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A DAY resource centre for adults with learning difficulties is set to launch a new outreach programme to support members at home and in the workplace thanks to a grant. The Open Door Centre in Swindon has been awarded almost £11,800 to cover the costs of an outreach worker from Wiltshire Community Foundation’s Coronavirus Response and Recovery Fund. The fund has distributed more than £1.5 million through more than 300 grants. A £100,000 donation to the fund from the Oakfield housing development in Swindon, sponsored by Nationwide, was used for the Open Door Centre grant. The centre, which meets at St Barnabas Church Hall in Gorse Hill, is eagerly waiting to see if all restrictions are lifted next month so it can welcome back every member five days a week. ....
NEW volunteer listeners are being trained by the Samaritans as it contends with a more than 20 per cent rise in callers during the pandemic. Swindon and District Samaritans has been awarded £3,500 from Wiltshire Community Foundation’s Coronavirus Response and Recovery Fund to buy new headsets and carry out extra deep cleaning at its branch office in Swindon. The money was donated to the fund by the Oakfield development, a new neighbourhood of 239 sustainable homes in east Swindon. The headsets will allow new volunteers to be mentored remotely while they gain experience of taking calls. “The mentors listen into calls until the volunteers are ready to take their first step on their own,” said listening and publicity volunteer Maggie Gill. ....
A CORONAVIRUS fund grant is helping the Samaritans train new volunteer listeners as it contends with a more than 20 per cent rise in callers during the pandemic. Swindon and District Samaritans has been awarded £3,500 from Wiltshire Community Foundation’s Coronavirus Response and Recovery Fund to buy new headsets and carry out extra deep cleaning at its branch office in Swindon. The money was donated to the fund by the Oakfield development, a new neighbourhood of 239 sustainable homes in east Swindon. The community foundation’s fund has already raised £1.2 million and distributed more than £1 million through more than 200 grants to groups across the county. ....