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Healthwatch Wiltshire Survey for people with Autism Spectrum Conditions


 
We're working with Wiltshire Service Users Network to find out what people with Autism Spectrum Conditions and their relatives and carers think about health, care and support services.

We have launched two surveys, which can be completed online, on paper or over the phone.

If you would like support to complete the survey, or would like a paper copy to be sent to you, please contact Healthwatch Wiltshire on 01225 434218 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or WSUN on 01380 871800 or info@This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we will arrange this for you. 

Everything you share with us will be used to tell those who run services what could be improved or developed in the future. All feedback is confidential and anonymous.

 

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Age UK Wiltshire - Applications for Wiltshire Surviving Winter Grants

The Information & Advice (I&A) team at Age UK Wiltshire are now offering the following support:

We are supporting clients to apply for the Wiltshire Surviving Winter Grant this year (in partnership with Wiltshire Community Foundation and Wiltshire Warm & Safe) which, if applying through Age UK Wiltshire, is a one-off grant of £150 (up to £250 for some clients). We can support clients who meet all the following criteria:

·         over pension age (client and/or partner)

·         have household income (excluding disability benefits) less than £16,190pa OR in receipt of a means-tested benefit

·         considered to be in fuel poverty by AUKW

·         able to provide evidence of their means-tested benefit and a suitable bank account to pay the money into.

We continue to take applications for our free telephone befriending service

We are still supporting clients with Attendance Allowance/DLA application forms which is now done through free telephone appointments and turnaround time for us contacting and completing the appointment is around 2wks or less (with it being backdated to the date of referral to us)

We continue to offer telephone and email advice and support in the usual areas of advice like welfare benefits for older people, housing options and issues and care and support options.

 

All of the above can be arranged through our Information & Advice team by calling us on 0808 196 2424 or emailing us This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You can read about our other services on our website here: https://www.ageuk.org.uk/wiltshire/

 

Rachel Clarke  

 

 Senior Project Worker

Information & Advice team

Age UK Wiltshire

 

Our Community Matters News

 

Malmesbury Our Community Matters

Our Community Matters is an interactive notice board for news, events and volunteering opportunities for communities across Wiltshire.

Providing people with local interactive notice boards which everyone can use to highlight and discuss local news events and ideas.

Click here for the latest news from Our Community Matters- Malmesbury

LOCAL NEWS.

Local stories in and around the Malmesbury area to keep you up-to-date.

You can view the list of persons nominated for election as a Town Councillor for Malmesbury and also persons nominated for election as a Unitary Councillor for Malmesbury Division, in the document bel...

On behalf of the Community of Malmesbury the Mayor and Town Council would like to express their condolences to Her Majesty the Queen on hearing the sad news of the passing of His Royal Highness Prince...

The lifting of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in line with the current Government road map, will allow the re-opening of the Tourist Information Centre on Monday 12th April 2021. ...
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Malmesbury is a beautiful town to visit in its own right and attractions include the jewel in our crown being Malmesbury Abbey, the fabulous Abbey House Gardens, and Malmesbury’s 15th century Market Cross.

For more than two and a half millennia successive generations have populated this hilltop, which forms the centre of the community we now call Malmesbury.
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Town Hall, Cross Hayes, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9BZ

The Council Office is open for Council business from 9am until 5pm Monday to Thursday & Friday 9am to 4.30pm, except for Bank Holidays.

Please call us on 01666 822143, or visit our contact page here to contact a specific councillor or member of the council staff directly.