Organisations

Extras module Z403

Organisations

Resources from the web site of Well House Consulaants on the subject of Organisations. We provide open source training course and business hotel accommodation in Melksham, Wiltshire, England

Background

As well the FSB and the Chamber of Commerce, we're associated with (or aware of) many other local organisations.

Articles and tips on this subject		updated
3604	Melksham Campus - a blog you can read, and a place you can comment I'm a member of the SCOB - the Shadow Campus Operations Board - and last night I attended a meeting to learn about the uses that are being made of current facilities, from their users, about their current concerns, and about what they would liek to see for the future. I can't possibly be knowledgable ...	2012-02-08
3511	Melksham has a heart - have your picture taken and support the defibrillator appeal I have been walking around Melksham this weekend asking people to hug each other and have their picture taken ... why? "Melksham has a heart" Management Summary * Melksham Needs Portable Defibrillators to help save lives. * A Fund Raiser is running at the Assembly Hall on Sunday, 20th to support this * ...	2011-11-06
3484	A Melksham Timeline - Domesday to present day Some events and dates from our local history. Not all sources agree on some of the years quoted, and you may find a little duplication too ... 1086: At the time of the Domesday Book (1086) the capital, or chief, manor of Melksham was held by the crown. It was a large and valuable estate, which eventually ...	2011-10-18 (longest)
3317	Self Portrait (in words) I've written a profile of myself [Graham Ellis], and of Well House Consultants (which I set up in 1995, and run with my wife Lisa), before. But that's been with a slant towards our business, rather than towards myself and other involvements which are wider than our business. Lisa and I moved to Melksham ...	2011-06-04 (longer)
2902	Community consultation - a true open input Overdue report from last week ... Tuesday ... where should we be going? What should stop? Community Area Partnership Consultation, Assembly Hall, Melksham. An open meeting, where any members of the community who wished could add there voice on "what's good in the Melksham area", "Where should Melksham ...	2010-08-05
2869	Contact Information for Melksham Oak Community School Yesterday, 449 people arrived at our web site searching for "Melksham Oak" or similar terms ... not bad going, except we're not in the business of selling Melksham Oaks! Almost undoubtedly they were looking for the new Melksham Oak Community School which is just up the road from us, and opened yesterday ...	2010-07-13
2807	Canal through Melksham - the options and issues The old Wilts and Berks canal ran from the Kennet and Avon Canal (pictured) at Semington through Melksham, between Chippenham and Calne, past Wootton Bassett, through Swindon and on along the Vale of the White Horse passing close to Wantage before connecting to the river Thames at Abingdon. It was ...	2010-06-28 (longest)
2585	Consultation in Melksham, on Melkshams future Melksham Community Area Partnership is holding a consultation eveny next Saturday at Melksham Town Hall, seeking the views of the people and businesses of Melksham on Wiltshire's core strategy - the plan is about Wiltshire as a whole, but Melksham is very much a part of the county, and we're one of the ...	2010-01-17
2574	Summary of Wiltshire Core Strategy responses At the tail end of 2009, I was involved in responding to consultation being run by Wiltshire Council on the future deveopment of Wiltshire, and the towns and villages therein. The headline presentation from Wiltshire Council picked out three places - Chippenham, Trowbridge and "West of Swindon" as places ...	2010-01-14 (longer)
2271	Dogs Trust, Dog Show, Newbury We were invited back to the dog show open day at The Dog's Trust near Newbury, from where we adopted Gypsy a few months ago. Yes - I know the real reason to invite everyone back was for them to make money, but it was never the less a good day's outing. I suppose I should have expected a lot ...	2009-07-07
2236	Alumni - revisiting and supporting the old University I have just completed a survey for my old university - I won't name them here, but researchers will be able to find out who they are easily enough, as I made a comment and recommended one of their courses - which actually competes to some extent with what we do - in a comparison chart here recently, ...	2009-06-21 (longer)
2128	Wiltshire - where everybody matters On 1st April, Wiltshire went Unitary, combining four district councils and a county into a single unitary authority with a population a shade under 450,000. And from buildings to dust carts, the labels and logos have changed: "Wiltshire - Where Everybody Matters" ... and I'm very glad to have that ...	2009-04-17
2026	Melksham Climate Friendly Group It's somewhat ironic that I left last night's meeting of Melksham Climate Friendly Group in a bit of a blizzard. Many familiar faces, a great deal of knowledge, and a group each of whom is taking a real interest in some aspect of the subject in their own way, with a strong and effective chair pulling ...	2009-02-08
2015	Service Excellence Awards First and foremost - my congratulations to Trowbridge Chamber of Commerce in arranging their 2008 service excellence awards, which attracted 60 entrants ... and a guest list of around 300 to Trowbridge Civil Hall last night. And to all fifteen finalists who reached the final stage of the competition, ...	2009-02-01
2012	The Wiltshire Police How much do the police cost? Where / on what is that money spend? Who pays? What do they cost? Questions I had never asked myself until last night when I went along to the Wiltshire Police Authority's "Budget Consultation" with the county's Chambers of Commerce. Clearly a fascinating subject as some ...	2009-01-31 (longer)
981	Finalist reception - Wiltshire Business of the Year Last night, we attended a cocktail party thrown for the finalists in the "Wiltshire Business of the Year" competition because ... well, because we're finalists. I understand that there was a record entry this year - the first year we have entered - and that our category which is "Small Business of the ...	2009-01-04
1280	West Wilts - no longer Wet Wilts - show A much better day at the West Wilts show. We've moved to our own, and bigger, stand and outside, wood chippings and a bit of sun do miracles ...	2007-07-28 (short)
1278	West Wilts Show The bi-annual West Wilts show is taking place today, tomorrow and Saturday in Trowbridge, and I have agreed to take a table for Well House Conultants and Save the Train on the Federation of small businesses stand. Of Course, being a small business organisation thay had booked a small stand. No - ...	2007-07-26
1258	A day looking ahead for Well House Consultants On Tuesday, Lisa and I attended a series of seminars at the Arc College in Trowbridge, laid on by our bankers (HSBC). There are times that we spend so much time working on the day-by-day business of running courses, booking hotel rooms, paying bills, and the rest that we don't take a step back and look ...	2007-07-05
472	Are you free on 29th October - Charity ball I didn't know what I was going to be writing about this evening as I drove home. But then it became obvious once I got here. This is an unashamed ADVERT for the CHARITY MASKED BALL being organised by Lisa Whelan (that's NOT my wife Lisa, by the way) of "Beauty and Beyond" in Melksham. Lisa has organised ...	2006-06-05

Topics covered in this module

Melksham First.
Rotary and Round Table.
Melksham Railway Development Group.
West Wilts Rail User Group.
Kennet and Avon Canal Trust.
Other local groups.

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