For the People by the People
The First Six Months @ Chippenham Community Eco Hub
Every Community
Needs Town Teams
For community action to reworking neglected areas a group of volunteers form the
Eco Team
To ensure our town has both positive mental and a physical health we have got together a strong
Health and Wellbeing Team
For the promotion and recognition of our communities voices to ensure that the regeneration planned by authorities is by the people, for the people, we have got together an active and divergent
Town Development Team
It is community that counts..
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Every Community
Needs
A Place to Learn
Contact the Hub to see the variety of courses
on offer at the Hub
Brilliantly designed and run under the expert eye of our tutor, Mike.
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The Hub Partners
Working with our generous partners, local groups, and organisations,
With the community of Chippenham for the community of Chippenham
CHIPPENHAM BOROUGH PARADE - Generously donating premises
CHIPPENHAM BOROUGH LANDS CHARITY - Grant to employ a manager
WILTSHIRE COUNCIL - Capital set-up grant
ROTARY CLUB OF CHIPPENHAM - Capital set-up grant
WILTSHIRE WOOD RECYCLING - The Giving Tree and Santa's Post Box
COLLECT ECO - recycled office furniture and equipment
ASCENT - local donation of office furniture and equipment
NATIONAL LOTTERY - Grant to employ part-time assistant manager
NATURAL NUMBERS ACCOUNTANCY - Processing of managers monthly salary
Swan Advocacy
Wiltshire Youth Commission
Wiltshire Read Easy
Afritha Lace makers
Wiltshire and Swindon Youth Commission
North Wiltshire Community Club
Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living
Ivy Wildlife
Co operative Society
Albare (Unity House)
Helping Victims of Domestic Violence
Refashion
Wiltshire and Swindon Credit Union
Applying Ecological principals to regenerating an area at Monkton Park
A Committed Community Eco Town Team
The Hub is here to facilitate any projects that are good for Chippenham and this eco one is just the ticket!
A group of community minded folk are rolling up their sleeves working with the Town Council and Wiltshire Wildlife to rework neglected areas in the town centre with a view to actively improving areas of the town for the present and future generations.
Community Regeneration of Chippenham Town Centre
The People Have their Say
As with all town centres, Chippenham is going through an evolution that will probably see money spent in years to come with the intention of making it fit for both present and future generations.
While the people in a position of 'power' have been setting up a 'Chippenham Board' - that will no doubt spend significant money on their own 'survey' to see how they can spend the public regeneration money - at Chippenham Community Team we have already conducted a survey (no pubic money used here - just a community donation) which is giving a real indication of what matters to the people of the town.
The Hub is facilitating this to ensure that the people of the town have a voice in those developments.....and furthermore ensure that those voices will be heard.
Community Health and Wellbeing
An eclectic mix of people working for health and wellbeing within the community
Now more than ever the community needs to play its part in promoting positive health and wellbeing across many areas that affect the people of Chippenham.
This will range from physical wellbeing in the shape of available appropriate exercise and balanced diets, to the less visual aspects of positive mental health - something that can be promoted with the involvement of debt advice, inclusion and actions to alleviate social isolation.
Ladonna Watts
Hub Manager
Born and bred in Chippenham, Ladonna is people oriented with the ideal attributes and experience to ensure that this exciting community venture will flourish. She makes a great leader of the new team and the enormous progress made in such a short time that the team have been together bodes well for the future.
Sandie Webb
Chair of Trustees
Sandie has been involved within the community of her home town since returning to Chippenham in 1980. Over time she has been both a Town and Wiltshire Councillor and was Leader of the Town Council from 2017-2021. The family have had businesses in the town since her husband, Doug, opened his first shop in 1971.
Ross Henning
Trustee
Born and bred in Chippenham with a keen belief in the power of both charity and voluntary work, Ross is a Wiltshire Councillor for Chippenham and a builder by trade.
Mike Walker
Education Trustee
Mike was the first person to volunteer at the Hub in the run-up to our opening, coming in daily and turning his hand to a multitude of tasks. Since then we are very luck that he has agreed to become our Education Trustee - a role that is well suited to his career as a maths teacher at Dorcan Academy, https://www.dorcan.co.uk/
Swindon Mike was also a science tutor in earlier years, which is reflected in his passion for astronomy and his vision for the Hub that 'the sky is the limit' to its future!
