Charities In Wiltshire

Resourcing body for local churches and support of mission at home and abroad

We are a Wiltshire based charity whose main aim is to promote learning through creativity by making various low cost resources available to the community. These resources include a scrapstore, craft shop, training and outreach service. Scrap is donated by businesses and is anything that would normally go into landfill but is safe and clean for children and young people to use.

This charity provides income to support the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Charity No. 309534).

Stepping Stones, District Specialist Centre is an Opportunity group for children with special needs. Special Needs being the term we use for identifying children who will benefit from specific Therapy and support to help meet their potential. Children are encouraged to learn and develop through play. Children from birth to five, with varying levels of need attend our setting.

The objects of the CIO are:The advancement of amateur sport for the public benefit by promoting, encouraging & developing the playing of amateur rugby football in the Trowbridge area for the benefit of its wider community.

The charity has opened Arundells, the home of Sir Edward Heath, to the public since 2008 and preserves Arundells and its contents for the benefit of the public.

Educational pre-school for 1-5 year old children.

Grant-making to relevant charities

We provide sessional care for children aged 2 - 5 years giving them an opportunity to develop in a stimulating environment and preparing them for full time education.

A railway preservation trust. Preserving part of the Former Midland & South Western Junction Railway. Using appropriate locomotives and rolling stock.

Education of local people and those with a learning or physical disability or who are socially or economically disadvantaged in agriculture and animal welfare, including education in farming, horticulture, conservation, basic maths, and communication skills and training in horse riding, including carriage driving and horsemanship. Registered for Riding for the Disabled.

St Osmunds PreSchool in Salisbury offers sessional preschool education for 2 - 5 year olds. They also run Sunshine Clubs offering breakfast clubs, after school clubs and holiday clubs for 3 - 11 year olds.

Trinity Chippenham began meeting in rented facilities in Chippenham, on Sunday the 5th of January, 2014. Sunday gatherings are open to the public, meeting in the afternoon, with contemporaneous children's programmes (TC Tots for 0-3 year olds and Kids Club for 4-11 year olds). Various midweek events are run, including a youth group and life groups meeting in homes to study the Bible and pray.

To promote, maintain, improve and develop public education and appreciation of the art of vocal music in multiple genres, including (but not limited to) opera, jazz, music theatre, choral, cabaret, folk and To relieve the needs of children and others with special needs or disabilities, and older people with dementia in particular by creating and delivering public musical concerts and workshops.

Pre-School Education for 2 1/2 to 4 year olds in the local community.

Sunday services, Mid week meetings, Childrens work, Youth work, Action groups, Marriage courses, Parenting courses, Money management courses, Alpha courses, Membership course.

The object of the Charity is to provide music education for young people primarily in, but not limited to, the South West of England.

We are a playgroup providing care and education for pre-school aged children

Providing scouting opportunities for young people living in or near the Lavingtons.

The Trust administers property and investments on behalf of the unincorporated society known as the Benedictine Community of Elmore Abbey, Speen, Newbury, Berkshire, (now resident at 19A The Close, Salisbury) insofar as that Community devotes itself to the general furtherance of religious education and knowledge, and the relief of poverty and suffering, as set out in the Holy Rule of St Benedict.

Community Outreach - Helping homeless people with food, accommodation and clothing. We are focusing on helping people in their homes by providing domiciliary care. We have a charity shop that also helps volunteers with special needs gain skills. We help look after widows and orphans in Zambia and other parts of Africa. We are currently building a nursing home in Zambia.

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF THE PATIENTS OF THE PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES AND SERVICES (NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY).

Provision of a daily drop-in for people experiencing homelessness in north Wiltshire offering hot meals, showers, laundry, clothes, a postal address, access to a phone & the internet. Referrals are made to housing, health, addiction, domestic abuse & benefits agencies. Activities include football, music, art, men's & women's groups, an allotment groups and courses to build confidence & skills.

Home-visiting volunteers offer support, friendship and practical help to families with at least one child under 5 years of age. We also offer a cafe-type of informal group support.

The primary object of the PCC is the promotion of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England. In accordance with the PCC (Powers) Measure 1956, the PCC is to co-operate with the minister in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.