Swindon: Easter Is Almost Here 🐰
For information on Easter events in or around Swindon see the Total Guide to Swindon’s Easter E-Newsletter.
Our News Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter April Edition
Welcome to the April edition of OUR NEWS. Whilst crime prevention is a key driver for Neighbourhood Watch, we have been uniquely embedded in communities for 40 strong years, perfectly positioning us as a gateway between individuals and the support they need to enable them and their communities to thrive. As we draw nearer to… read more
COVID-19 guidance and news
Changes to COVID-19 testing Last month, the Prime Minister announced a plan for us to begin to safely live with and manage COVID-19. In line with this plan, by the end of this month routine asymptomatic (lateral flow testing) and symptomatic testing (PCR testing) will no longer be available for free for the general population…. read more
Washpool Sign
The Washpool volunteers have placed this beautiful hand made sign on Strouds Hill grass area with the Parish Councils permission.
Easter Holiday Activities at STEAM…🚂
Step into the story of the Great Western Railway this Easter! Electricity workshops, free family arts & crafts sessions and new special exhibitions are just some of the activities on offer over the Easter holidays! Please remember to book online in advance (including Season Ticket holders). Tickets are now available for visits up to 24… read more
Ridgeway Bell Articles – March 2022
Points of interest from the meetings held in March 2022. Free taxi journeys to get Covid vaccinated Vaccination is our best defence against COVID-19, reducing the risk of being hospitalised or becoming seriously ill from the virus. We want to make sure that all residents eligible for a vaccine in Swindon are able to attend… read more
See how we’re working for Swindon in our council tax booklet
We want to help residents understand more about how we’re working for Swindon and using their council tax to provide hundreds of services, many of which they may not use themselves. Many of our residents don’t know a lot about what goes on behind the scenes of a local authority to provide the hundreds of… read more
Community Policing Teams
Wiltshire Police is committed to ensuring our communities are at the heart of our policing model. This will help us meet the needs of those we serve in the most effective and transparent way possible. We first introduced our Community Policing model in 2016 and, in the last five years, we’ve updated and adapted the… read more
Crimestoppers Community Ambassadors – Opportunity
There is an opportunity for people across Wiltshire to join the Wiltshire and Swindon Crimestoppers Community Ambassadors. Keeping communities safer together. As part of this opportunity, we at Crimestoppers will be able offer you support and resources to raise awareness of the anonymous service that we offer at Crimestoppers. In addition to this we can… read more
March Our News Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter
This month’s newsletter includes articles on: our THINK WIDE(N) burglary prevention campaign launch of our 40 YEARS, 40 ACTIONS pack Neighbourhood Watch Community Grants Fund International Women’s Day Neighbour of the Year Awards 2021 regional winners You can read about all this and more in our newsletter. Ukrainian Crisis Warning – We have begun to… read more
Council encourages residents to make the switch to direct debits ahead of Government payments
Swindon Borough Council is encouraging residents who do not currently pay their council tax by direct debit to make the switch ahead of £150 payments being issued. The Government recently announced that council tax payers in Bands A to D would receive a £150 payment to help with costs of living. Second homes or empty… read more
Government’s £150 energy rebate scheme
The Government recently announced that council tax payers in Bands A to D would receive a £150 payment to help with energy bills – this will not be taken off council tax bills but will instead be given as a separate payment. There will be a number of checks that need to be made before… read more
Gigabit Fibre Update 28-2-22
We met with the Civils (build) team earlier and we are sure that many of you will have seen Openreach vans and workers out there even on Sundays. The position is that roughly 40% of each main village has what they call ‘ponds’ (areas of build) ready to connect to the exchange in Swindon. In… read more
New Comic Con to materialise at Swindon’s STEAM Museum this summer
Stars of the big and small screen will descend on Swindon, as a brand-new Film and Comic Con extravaganza comes to the STEAM Museum in June. During the weekend of 18 and 19 June 2022, the event, run by Stars of Time, who organise the very successful annual Comic Con at the Tropicana in Weston-Super-Mare,… read more
Changes to COVID-19 guidance
Yesterday (21 Feb), the Prime Minister announced a plan to safely live with and manage COVID-19. This plan includes four main pillars: Removing domestic restrictions, while encouraging safer behaviours through public health advice Protecting the vulnerable through pharmaceutical interventions and testing, in line with other viruses Maintaining resilience against future variants, including through ongoing surveillance,… read more
News from the Railway Path
On Thursday, in between Storms Dudley and Eunice, we hosted a great team from Vets4Pets. We were tackling a spot by a fallen tree south of the Three Trees Café in Chiseldon. The tree has an exposed root ball and a few years ago we had cleared round it. It needed clearing again, and we… read more
Council seeking creative ideas to enhance Swindon’s parks
Creative, civic-minded entrepreneurs are being encouraged to come forward with ideas to enhance Swindon’s country parks. Last year, more than a thousand members of the public contributed to Swindon’s proposed Country Parks Improvement Plan, which aims to identify and then deliver improvements to the Borough’s parks so they continue to be enjoyed by visitors for… read more
Women Encouraged To Sign Up For Firefighter Have A Go Event
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service is offering a ‘have a go’ event in Swindon later this month for any women interested in becoming an on-call firefighter. Stations across the Service area are recruiting for new on-call firefighters, and the aim of this event is to encourage more women to apply. Station Manager Neil… read more
Ridgeway Bell Articles – February 2022
Points of interest from the meetings held in February 2022. Neighbourhood Plan Meeting 13th Dec 2021 Our meeting at the Chiseldon House Hotel was well attended and our presenter Andrea Pellegram provided us with a lot of information, and also answered a lot of resident’s Q&A’s. The presentation, accompanying note and video recording are all… read more
Roadworks: M4, Swindon 21 February – 26 February
Delays possible – Lane closure Description: Construction – Improvement/Upgrading – M4 Junction 15 Westbound Exit Slip. Lane 1 Closure for M4 Junction 15 Improvement Works. Works location: Offslip J15 Swindon Public facing description: one.network has automatically assigned a category of Unclassified works to this Works based on the information available. Please note: Works Descriptions are… read more