26 March 2024
Funder Commitment on Climate Change
Wiltshire Community Foundation is proud to announce a significant step in our commitment to tackling climate change by signing up to the Funder Commitment on Climate Change.
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26 March 2024
Funder Commitment on Climate Change
Wiltshire Community Foundation is proud to announce a significant step in our commitment to tackling climate change by signing up to the Funder Commitment on Climate Change.
Read more25 March 2024
Wessex Water partnership offers environmental grants to community groups
We are once again partnering with Wessex Water to offer grants of up to £2,000 for community or charitable projects that help protect or improve the environment.
Read more08 March 2024
International Women's Day - Why we believe it is more relevant than ever
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘Inspire inclusion’ and never has that been more relevant, which is why we are using today as a platform to reaffirm our commitment to making Wiltshire and Swindon a fairer, more equitable and safer place for women and girls.
Read more14 November 2023
2023 Surviving Winter Appeal Launches
As temperatures fall many of us reach for the dial on our central heating to turn it up a notch or two with barely a thought – but imagine being so afraid of your next heating bill you don’t even have the heating on in the first place
Read more09 November 2023
New fund launched to support women and girls
We are delighted to be launching a new fund aimed at supporting projects that empower women and girls across Wiltshire and Swindon. The fund which went live at the beginning of October has received its first corporate sponsorship from law firm Wansbroughs, which has pledged an initial £10,000 to accelerate the fund.
Read more08 November 2023
Former education bursary recipient wants to repay kindness by using his skills as a Trustee
Former grant recipient Denis Twomey has come full circle by becoming a Trustee of Wiltshire Community Foundation.
Read more20 December 2023
Season of Goodwill
It’s that time of year – system overload! Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Should sprouts be stir fried? Did the Grinch steal Christmas? And how did Cameron Diaz fit all those coats in her suitcase for The Holiday?
Read more20 November 2023
More than just swimming
I love a story about triumph over adversity and the latest Netflix offering called Nyad is just that. Annette Benning valiantly plays the role of Diana Nyad who, at 64 years of age, was the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida.
Read more07 September 2023
Practice makes perfect!
I love this time of year, not least because two of my favourite guilty pleasures are about to start. Strictly and the Bake Off! I’m a terrible dancer and an abysmal baker but at this time of year, I become an armchair expert on both.
Read more10 August 2023
Star Trek and the next generation
When I was a child I wanted to be Captain Kirk of the Starship Enterprise. This had nothing to do with the uniform but everything to do with being able to say ‘Beam me up Scottie’. I had high hopes that by the time I had grown up, someone would have invented something that meant I could be beamed anywhere around the world.
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