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Wiltshire Council is working in partnership with a number of local organisations and internal departments to distribute £5.4m allocated in round four of the Household Support Fund from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Residents from local care homes and assisted living schemes took part in a series of fun activities and friendly competition as part of a special event encouraging older people to stay active.

Visitors and local residents can explore their local history and discover Wiltshire's rich cultural heritage with today's launch of a new 'Explore Wiltshire' app.

Residents who wish to renew their garden waste collections are being reminded to do so, to avoid missing a collection.

Wiltshire Council leisure centres are urging parents to make sure their children know how to stay safe and enjoy the water this summer, by supporting RLSS UK's national Drowning Prevention Week campaign, this year running from 17-24 June 2023.

The Institute of Swimming has launched a free Swimming Teachers' Academy with Wiltshire Council in a bid to increase its swimming teacher workforce and tackle the ever-growing list of children on swimming lesson waiting lists.

New national measures have been introduced

Children from two primary schools help bury a time capsule at Melksham Community Campus site

The van will be visiting various targeted communities, to offer free lateral flow tests

A Swindon resident has been ordered to pay £440 in fines after giving her household waste to an unlicensed waste collector, who then fly-tipped it in Lyneham, in the Wiltshire Council authority area