NO? Perhaps your grandparents or parents or neighbours have. Perhaps one day you might want/need to use them. The organisers of Link say, “Can we tell you a bit about us and what we do. We know what you’re thinking “another organisation wanting volunteers” this is true but please read on before you dismiss us.
“We are Melksham & District Link Scheme run entirely by volunteers for, you, your neighbours and everyone in need in the community. Our function is to take people who are mostly elderly and vulnerable to hospital and medical appointments, local appointments and some further afield.
“You might be a fit and healthy person with a car, who is not aware that the NHS no longer provide transport for needy people, except in extreme circumstances. Some of the people we take often have no relatives nearby and when they have an appointment at RUH Bath or Swindon, they don’t know how to get there, especially if they are not very mobile and cannot manage the buses, (if there are any) and cannot afford a taxi. So they call Link and our kind and helpful voluntary drivers take them to their appointments.
“Before any of this can happen, someone needs to answer the phone and these are our selfless, helpful volunteer transport co-ordinators. We presently have four volunteers, who take the phones for a week at a time, but we could do with a few more so that we can share the work out and maybe only work one week in six. This job is essential to enable Link to keep running as it has been doing for more than 20 years.
“If you like chatting on the phone [mobile provided] and you like people and want to help your community, please contact us on 07979 129052 or email melkshamlink@gmail.com One of our team will be happy to have a conversation with you and explain in more detail what we do and answer any questions you may have.”
![Melksham Times Past
A column about days gone by in Melksham by local historian Lisa Ellis
The Independent Chapel and Women’s Rights in the 1840s
A document I recently transcribed lists the baptisms performed at the Independent Chapel. This record is especially helpful in that, along with baptisms, a lot of them include birth dates - one of the ways I discover which day someone was born.
The following is taken from a Wiltshire Times article published on 9th November 1878 which reports a speech given during the 100-year services and to celebrate their renovations (what we now know to be the Rachel Fowler Centre).
One speaker, Rev. T. Mann, minister in Trowbridge, talked about the Chapel’s origins when he related how Rev. Honywill came to Melksham and how he’d gone on to remain as the minister for the Independent Chapel for almost 60 years. [Honywill and his family lived on King Street in what we now call “Legion House”.]
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A column about days gone by in Melksham by local historian Lisa Ellis
The Independent Chapel and Women’s Rights in the 1840s
A document I recently transcribed lists the baptisms performed at the Independent Chapel. This record is especially helpful in that, along with baptisms, a lot of them include birth dates - one of the ways I discover which day someone was born.
The following is taken from a Wiltshire Times article published on 9th November 1878 which reports a speech given during the 100-year services and to celebrate their renovations (what we now know to be the Rachel Fowler Centre).
One speaker, Rev. T. Mann, minister in Trowbridge, talked about the Chapel’s origins when he related how Rev. Honywill came to Melksham and how he’d gone on to remain as the minister for the Independent Chapel for almost 60 years. [Honywill and his family lived on King Street in what we now call “Legion House”.]
Read more on our website, the link is in our bio.")
