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Nationwide Gives Breakfast Charity £10k
Swindon’s Big Breakfast Plus is celebrating after receiving a £10,000 Nationwide Colleague Grant.
The grant is thanks to an application from Kayleigh Parker. Kayleigh works at Nationwide and volunteers with Big Breakfast Plus, which provides breakfasts seven days a week for homeless and hungry people in Swindon.
Rob Curtis Speaking at Expo
Rob Curtis Speaking at Expo. ROB – digital marketing specialist, founder of The Pursuit Agency, will be appearing as a guest speaker at South West Business Expo at STEAM in Swindon.
Rob, who founded the Swindon-based marketing company in 2022 will be hosting a talk for attendees at the South West Business Expo. In it he’ll urge ambitious businesses to be to embrace bold and strategic thinking in their companies and abandon the concept of ‘playing it safe’. The business event takes place on Thursday 10th of July.
Creative Holiday Sessions Return
Creative Holiday Sessions Return. Revolution Performing Arts (RPA) is once again inviting children aged 4 to 16 to enjoy four weeks of performing arts-based summer fun at venues across Swindon and Wiltshire.
Accountant Running for Wiltshire Treehouse
Accountant Running for Wiltshire Treehouse. It’s ever fab to share stories of businesses doing their thing for various charities. This time it’s Sally Holland, partner at Swindon based PPS Chartered Accountants lacing up her trail shoes.
Swindon Dance Hosting Art Exhibition
Swindon Dance Hosting Art Exhibition. Swindon Town Hall has been bustling with activity as it prepares for an art exhibition by local artist Sheryll K Fox. The Grade II listed building is home to Swindon Dance. And they’re proud to host the exhibition of original figurative and landscape paintings. Inspired in some cases, by their classes.
PR Partnership Supporting Swindon Hub
PR Partnership Supporting Swindon Hub. Leading PR agency, Scott Media, is lending its support to a charity, that runs a community space for people and organisations in Swindon.
Lis McDermott Launches 4th Novel
Lis McDermott Launches 4th Novel. Lis McDermott, a Royal Wootton Bassett-based author and poet, has released her fourth novel Honey. This book is the first in a series: The Beaconsbury Forest Series.
Wyvern Secures SYP Sponsorship
Wyvern Secures SYP Sponsorship. With much delight, the Wyvern Theatre announces it’s secured sponsorship for its upcoming summer youth Project, Annie. This exciting partnership will be with leading local road construction company, Coatstone Surfacing.
A GWR Set Novel
A New Jane Lark Novel – the Great Western Railway Girls. So I spotted this book in central library a few days back and decided to give it a whirl. Super glad I did when I saw in the acknowledgements a mention of our very Swindon Heritage Preservation Trust and the railway village museum on Faringdon Road. Hence I figured it would be fab to give it a wee mention here.
Mindset Coach Results Pressure Tips
Mindset Coach Results Pressure Tips. As thousands of students across the UK await their GCSEs, A-levels, or other qualification results, the pressure is on. And so is the stress. But according to Swindon based John Lewis, Professional Coach, NLP Master Practitioner and founder of JL Mindset Performance, that stress might not be the enemy it’s often made out to be.
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