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A new supported living scheme for adults with learning disabilities which provides support so they can be independent and be part of the community, has opened in Salisbury.

Wiltshire Council has issued a £400 fixed penalty notice (FPN) to a Swindon resident who paid an unlicenced person to dispose of their domestic waste. The waste was subsequently fly-tipped in a layby in Winterbourne Monkton, near the Avebury World Heritage Site, and was inspected by Environmental Enforcement Officers.

Wiltshire Council will be seeking to work with a specialist contractor to help deliver energy efficiency measures to up to 175 existing homes in the county.

Wiltshire Council has awarded a contract worth £3m per year to Spurgeons to provide new family hubs in communities throughout the county.

Families with children and young people with special educational needs and or disabilities (SEND) and those accessing alternative provision are invited to help shape services in the future

A Melksham landmark will take on a new role from autumn 2024 as final preparations are on course for it to open as a school for special educational needs.

Wiltshire Council's Shared Lives service has been rated as Good in its recent inspection carried out by the Care Quality Commission.

Wiltshire Council is sharing stories of how having an adult to talk to and trust can have a positive impact on a young person in care in a bid to encourage more volunteers to come forward.

Wiltshire Council is launching a new in-house service which will provide short to mid-term care to people needing additional support when they leave hospital.