Great Western Hospital has launched a new Butterfly Volunteer service to support patients nearing the end of their lives, and their families. The initiative, delivered in partnership with the End of Life and Palliative Care Team, Voluntary Services, and the Anne Robson Trust, offers gentle companionship and emotional support to patients in their final days…. read more
Community health services across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire will transfer to a new provider from next Tuesday (1 April). The local Integrated Care Board has announced that local community health services will be run by HCRG Care Group and community mental health and wellbeing services will be run by Second Step. The Council has… read more
On 25 March, the NHS national booking system opened for 7.5 million eligible people to book in their spring COVID-19 vaccination, with appointments starting from 1 April. Those eligible for this year’s spring Covid-19 vaccine include adults aged 75 years and over, residents in care homes for older adults, and people with a weakened immune… read more
Swindon Cancer Awareness Champion What is a Swindon Cancer Awareness Champion? Swindon Cancer Champions have an important role in sharing vital messages about the three national cancer screening programs; bowel, breast and cervical screening, to help improve the uptake of cancer screening across Swindon. There will be a particular focus on areas in Swindon with… read more
All Yours period boxes available from the Parish Council Chapel Office, Butts Road. Mon and Wed 11.30 to 2.30pm. if you need some support with period products, please ask a member of staff for a free All Yours box. Further information is available at Tackling Period Inequity | All Yours, https://www.facebook.com/allyoursmonthly https://www.instagram.com/allyoursmonthly/#
Chiseldon Parish Council publishes information on services and organisations which it feels may be of interest to parishioners. However, this does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Council. In addition, please note that we cannot guarantee the security or safety of any external websites. Everyone has a right to well-fitting clothing, and as… read more
Chiseldon Parish Council has received the following communication from Brighter Futures. CPC publishes information on events, services and organisations which it feels may be of interest to parishioners. However, this does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Council. In addition, please note that we cannot guarantee the security or safety of any external… read more
Eligible families can come to the Chapel Office on New Road in Chiseldon, on Mondays and Wednesdays between 11.30 to 2.30pm with their NHS Healthy Start card to collect their free women’s and children’s vitamins. Please see the images below for details.
In the next couple of weeks the Parish Council office in Butts Road will become a collection point for qualifying applicants who are at least 10 weeks pregnant or have at least 1 child under 4. We will need to see a Healthy Start card in order to hand out the vitamins. If you are… read more
A message from the Ramsbury and Wanborough Doctors Surgery: Please bear with us all Wanborough/Chiseldon/Liddington/Badbury folk – our Dispensers are going as fast as they can but we are taking slightly longer than you’re used to because of trying to prepare for the Wanborough Surgery closure in September (9th – 21st). We are currently working… read more
With the @NHSHealthyStart scheme, you could get help towards the cost of vegetables, fruit, milk, infant formula, and pulses. Families within Chiseldon Parish may be entitled to use NHS Healthy Start but do not know about it. Under the scheme, qualifying families with children under 4-years, can apply for a Healthy Start Card which then… read more
You are invited to join us and Clive Setter from Heartsafe for an online training and Q&A session on how our parish defibrillators work. PLEASE CONTACT THE CLERK WHO CAN EMAIL YOU THE MS TEAMS LINK. clerk@chiseldon-pc.gov.uk If required the meeting ID is 339 607 544 393 The password is BabFz4 We advise downloading… read more
Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (BSW ICB) has taken a decision to discontinue the Prescription Ordering Direct (POD) system in its current format, and to stop its core functions. The decision means that patients who use the service will soon need to order their prescriptions either via the NHS… read more
There are 5 defibs around the parish: Red BT box at Badbury Outside the Calley Arms pub in Hodson. Outside Cameo hairdressers on High Street, Chiseldon Outside Calley Memorial Hall, Draycott Road, Chiseldon Outside the pavilion wall in the middle of the Rec field – pedestrian access via Hodson Road and vehicle access via Norris… read more
A good news update. The residents of Hodson, The Calley Arms pub, the Parish Council and the Calley Memorial Hall fund trustees have been working on a project to get a new defibrillator purchased and installed outside the Calley Arms Hodson. There is a long list of thanks so forgive me if I forget anyone…. read more
Next Tuesday sees the launch of the UK’s largest online Christmas Giving Challenge ‘The Big Give’. This year Brighter Futures is taking part in the challenge and raising much needed money to help the Emergency Department (Way Forward Appeal) at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Matched funding of £5,000 has been secured from Dr… read more
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Just a reminder… we have four defibrillators They are located: Red BT box Badbury Outside Cameo Hairdressers High Street Chiseldon Outside Calley Memorial Hall, Draycot Road Chiseldon Outside the pavilion, middle of the Rec ground field. Pedestrian access via Hodson Road, vehicle access via Norris Close Chiseldon. There are various website links and pages below… read more
SBC advises that “There have been recent increases in tick-borne infections nationally and regionally and while the risk to the public is low, the [information attached, produced by BANES] can used by the parish councils to raise awareness of ticks and tick-borne diseases with members of the public who are visiting and using their green… read more
CPC has received the following letter, thanking the community for the donations at the Christmas Lights event. The other £65 raised has been donated to Project Hospice. Thank you so much for the £65 donation collected at the Christmas Lights Event organised by Chiseldon Parish Council. We are so grateful for all the continued support… read more