Bowood
Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival has appointed Toby Smith to be its new director from August 2013. Toby joins from the Royal Northern College of Music and will be engaged in a handover process over the coming months before taking on the role full time in August. Maria Bota completes her term as Festival Director […]
Hard-working volunteers and community groups who help transform the lives of people in the county will be recognised at the Wiltshire Voluntary and Community Awards. The awards, run by Wiltshire Council and NHS Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group, are now into their fourth year and people have until Friday, July 12 2013 to make their nominations. […]
A new dementia adviser service is being launched in Wiltshire to coincide with dementia awareness week (May 19 – 25). Funded by Wiltshire Council and the Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group, the service will be available to people with dementia and their carers. It will provide personalised information and guidance, and give people a named adviser to support […]
This weekend sees a ‘Big Farm Machinery’ line up at ‘Tractor Ted’s Little Farm at Bowood’, featuring a very special display of brand new farm tractors and machinery alongside their smaller vintage counterparts. This family-friendly event is bound to be a hugely popular with Tractor Ted’s machinery-mad audience…particularly for boys, both big and small, who […]
Wiltshire people are being encouraged to boost their mental health by keeping fit as part of a national campaign for Mental Health Awareness Week next week (May 13-19) Wiltshire Council is distributing information and posters to its leisure centres and GP surgeries showing how adopting a healthy lifestyle can be good for the mind. This […]
Longleat will soon be playing host to some of the biggest names in fishing when they launch their inaugural Fishing and Country Show on June 14th-15th. The show is set to be the largest of its kind in the South of England, providing visitors with the chance to see, and take part in, a variety […]
Japfest, Europe’s biggest Japanese car show returns to Castle Combe Circuit in Wiltshire on Saturday 11th May 2013. The show opens at 09:30 and with Drift displays, Car clubs, Exhibitors and much more, it’s sure to keep any petrolhead happy.
Lord Victor Adebowale, chief executive of Turning Point, a leading health and social care provider, was welcomed to Wiltshire this month. Turning Point has a long history of working with people with substance misuse issues and has recently been commissioned by Wiltshire Council to provide Wiltshire Substance Misuse Service, a countywide integrated drug and alcohol service. Lord […]
Two fantastic days of motorsport action were enjoyed by the competitors and the spectator crowds at Gurston Down Speed Hillclimb, Broad Chalke, near Sailsbury on April 20th and 21st, with plenty of local drivers notching up their first successes of the new season. Best Time of the Day on both days was set by Ed […]
