and enthusiastic people to become independent visitors. These volunteers would spare a few hours each month to befriend young people living in foster or residential care. The Wiltshire Council-run Independent Visitor Scheme provides...

• Driver fined as lines painted around car

  By  Marlborough-People at 09:00 on 07/08/10

  

  wdnews@bepp.co.uk A motorist was shocked when she returned to her car and found it hemmed in by newly painted yellow lines with a parking ticket on her windscreen. Claire White, 35, had parked in the same spot – just around the corner from her house – for 16 years. But she was stunned to find council officials had painted double yellow lines right up to her rear bumper and away from the front of the Citroen C1. A...

• Marlborough girl Ellie represents Wiltshire at UK Youth Parliament in Belfast

  By  MirandaBaker at 11:49 on 29/07/10

  

  Marlborough’s Ellie Vesy-Thompson represented Wiltshire at the tenth sitting of the UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) held in Jordanstown, Belfast from July 23rd to 26th. She was joined by Kevin Emsley, 16, from Wootton Bassett, Hannah Schejbal, 17, from Bradford on Avon as well as more than 300 young people from across the UK at the annual event. They took forward key manifesto items from Wiltshire Assembly of Youth's Agenda for...

• Devizes Food Bank- Donations needed

  By  Holly_Berry at 13:39 on 25/07/10

  

  The Marlborough Anglican Churches team tell us that Devizes Food Bank is desperately in need of donations of: milk (long life or dried), rice pudding, cereal, tea, instant mash, tinned tomatoes, sponge pudding, sugar (granulated) & tinned vegetables. Christchurch has a drop-off box in the vestibule on Sundays or in the office on Tues/Fri mornings 10.00am-1.00pm. Alternatively drop into the Marlborough Anglican team office (weekday...

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