Help Empowerment and Local Support
Heals is a small local charity supporting people in Malmesbury and surrounding villages 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 Covid-19 emergency.   

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 Meals Help During Half Term 
Heals will provide a free ready meal, dessert and fresh fruit to any child in half term, for one day or to last you the week until school starts again.
​If you need help, or know someone who does, please contact us immediately. 
Email heals.malmesbury@gmail.com or call 01666 238100 (ansaphone) or text 07931 098347. 
​Wiltshire Council have also stepped in to help families in need during half term - for more information please visit their website
​If you would like to volunteer with Heals, please complete the Contact Us form at the top of this page

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​Please support our Winter Welfare Appeal
We rely on donations to continue our day to day operations, advocacy work and summer and winter activity programmes.
We've been offered a one week only matched funding  by the Localgiving Foundation, runs from 10am on Tuesday 27 October to 10am on Tuesday 3 November. The Localgiving Foundation is doubling any online donations to the value of £75. 
Its a brilliant opportunity to help us help others who need our support in Malmesbury and surrounding villages. 
Please donate if you can through through our Local Giving page: click the 'Donate now' button.  Thank you!

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 ​Covid-19 Malmesbury Area 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 during these difficult times please email heals.malmesbury@gmail.com and we will be in touch 
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​​The Emergency Fund appeal is 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
Cllr Campbell Ritchie, Deputy Mayor of Malmesbury and Cllr Gavin Grant, Wiltshire Councillor for Malmesbury and Heals Chair of Trustees 

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​How Heals can help  

• Debt problems
• Rent or Council Tax arrears
• Housing difficulties
• Foodbank vouchers

 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. 

How to get in touch 

• Email heals.malmesbury@gmail.com or
• 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

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

Thank you Richard Davies and Tetburys's Calcot Hotel & Spa - definitely making Malmesbury even better! 

The Easter Bunny came to  Malmesbury, with some help from  Waitrose‎ Partners and Heals. 
Chair of Trustees, Cllr Gavin Grant said, "A big thank you from us to all Malmesbury's Waitrose Partners.  At a difficult time when they are working so hard, their generous gift of 60 Easter Eggs brought smiles to many young faces this Easter."