Swindon Advocacy Movement- SAM

16/06/2026

🧡We are celebrating Learning Disability week at SAM. 🧡

This year the theme is 'Do you see me?' and asks about people with LD being seen, valued and heard.

On Wednesday at SAM house Abby is holding a session at 11am for Boost members to talk about this and gather ideas and thoughts. At the same time, Anj will hold a session at Tea and Chat in the Swindon hub.

We would love to hear from everyone and will collect everything you have to say together.

Thank you to Mencap for organising this every year and shining a light on our community.

15/06/2026

The Bob Cook Games 2026!
If you would like to join in please ask Caroline or Tom R before 18 July 2026.
It will be lots of fun, and will be at the County Ground on Sunday 9 August 2026.
See you there!

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 🥇😁