We awarded over £280,000 in grants and funding from April 2020 to the end of March 2021. This included over £100,000 in grants and funding to different organisations that benefit the welfare of Chippenham residents. We’ve helped 186 local individuals/families from providing food vouchers, white goods, mobility aids, furniture and education resources to supporting transport costs, counselling, debt and educational courses.We awarded…
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read moreVisitors to Westmead Open Space will already be familiar with the beautiful wooden owl sculpture that greets visitors accessing our land from Westmead Open Space car park. They might have also been curious about various new holes with cones in and wood chip pathways appearing through a copse of trees in the last few weeks.…
read moreAn exciting variety of free online arts and performance events and workshops are being offered to residents over two weekends, starting on Friday 26th February. The line-up for the Chippenham’s Fringe Feb festival includes live comedy, virtual performances, drawing sessions, photography workshops, music events and more with something for the whole family to enjoy. Our Chippenham ACE…
read moreWe've relaunched the Westmead Hub website which will be the new place to find out all the latest information about the Westmead Activity Centre project. The revamped website includes artist impression images of the whole centre including initial designs for the climbing centre interior. It also gives answers to questions we have been asked and…
read moreWe have had a report this afternoon of an open manhole cover along the grassy riverbank between our Open Space car park and Westmead playing field. This issue is now being sorted as a matter of urgency but please avoid flooded areas on our land and keep to the paths. Thank you.
read moreWe remain open from 9.00am to 3.00pm weekdays until Wednesday 23rd December. Our office will be closed from Thursday 24th December until Friday 1st January 2021. We reopen again on Monday 4th January 2021. The staff and trustees of Chippenham Borough Lands Charity wish you a peaceful, healthy & happy Christmas.
read moreWe have been delighted with the hugely positive response to construction work starting on this project. We have collated some answers to the queries that we have received about the project so far below and will continue to keep you informed throughout the construction period. Q. Where is this happening? The Westmead Activity Centre is…
read moreWe’re excited to say we’ve appointed struction (Southern) Ltd as lead Contractor to build our new climbing centre and skatepark facility in Chippenham with the construction work commencing from Monday 23rd November. It is estimated that the project will take approximately 46 weeks to complete, with the new facilities open to use by the public by early 2022.…
read moreToday marks 30 years since we were registered, as a grant giving charity supporting Chippenham, with the Charity Commission. We had lots of plans for larger celebrations this Autumn but the current national and global situation means we are busy focusing our attention to our grant giving, responding to increased demand at the moment. We…
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