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Rough sleeping can be isolating, it can be frightening living moment to moment in a state of flight, fright and freeze.

The Prevention and Wellbeing team set up by Wiltshire Council in 2021 is celebrating its second anniversary. The team covers the whole of Wiltshire and are focused on promoting physical, mental and emotional health.

Unpaid carers are being invited to a free event packed with information to help them on their journey caring for a friend or family member for Carers Rights Day this year

Wiltshire Council has worked with contractor, Rigg Construction and employer's agent, Ridge and Partners, to build five social rent and shared ownership homes on a council-owned site at New Zealand Avenue, Salisbury.

You can now borrow activity tracker watches and blood pressure monitors for up to six weeks from Salisbury and Trowbridge libraries as well as the North and South mobile libraries.

Residents at Furlong Close will continue to access care and support as usual while the future provision at the site is determined.

Wiltshire Council has been awarded £547,825 from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) to continue its rough sleeper prevention work, which has seen the rehousing of 130 rough sleepers in the county over the past 12 months.

Wiltshire Council has successfully prosecuted a landlord in Salisbury for three offences related to running an unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO).

Art fans and book lovers will be able to once again enjoy the Edwin Young Gallery, reopening on Thursday 20 May, and some longer opening hours at libraries across Wiltshire from Monday 17 May.

Following the Prime Minister's confirmation of the move to Step 3 of the Government's roadmap on 17 May, and the reopening of more businesses, Wiltshire Council is asking people to keep following the current rules until they change on 17 May.