BIOS is a Swindon based community focused pastoral care project. We are committed to working with and positively changing the lives of children and young people living in the Swindon area. We provide a support service which seeks to meet the specific needs of the young person and their family.

    Cage football at Meadowcroft Rec!

    Cage football at Meadowcroft Rec!

    Bios were delighted to be joined by the Nomad team at Meadowcroft Recreation ground last month. Nomad are a travelling team of cage footballers, who use the cage to engage young people in fun, positive activities. Themes explored through using the cage were self discipline, self worth and respect. A highlight of the evening was [...]

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    Youth advice cafe

    Youth advice cafe

    As part of our ongoing partnership with Kingsdown School, BIOS has been going to the youth centre on site each Friday, where they run an information cafe for pupils during the lunch break. The sessions look at a wide range of social and personal issues – these include self-harm, relationships, drugs and alcohol, safety in [...]

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    Kingsdown emotional literacy days

    Kingsdown emotional literacy days

    Emotional literacy is the ability to recognize, understand and appropriately express our emotions. Just as verbal literacy is the basic building-block for reading and writing, emotional literacy is the basis for perceiving and communicating emotions. The days explored anger, acceptance, arrogance, jealousy, love, rejection and intimidation. When the girls group discussed anger one girl said; [...]

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    Charity bike ride

    Charity bike ride

    On Sat 10th Sept, BIOS staff took part in a sponsored bike ride around the Churches of Wiltshire. In total we visited 25 churches and cycled nearly 40 miles. The day was very enjoyable and raised some much needed funds for the work of the BIOS project as we look towards what the next school [...]

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    Student Support

    Student Support

    BIOS staff have been undertaking schools work over the last 8 years in various schools across Swindon funded through ‘Schools Outreach’. Staff have run1-1 and group sessions, extra curricular and sporting activities as well as assisting enterprise days and mentoring programs. This has helped support both the personal and educational development of students. Working in partnership with school staff the [...]

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    Support BIOS

    Support BIOS

    BIOS is now registered on the GivingMachine web site, so now you can shop and support the work of BIOS. Just follow the link on the ‘support’ page, sign up and support the work of BIOS when you shop online Just remember to set BIOS-Settings for Life as one of your chosen charaties. Check out the support page for other [...]

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    Latest News

    Charity bike ride
    Charity bike ride

    Sep 05, 2011 | Discuss

    On Sat 10th Sept, BIOS staff took part in a sponsored bike ride around the Churches of Wiltshire. In…

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    Detached Youth Work

    BIOS Out and About
    BIOS Out and About

    Nov 03, 2010 | Comments Off

    One of the highlights this year was the ‘inflatables’ day run in partnership with Swindon Boroug…

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    Community Projects

    Cage football at Meadowcroft Rec!
    Cage football at Meadowcroft Rec!

    Oct 03, 2011 | Discuss

    Bios were delighted to be joined by the Nomad team at Meadowcroft Recreation ground last month. Noma…

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    Schools Work

    Youth advice cafe
    Youth advice cafe

    Sep 05, 2011 | Comments Off

    As part of our ongoing partnership with Kingsdown School, BIOS has been going to the youth centre on…

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