Social workers will be placed in Swindon’s secondary schools to work with school staff to support children at risk. Swindon Borough Council is among 20 other local authorities in England to receive funding to place social workers in its schools to help reduce referral rates to children’s social care, in an expansion of a previous… read more
Update 3rd December 2020: the order has been placed and we await an installation date The Parish Council are delighted to confirm the approval of Caloo as the supplier of the “Community Bundle” outside gym for the Rec Field. Full Council need to approve this purchase in the October full council meeting and then we… read more
Update from Steve Maddern, Director of Public Health Earlier this week, the Prime Minister announced new England-wide measures to help prevent the spread of coronavirus as we head towards winter. It can be a challenge to keep up with the changes, but please read these frequently asked questions to make sure you’re up to date… read more
The government has today announced further national measures to address rising cases of coronavirus in England.To read the changes view the government website: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/coronavirus-covid-19-what-has-changed-22-september
Parents and carers with children entering primary, junior or secondary school for the first time next year are being advised by Swindon Borough Council that they now need to apply for school places for them. This year, the Council was able to give 95 per cent of applicants their first preference of primary school and… read more
Halloween 2020 might be a bit different this year and trick or treating as we know it will be off the cards. But we can still have loads of spooky fun! This Halloween let’s all join together to create The Big Neighbourhood Pumpkin Trail! Stick a pumpkin in your window or outside your home –… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in September 2020 Tender for works The Parish Council have released a tender document for and end-to-end project for the construction of 2 new laybys in the Parish. One for Draycot Close in Draycot Foliat and one in Windmill Piece in Chiseldon. This will be a 2 year… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in August 2020 New Road – Road resurfacing. The Parish Council had good feedback from resident’s supporting the proposed plan to request Swindon Borough Council re-surface New Road which would involve a temporary road closure. The results will be sent to SBC for consideration. Our Ward Cllrs are… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in July 2020 Welcome to Cllr Andy Rogers The Parish Council welcome our new Cllr Andy Rogers who was co-opted on Monday 8th June into the council. Andy lives in Hodson so it’s excellent to get one more area of the parish represented by a resident. We are… read more
A third coronavirus testing centre has opened in Swindon to boost testing capacity in the town. The Local Testing Site (LTS) opened at Broadgreen Community Centre today (15 Sep) following a request to the Department for Health and Social Care from Swindon Borough Council’s Public Health team. It comes after the Council requested consistent access… read more