Wiltshire Council announced an Unpaid Carers’ Event in Cricklade attached, put on in association with Hartford Care. The event will take place on Saturday 26th October at Cricklade Town Hall from 10am-2pm and have over 15 display stands from local organisations who support carers in the community area. People are invited to learn more, for a friendly chat and a free cup of tea or coffee and cake – all are very welcome.
Wiltshire Council is introducing its Wiltshire and Swindon Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS): a roadmap designed to guide nature recovery initiatives throughout Wiltshire, and invites views in a survey here.
Wiltshire and Swindon Local Nature Recovery Strategy – Wiltshire Council
The latest RoSPA Inspection Report for Redhills Playing Fields is available on Broad Town PC’s Redhills page here.
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Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s (OPCC) Delivery Plan for the fiscal year 2024-25.
It is available to view or download here or the attachment is below https://www.wiltshire-pcc.gov.uk/SysSiteAssets/assets/2.-the-pccs-office/3.-policies-and-strategies/opcc-delivery-plan-2024-2025.pdf
The impact of new anti-social behaviour (ASB) wardens in Swindon have been highlighted by Wiltshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Philip Wilkinson, and Swindon Borough Council’s cabinet member for Communities and Partnerships, Jim Grant; press release from Wiltshire PCC is here:
Anti-social behaviour wardens work to tackle most affected areas in Swindon (prgloo.com)
The below is just published by Wiltshire Council.
Annual canvass underway
Wiltshire Council has started the annual process of ensuring the county’s electoral register is up to date, which helps ensure you don’t lose your chance to vote on decisions that affect you.
Each household will receive at least one form of canvass communication (email, letter, or form) asking for confirmation of who lives at the address, to check who is eligible to register to vote.
Not all households will receive an email, letter or form at the same time. The form or email will have clear instructions as to whether each household needs to reply.
Emails will be sent this month to those people the council has email addresses for, with forms posted to relevant people from September.
The quickest and easiest way for you to confirm details on the Electoral Register, once you have received the instructions, is by using the secure online system at www.householdresponse.com/wiltshire and the security codes provided on the email or letter. Wiltshire Council may email more than one person in the same household, but only one person from each household needs to respond if necessary.
More information can be found at https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/elections-annual-canvass.
Attached below for information.
The below is reported by Wiltshire Council:
Building Digital UK (BDUK) has appointed telecoms provider Openreach to build next generation gigabit capable infrastructure in Central and North Wiltshire. This follows the award of a contract to Wessex Internet covering South Wiltshire last year.
The Openreach contract will target places that are too expensive for providers to reach in their commercial build, and which would otherwise be left behind without access to next generation broadband connectivity.
Wiltshire Council has welcomed this appointment and looks forward to developing a working relationship with Openreach and supporting them to achieve a successful rollout of this scheme.
Openreach anticipate connecting 9,000 premises over the next five years. This means residents and businesses will have access to lightning-fast gigabit capable broadband to help grow the local economy, accelerate innovation and improve people’s lives.
Detailed delivery plans are being developed so we can measure the pace of delivery against Openreach’s targets. This announcement moves the project into the early enablement phases, and further briefings will be provided as more information becomes available.
Further connectivity has been widely anticipated by residents, businesses and people in North Wiltshire who were not otherwise connected through the Project Superfast programme, which ended in 2022. Wiltshire Council is hopeful for further flexibility through the BDUK Gigabit Voucher Scheme (GBVS).
This scheme can provide vouchers worth up to £4,500 for homes and businesses in the hardest to reach rural areas to support the cost of installing new gigabit capable connections to their doorstep when part of a group. Further briefings will detail when/if BDUK release vouchers for areas needing additional support to achieve connectivity. Currently the voucher scheme is paused in Wiltshire and many other parts of the UK, although this can change.