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3ASSETT TYRES HEALTH MATTERS

"GUARANTEES YOU THE BEST PRICES FOR MILES" Health Visitors Re-Organise
In the past Health Visitors have been attached to
Practitioners which meant that they travelled to wherever
the patients were. The 8 Health Visitors based at 4,Deerhurst
Way, Toothill will each now be responsible for a part of West
Swindon. This means they will visit all families and organise
BATTERIES ALSO SUPPLIED the Child Health Clinics for that area. The provision of
Health Care in the community will become more effective
WE CAN COME TO YOU AND and the Visitor will get to know one particular 'patch' well.
Close liasion will of course be maintained with the client's
FIT TYRES ON SITE
G.P.
AT NO EXTRA COST':" The Health Visitors Team can be contacted on 642133
or 610459, 9am to 4.30pm.
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NEW DOCTORS
Dr. Reddy who has been practicing in Freshbrook for
WHEEL BALANCING OQ '"a ^/ a couple of years has just moved into a purpose built surgery
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FREE OF CHARGE S " ` Q at the Village Centre. Telephone 870494.
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Dr. Godbole who practices from a temporary surgery on Ram
Ramleaze Drive, Shaw now has a telephone number - 874895.
Discussions are taking place to establish a Doctor's surgery
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LI FAMILY PLANNING
Clinics are held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month
between 6pm and 8pm at 5-6, Deerhurst Way. No appointment
is necessary. Just drop in.
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A New Way in Brazil
Unit 7, Tentplars Way
industrial Estate, Sister Anne, of the Holy Rosary Sisters, has spent many
Morlbo,ough Rood years as a missionary in Brazil so she was well placed to
Wootton Bassett, help the West Swindon Justice and Peace Group, to under-
BASSETT TYRES Willi SN4 7El. stand a bit more of what is happening in that country.
Tel: (07931854771 Depot
COMPREHENSNE TYRE SERVICE In order to do this, she showed us a film entitled "A
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New Way in Brazil" which helped us to see the way the
Roman Catholic Church in the poorer areas of Sao Paolo has
organised itself into basic Christian communities the priests
Titrounibe Garages and sisters are living alongside the ordinary lay people and
encouraging them through group psychology, to think for
themselves the way to find the solutions to their problems
This is being done through dialogue and reflection leading to
WESTMEAD DRIVE, WESTLEA.
the kind of action they want.
( NEXT TO FAREPAK HAMPERS) The sisters and priests thought they would see what
needed doing first - new sewage work, but for the people
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themselves the most ur ent need was for adequate transport
in order to get to work.
NOW OPEN Freire, a brazilian educationalist who wanted to help the 84%
This way of "Group Psychology" was taught by Paulo
of his fellow countrymen living in sub-human conditions, but
FOR SERVICING who felt that the traditional way of authortarian leadership
had not succeeded.
One of the questions our group tried to answer after
& REPAIRS seeing the film was "What can the group do to help the poor
in the Third World - apart from giving money?" I think the
answers were quite different from what they would have been
MOTs while you wait before we had seen the film. For example, many felt that
we should get in touch with a group in the Third World and
find out how we could best help. We also thought that more
(7 days a week) pressure should be put on the government and we were agreed
that it was important to make others in our churches aware
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Further details of the Justice & Peace Group Tel:38804.
PAINT SPRAYING
Swindon Samaritans
* 24-HOUR BREAKDOWN
opened 19 years ago and is located at 6, Curtis Street with
RECOVERY SPECIALISTS an adjoining Charity Shop. They are open to personal callers
from 8am until 10pm every day. The telephone answering
service is open right around the clock 24 hours a day, every
MINI-BUS AND CAR HIRE day and night of the year. Volunteers (unpaid of course) are
on hand for all who are lonely, unhappy, isolated, bereaved,
COLLECTION & DELIVERY SERVICE friendless or in despair. You do not have to be suicidal to
call on them.
WE INVITE YOU TO OUR OPEN EVENING More volunteers are constantly needed both to train to
become Samaritans, and also, equally important, to help in
ON 4TH NOVEMBER. DROP BY, raising funds - much needed for Branch overheads. The public
LOOK AROUND AND MEET OUR STAFF. can help the service either by joining Friends of Swindon and
District Samaritans (FOSS) or by volunteering to help in the
Charity Shop.
TO BOOK ANY OF OUR SERVICES The public needs the Samaritan service and the Branch
needs public support. If you would like to help please contact
TEL EPHONE BARRY ON 641643 the Director at 6, Curtis Street, or phone 37373.