Latest Info on the Buddy Scheme

 

The Buddy Scheme is a mentoring and befriending service which currently has 1 project coordinator and 16 trained volunteer mentors (or buddies) who, after receiving full training from us, each support between one and three service users at any one time.  They do this in the form of weekly, one to one visits in the service user’s home for around an hour.  Usually these relationships last for around 4 – 5 months, but this is very much an average and we have relationships which can be a good deal longer or shorter. 

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Halcrow Helps Out

We're enormously grateful for the ongoing support of Halcrow. First, staff from Halcrow Swindon helped the Swindon Domestic Violence Outreach Service raise £500 through a "shake the bucket" event in a supermarket, a car boot sale and a cake bake.

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Big Lottery Fund Announce Grant

We are delighted to announce our latest grant from the Big Lottery Fund.

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Gannett Grant Gives Gastronomic Gratification

Wonderful news for our Newburn House cookery project! The Gannett Foundation, the charitable arm of the group that owns the Wiltshire Times, has awarded us £5,490.

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