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Carer Support Wiltshire, a charity which supports unpaid carers of all ages, has been working with Wiltshire Council on the development of this award, which is now presented alongside the Wiltshire Healthy Schools programme

Wiltshire Council needs an additional 30 foster carers this year to help provide homes for young people

Wiltshire Council will be running FUEL camps during the Easter school holidays and is encouraging families with children eligible for benefit related free school meals to sign up.

A new free school to provide 130 places for young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) will be created in Wiltshire following a Department for Education announcement.

Reach South Academy Trust is pleased to announce that the Salisbury Academy for Inspirational Learning (SAIL) has signed its official funding agreement with the Secretary of State for Education

The Wiltshire Council School Places Strategy, a document setting out long term plans for ensuring sufficient school places in Wiltshire has just been published for review.

Families and young people are invited to share how they prefer to access family help services by completing an online survey or dropping into face to face meetings in their local area.

98% of Wiltshire families have been offered one of their three secondary school preferences for this September, with 95% offered their first preference.

Wiltshire Council successfully delivered the Government's Holiday Activity and Food programme to over 1,800 young people during four weeks of the summer holidays. The programme, which aims to provide children eligible for benefits related free school meals with free access to high quality activities and nutritious meals, was delivered across Wiltshire using the brand FUEL and was funded by the Department for Education.

Wiltshire Council is launching a year-long campaign involving schools, libraries and communities to encourage people of all ages to delve into reading. The Wiltshire Year of Reading starts today (27 September 2021) encouraging everyone from very young children to older adults to enjoy the written word.