So! The Swindogs are coming! ‘What are?’ I hear you cry. Swindogs is what! Like the one you see below:
Well – when I say like the one in the image – not quite. For a start, the scale of that one is not unlike the Goodie’s Kitten Kong. Yep – there I go again with my antediluvian references.
The county of Wiltshire celebrates Wiltshire Day on the 5th June. Never heard of it? Read on!
The British county flags website tells us that the reason for the day is to commemorate the date, in 2007, when the Great Bustard flag first flew on County Hall in Trowbridge.
Former British wheelchair tennis player, and local girl, Louise Hunt is set to share her expertise while commentating at this year’s Wimbledon championships in the final week. (from July 7 to July 10).
No stranger to the commentary box, Louise made her debut covering the 2013 event. Yet, this will be Louise’s first involvement in her home grand slam since retiring from elite competitive sport in 2021.
Swindon-based Revolution Performing Arts (RPA) – one of the South West’s leading performing arts companies for children and young people – has been supporting the Holiday Activity and Food Programme (HAF). Marcus Rashford MBE launched the programme last year.
Swindon-based Revolution Performing Arts (RPA) now has two accredited literacy champions to further the work of the National Literacy Trust in the Wiltshire town.
63% of Swindon adults and 32% of children who considered themselves ‘inactive’, increased their activity levels after the return of Beat the Street last year
Swindon Stories has launched Storytelling Month. It combines National Storytelling Week (30 Jan – 6 Feb) with Mother Tongue Day (21st Feb), for a range of activities, events and FREE resources for families.
A Swindon MAG Friends Update -edited highlights from the most recent newsletter from the Friends.
Ten-year old Molly Copestake, a resident of Old Town and pupil at the Croft School, is carrying on her grandpa’s storytelling to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MND).
Before I talk about the recent tree planting activities in West Swindon of the Swindon Soroptimists – a word or two about the word. The soroptimist word that is. The term is derived from the Latin soror – meaning sister and optima meaning best. Thus soroptimist is perhaps best interpreted as the best for women.
A unique art exhibition has opened this week at Swindon Hub, the town centre’s new community space.
Part of an ongoing programme of events and exhibitions themed around health, wellbeing and creativity, Dedications to Pei is a new show of pop art collaborations from around the world.
The return of Swindon’s Festival of Tomorrow is now confirmed. The festival invites people from across Swindon and the UK to share in the research and innovation that will shape our futures.
