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1,310 Laptops And Tablets For Disadvantaged Students Across Swindon

1,310 Laptops And Tablets For Disadvantaged Students Across Swindon

Pupils across Swindon have benefitted from 1,310 laptops and tablets to date, as the government hits an important milestone in its roll-out of devices to support disadvantaged young people. More than 1 million devices have now been delivered to schools and local authorities across England as part of a £400million investment that will support schools and young people for years to come. The figures don’t include devices delivered directly to multi-academy trusts. The news comes after the Departmen...

£1.3million To Support Victims Of Domestic Abuse In South West

£1.3million To Support Victims Of Domestic Abuse In South West

Domestic abuse victims and their children living in Swindon and Wiltshire will be able to receive more support thanks to £1.3milion of extra government funding. The funding will help victims and their children access life-saving support including advocacy, counselling and therapy in safe locations such as refuges or specialist safe accommodation, where victims and their children can go to get away from their abusers. Swindon and Wiltshire will benefit from £1.2million of the £125million total fu...

Help At Hand For Parents So Children Are Warm And Well-Fed This Half Term

Help At Hand For Parents So Children Are Warm And Well-Fed This Half Term

£170m Covid Winter Grant Scheme to support children, families and the most vulnerable over winter Holiday Activities and Food programme to be expanded, covering Easter, Summer and Christmas in 2021 Healthy Start payments set to rise from £3.10 to £4.25 a week from April 2021 Suite of measures represents long-term plan to help tackle poor health, hunger and education. Building on the significant support given to the most vulnerable during the pandemic, a new £170m Covid Winter Grant Scheme ...

Swindon Advertiser Column - Blown Away By Steam Vaccination Centre

Swindon Advertiser Column - Blown Away By Steam Vaccination Centre

More than 13 million people have been given their first dose of a COVID vaccine, or nearly 1 in 4 adults, which is fantastic progress for the largest vaccination programme in NHS history. In a matter of weeks, sports grounds, museums, places of worship and many others have been transformed into the 1500 vaccination centres which have been delivering vaccines across the country at a rate of 2.5 million a week! Yesterday, I visited our wonderful Steam museum to speak to senior clinicians, visit ...

Bounce Back Loan Borrowers Can Delay Repayments By Extra Six Months

Bounce Back Loan Borrowers Can Delay Repayments By Extra Six Months

- Bounce Back Loan borrowers will now have the option to tailor payments according to their individual circumstances - Chancellor makes support even more generous with the option to delay all repayments for a further six month - Pay as You Grow will be available to over 1.4 million businesses, which collectively took out nearly £45 billion through the Bounce Back Loan Scheme The Chancellor’s Pay as You Grow repayment flexibilities now include the option to delay all repayments for a further six ...

Swindon Advertiser Column - I Will Do All I Can To Support The Oasis

Swindon Advertiser Column - I Will Do All I Can To Support The Oasis

Yesterday we saw a very welcome announcement from Swindon Borough Council as they seek to secure the future of the Oasis. As I have previously written, most people in Swindon have a cherished memory of the Oasis. It is an iconic, much loved, well used and integral part of Swindon’s heritage and leisure provision. I want to pay tribute to all of the residents and the Save Oasis campaign group who have made it crystal clear how important the Oasis is. As a local resident, the former Lead Member fo...

More Than 10 million People Receive First Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine In UK

More Than 10 million People Receive First Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine In UK

- 9 in 10 of those aged 75 and over in England have received their first dose - vaccines offered to all elderly care home residents and staff in England and Wales More than 10 million people in the UK have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, marking a significant milestone for the largest vaccination programme in British history. Figures out today show the NHS vaccinated a total of 10,021,471 million people between 8 December 2020 and 2 February 2021, including 9 in 10 people aged 7...

Government Announces £50 Million To Support Students Impacted By Covid-19

Government Announces £50 Million To Support Students Impacted By Covid-19

Thousands of students will benefit from an additional £50 million to support them with financial pressures from the pandemic, the Universities Minister has announced today. Today’s announcement is in addition to the £20 million announced in December, bringing the total to £70 million for this financial year. The new funding means that universities will be able to help students impacted by the pandemic, for example those facing additional costs for alternative accommodation, loss of employment, o...

7.5Million Given First Dose Of COVID Vaccine

7.5Million Given First Dose Of COVID Vaccine

Nearly 7.5million people in the UK have received the first dose of a COVID vaccine, including 80% of the population aged over 80 years old. In Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire 99,600 have received their first dose, and among the over 80s 86% have received their first dose. Across the country vaccinations are now being offered at more than 1,400 NHS sites including: over 1,000 led by GPs, over 250 hospital hubs, over 110 pharmacies, 47 large vaccination centres. In a furthe...