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News published June 2020

• Swindon Museum and Art Gallery is on the hunt for a creative ‘Family in Residence’

  Swindon Museum and Art Gallery is searching for a local family to help put its learning and activity resources to the test.

  Published: 30th June 2020

• Local COVID-19 outbreak plan to go before Health and Wellbeing Board

  A plan to supress future COVID-19 outbreaks in Swindon will be presented to the town’s Health and Wellbeing Board next week (30 June).

  Published: 25th June 2020

• First Young Artist-in-Residence announced at Museum and Art Gallery

  Seventeen-year-old New College student James Keel is the inaugural Young Artist-in-Residence at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery.

  Published: 24th June 2020

• Cabinet to discuss borough-wide food waste collection service

  Councillors will decide next week whether to roll out a food waste recycling service across the entire borough.

  Published: 23rd June 2020

• Prime’s Digital Youth Theatre to ‘take over’ Swindon’s STEAM Museum

  Swindon’s STEAM Museum will hand over its social media channels to young people later this month as part of an initiative to engage a younger audience.

  Published: 19th June 2020

• Council submits funding bids to improve rural and suburban bus services

  Villages in rural parts of Swindon could benefit from new flexible bus services, if Swindon Borough Council is successful with two government funding bids.

  Published: 18th June 2020

• Work at White Hart junction moves up a gear

  Work to improve White Hart junction will step up a notch from Monday (22 June) as the next stage of work begins.

  Published: 18th June 2020

• Swindon Museum and Art Gallery launches project to store lockdown memories

  The team at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery have launched a new project aimed at capturing people’s memories during the coronavirus pandemic.

  Published: 11th June 2020

• Plans being put in place to re-open town centre safely

  Teams across the Council are working hard to make sure safety measures are in place to allow more shops to re-open from next Monday (15 June).

  Published: 10th June 2020

• Businesses in Swindon can now apply for Discretionary Grant Funding

  Eligible firms in Swindon are now able to apply for the Discretionary Grant Fund provided by the Government in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

  Published: 10th June 2020