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We’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…
Today 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…
Did you spot the amazing team from
Today is the start of the A-Z of CBLC – hopefully by the time we get to Z you will know lots more about our grant giving charity: what we…
Most of our staff have been working remotely over the past six months but we have been providing support and funding to a wide variety of different organisations and individuals…
Our car park at Westmead Open Space is now open again following it's initial closure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and more recently to enable planned improvement works to…
Our car park at Westmead Open Space remains closed for a short time whilst a planned extension is created to enable more people to access our land. We hope to…
We’re excited to announce that we’ve launched a new community website -
In March last year Lady Lansdowne unveiled our beautiful wooden owl sculpture on our land at Westmead Open Space. The sculpture was made by Ollie Adams, an extremely talented local sculptor…
We are delighted to be working in partnership with Age UK Wiltshire to launch this essential new service for older people living in the Chippenham area. We are providing funding for the…
We understand people’s wish to spend time outside in places like our land at Westmead Open Space during this difficult time. Our Borough Lands are still open but having sought…
We are concentrating our support to help with basic welfare provisions and emergency requests/applications relating to Covid-19 only (for example food, transport and electricity/gas). We are only able to help local individuals and…
(Information last checked and updated 4.30pm on 23.3.20) Lots of information and offers of support have already been posted across social media and local websites to help the local Chippenham…
Our office building will be shut to staff and visitors from Wednesday 18th March for the foreseeable future however our support for the Chippenham Community will continue, as much as…
It was fantastic to see so much fun, colour and talent in Chippenham last weekend with the town full of music, comedy, performance, dancing, photography, art, craft, poetry, talks and…
Sadly we have another weekend of wet and windy weather ahead but fear not Fringe Feb is still on. Many of the Fringe Feb events are already indoors but where…
Our Chippenham Ace Group have put together an exciting new event in Chippenham for 3 days at the end of February. From the 27-29 February Chippenham is going to come…
Would you like to try something new in 2020? We are trialling a new grant scheme called the Enrichment Grant this year to enable Chippenham residents to join a local class,…
Wishing a Happy New Year from everyone at Chippenham Borough Lands Charity. We were able to fund a wide variety of groups/organisations to benefit the Chippenham community whilst also supporting…
Our long-standing and well-respected Welfare Officer, Christine Jenkins, sadly leaves Chippenham Borough Lands Charity today. Christine started working here in May 1999 and has given over 20 years of service;…
Exciting times for everyone here at Chippenham Borough Lands Charity – we were granted planning permission to build a new climbing centre and skate park on our '
We recently visited local charity, Alzheimer’s Support, at their Memory Cafe to present a cheque for £7,333.00 to staff and group members. The funding will be put towards the running…
It’s Volunteers’ Week and so it’s a perfect time for us to take a moment to say a big THANK YOU to our Trustees for the fantastic contribution they make…
Our Communications Officer, Katie, received a warm welcome at a group session for Wiltshire based charity Back On Track Stroke Rehab Service when she recently visited them to present their grant…
Exciting news! We are pleased to announce our new Tree Sculpture Competition for local Primary aged children in Chippenham. We are going to be creating a Tree Sculpture trail on…
Lady Lansdowne kindly unveiled our beautiful new wooden owl sculpture earlier this week. Look out for him near the car park on our land at Westmead Open Space. The sculpture…
Friday 8th March 2019 5-6pm At The Cause, The Causeway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3DD. With over 20 years running arts organisations and projects, Natural Theatre Company Director Andy Burden brings…
Earlier today Luke Emmett from Theatre Bath helped lots of different cultural organisations in Chippenham learn more about engaging on Social Media. He provided lots of tips on how best…
Do you work for yourself or help promote a local group or organisation? It can be a lot of work and you can get left behind if you're not careful.…
Professional skater, James Threlfall MBE, was on the Ben Prater show on BBC Radio Wiltshire this morning voicing his support for our plans to build a new skate park and…
Thank you for taking the time and effort to comment on our planning application to build a new climbing centre and skate park. We’d also like to thank The Climbing…
Please click below to hear the short interview from the Ben Prater show this morning about our planning application and proposals for the new climbing centre and skate park.
Did you know that we are planning to build a world class, purpose built climbing Centre and skate park right here in Chippenham? We recently submitted planning permission to build…
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