Swindon Advocacy Movement- SAM

12/06/2026

On Wednesday we had a fantastic day with the buses! 🚍🚍
Get Swindon Moving is a group set up to make public transport better and more accessible in our town. They organised a bus boarding event with Swindon Bus Company and Stagecoach for our Project Boost, and the peer advocacy group Tea and Chat that takes place on Wednesdays at the Swindon hub.
Our groups had a chance to board each bus safely and without the pressure of busy times with other passengers, ask questions, and share their experiences of bus travel. We also were given a chance to sit in the drivers seat, fulfilling lifelong dreams for several of us!
Events like this help build confidence, encourage independence, and working together like this makes services better for everyone.
We would like to thank Rachel, Bryony and Lily at Get Swindon Moving, and Stagecoach and Swindon Bus Company for organising this fun but important day.
You can follow the work of Get Swindon Moving here: https://letstalk.swindon.gov.uk/public-transport-in-the-community

09/06/2026

WOW!!
Our Snowdon hike total has smashed through £1000!! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone who has sponsored us.
Please could you keep sharing and sharing this as much as possible, let's see if we can hit our £5000 target 🥰🥰
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/samsnowdonmountainclimb
You're all amazing, thank you!

05/06/2026

Hello everyone!
As National Volunteers Week draws to a close we wanted to take the opportunity to thank all those people who help keep SAM running in the background. Our volunteers provide classes and activities for our Boost members, admin for SAM and crucially, computer assistance for when ours are being confusing!
Did you know, several of our volunteers actually started as Boost members themselves? We are proud of you!
Thank you to everyone who helps us and the people we support achieve all the goals at SAM, you are all amazing humans and we just would not manage without you 🥰

03/06/2026

A massive thank you and well done to all who came to the Boost got Talent hosted by .swindon. Everyone did amazing performances from singing to dancing to poetry 🎤🎶 We had drinks and food, which was yummy🌭
Thank you to Vitoria and her brilliant volunteers and Tom and all the Boost members 😁
It was a magical day 👏

26/05/2026

One week to go till we have Boost got Talent! This year we are working with the lovely people from Equippers and will be holding it at the church on Marlborough road.
This is your chance to show people your talent, singing, dancing or acting 🎤🎶
Equippers will be providing food
If you have any questions please call Caroline on 07500 665893
We hope to see you there 😁

22/05/2026

WOW! Our Justgiving page has reached £770 already! Thank you ☺️☺️☺️☺️
Please keep sharing this as far as you can and let's see if we can smash our goal!

Members of the SAM team, along with family members and friends, are hiking up the Pyg Track up Snowdon on 1st August 2026 to raise money for SAM's Boost project which helps adults with learning disabilities gain confidence and independence.

21/05/2026

Project Boost needs you!
Would you like to share a story on how Boost has made a difference to your life? Please contact Caroline and we can support you to write this. We would love to hear your memories and stories.
Thank you 🙂

20/05/2026

Boost members took a trip to the Hollywood Bowl to celebrate the work the they have been doing and achieving their goals 🥇😁

19/05/2026

We wanted to say a huge 😍THANK YOU😍 to the team at Swindon Robert Dyas. They have a collecting pot for SAM and in the last couple of months have raised nearly £100!
Also thank you to everyone who pops your spare change in the pot. All the money goes towards helping adults with learning disabilities in Swindon.


Picture courtesy of Easy on the i

18/05/2026

‼️‼️Important Announcement‼️‼️
As some of you know, SAM's Boost Project is funded by a department at Swindon Borough Council.
They have let us know that they cannot give us the money to run Project Boost any more after July.

*PLEASE NOTE* Boost will NOT be stopping, but we need to raise money to carry on with it and keep all the classes running.
Boost is a very important enablement project for people with learning disabilities to come to workshops, learning and socialisation tailored to peoples' individual needs, in a safe space. Boost members gain independence and confidence and we are pleased to say we have helped many people with learning disabilities reach their goals.

On Wednesday we held a meeting with Boost members to explain what was happening, and we gave support to help fill in a survey Swindon Borough Council had made, to ask how people feel about Boost, and what other services they access in town.
If you used to come to Boost, even just for a short time, and would like to fill in the survey please contact Caroline or phone the office on 01793 542575 and we can support you to do this.

Being an advocacy charity, we made sure that all the information written on the forms were the individuals own thoughts, and we each checked at the end we had written everything they wanted to say and how they wanted it to be said. People's voices, wishes and views are of the highest importance to us at SAM.

Thank you to everyone who came on Wednesday, and everyone who has contacted us about this. Your kind words have meant a huge deal to us all. 🥰