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HEALS of Malmesbury is a small local charity supporting individuals and families in Malmesbury and surrounding villages who may be in poverty, vulnerable or disadvantaged. 
​We help individuals and families to make positive change by accessing local services and hardship support.  ​
​We are based in Malmesbury Town Hall,  mainly working remotely during the pandemic

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Our Winter Welfare Appeal is live - please support us!

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• We rely on donations for our day to day operations, advocacy work and activity programmes.  ​
• We got off to a flying start with our Winter Welfare Appeal - a huge thank you to everyone who donated to Heals during the special Matched Funding week. 
• Contributions are still welcome on our Local Giving online page. ​

​Please click here to visit our Local Giving Winter Welfare Appeal donation page

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We're in the Co-op Local Community Fund!
We're delighted to have been chosen by the Coop to be one of their local charities selected for their Local Community Fund, from November 2020 to October 2021.  

​If you are a Co-op member, please log in to the Co-op App or your membership online and select Heals as your local community reward choice
                            www.coop.co.uk/membership

• Each time you buy selected Co-op own brand products in High Street or Gloucester Road Co-op, 2% goes to Heals. 
• If you don't have a Co-op membership card, please get one!
• You get discounts on selected products, as well as helping Heals.​                                                    

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Malmesbury Area Covide-19 Emergency Hardship Fund

PLEASE click here to donate to our emergency hardship fund
​and how to apply if you need help

                                            Heals helps vulnerable local people and families
We have stepped up in this emergency to do even more‎ to help those who need it now, as well as those that soon will. None of us know how long this crisis will last. We do not want to see local people not receiving basic essentials or resorting to payday loans and getting into serious debt to survive.   We are managing an Emergency Hardship Fund which aims to help pay ‎essential bills for residents and meet other urgent needs.  Please support this appeal and be as generous as you can.‎ ​
​If you need help from the Emergency Hardship Fund please email heals.malmesbury@gmail.com and we will be in touch 

• ​​Sponsored by Malmesbury Mayors past and present: Cllr Julie Exton, Cllr Fran Vandelli, Cllr Wayne Jones, John Gundry, Sue Poole, Andrew Woodcock, Ray Sanderson, Steve Cox, Patrick Goldstone, Cllr Catherine Doody, Charles Vernon, Jim Toogood, Mary Hill, Julia Bowen, Lesley Bennett, Roger Griffin
• ​Malmesbury Church leaders: The Rev’d Oliver Ross, Malmesbury Abbey, Rev’d Sarah Simpson, Minister Malmesbury United Reformed Church, Mark and Lydia Faithfull, Lead Pastors Hope Church and  Father Thomas Kulandaisamy MSFS, St Aldhelms Malmesbury
• Malmesbury Town Councillors: Cllr Campbell Ritchie, Deputy Mayor,  Cllr Gavin Grant, Wiltshire Councillor for Malmesbury/Chair of Trustees 

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How Heals can help you  

• Debt problems
• Rent or Council Tax arrears
• Housing difficulties
• Foodbank vouchers
• ​Emergency Hardship Fund support
• ​Emergency Food 

 If you are not an existing Service User, other than for issuing Foodbank vouchers, for legal reasons, we will need you to complete a simple HEALS user registration form by phone or email. ​​

Get in touch 

• Email heals.malmesbury@gmail.com 
• Text your contact details to 07931 098347 
• Complete the Contact Form on this site.
• If you are facing a genuine emergency please call 07931 098347

Key Contacts

• ​​Paul Buckley, HEALS Co-General Manager
• Sherry Tolson HEALS Co-General Manager
• Cllr Gavin Grant HEALS Chair of Trustees​​ ​