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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.

The primary and secondary school winners of Wiltshire Youth Council's Eco Week competition have been announced.

Households and businesses across Wiltshire and Swindon have the opportunity to save on energy bills and generate their own electricity by purchasing high-quality solar panels and battery storage at a competitive price.

Wiltshire Council's Health and Wellbeing Board and partners have written a draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) based on the information gathered from various sources including Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, Community Pharmacy service provisions and feedback of a recent public survey about Wiltshire's pharmaceutical services.

Wiltshire Council has confirmed that the NHS has signed a six-month extension to its lease of City Hall, which will see them continue to use the venue until the end of September 2022.

Wiltshire Sexual Health (WiSe) will continue to provide sexual health and HIV services in Wiltshire after it was awarded a new contract following a competitive process.

The Devizes Leisure Centre testing site will close for in-person symptom-free COVID-19 testing, but continue to offer a test collection option

Tisbury Swimming Pool will now be powered by the sun thanks to a joint initiative by Wiltshire Council and Nadder Community Energy.

Wiltshire is in COVID-19 Tier 2 'high' category from 2 December