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Following the recent change to Government guidance, Wiltshire Council's street markets will be open from Tuesday 2 June 2020 with stallholders now able to sell their full range of goods.

As the holy month of Ramadan comes to a close this weekend (Saturday 23 to Sunday 24 May), Wiltshire and Swindon's Local Resilience Forum has issued an open letter to all Muslims in the county, reminding them of the social distancing rules still in place, despite the easing of the lockdown.

Wiltshire Council has provided mental health and resilience webinars to volunteers who have been supporting residents during COVID-19.

In addition to all the work that local community groups have been undertaking to support their communities, Wiltshire Council's Wellbeing Hub has been working with specific partner agencies to provide additional support to residents who are 'shielding' or are highly vulnerable during COVID-19.

Wiltshire Council has published a directory of community volunteer groups that have been set up throughout the county, in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 situation.

Work to prepare Wiltshire Council's Melksham House site for the modern multi-use community campus will start next week.

A total of £46,617 was raised on 5 March at our eighth Wiltshire Business and Sports Gala Dinner, as local businesses and organisations helped to support the next generation of the county's sports stars.

The new fitness suite at Calne Leisure Centre will open this month, as our £3.4m Calne Community Campus project reaches another milestone.

The principal contractor has been appointed to construct Melksham Community Campus, with work set to get underway this year marking another significant milestone for the project.

A member of our leisure team is donning his trainers and taking on a mammoth 100-mile run in aid of Sport Relief.