31/12/2025
Hi everyone
It's your host Terry Couchman of Calne in Tune here. We're have come to the end of the old year, and I would like to wish you all a Very Happy New Year.
Having retired last year after some 15 years’ involvement in running Calne Community Hub I would also like to thank all those wonderful volunteers who stayed with me right to the end.
We survived through two periods of COVID providing incredible support to local community, young, old, disabled, homeless and destitute.
I know we had some challenges from a few ignorant people, along with Wiltshire Council’s Safeguarding Team. But we eventually survived them and told them where to get off.
I am sorry for the distress that these people have caused you. I know many were unable to continue volunteering. I am not finished dealing with them yet – Watch this space.
Thankfully, those young people they provoked with their false claims are now growing up and recognize the help and support you provided them at a challenging point in their lives.
I meet with even now and many of them have said sorry and stated their appreciation for the support they received when every other support had closed its doors to them.
Well done all you volunteers of ‘Calne Community Hub’, and those who worked with us at the ‘Calne Free Church’, ‘Cooperative Supermarkets’, ‘Calne Men’s Shed’ (who lived with us for bit).
So, Again A Very Happy New Year to you all.
