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NEWS & VIEWS 23
Ready for Parenthood?
A.T. GRIERSON Pcisc REG. BUILDER
Is parenthood education good enough?
Conference for parents and professionals at Link Centre Extensions, Alterations and Repairs
A conference which aims to bring ferent from the needs that parents Artexing and Coving Specialists
parents and professionals together express, especially young mothers. Glaze Tiling - No jobs too small
to talk about parenthood takes place "This conference will look at how For A Professional Finish
over two days at the Link Centre on people are prepared to become Tel: 771288 (Old Shaw)
May 17 and 18. parents through schools, the infor- Free Estimates and Advice Ad
The conference is one of the first mation available to them and the
of its kind in Great Britain and has help given by health professionals.
been organised as the result of re- We're saying to parents that we SWINDON SOFT WATER CENTRE
search work into the levels of in- know there's a problem with par- Makes water softening simple
fant mortality in the Thamesdown ent education and we want their No. I Ber. selling water softener in the UK
area. The study was carried out by help with changing how it's of-
Jan Long at the Health Education fered." INETI
Unit who discovered that ante-natal Sheila Kitzinger, the well known
parenthood classes are not effec- campaigner for improved parent
tive as they should be. A lot of education, will address the confer- The worlds most advanced full automatic non-electric meter-controlled s stem
Showroom at 260 Ferndale Road, Swindon
parents see them as too 'medical' ence on whether we have 'A soci- Call BRIAN COX on SWINDON 527172
and not relevant to the needs of ety fit for mothers?', along with
parents. others in the medical and parent
"When I talked to parents dur- care field. The afternoon sessions WOULD YOU LIKE TO RETURN TO
ing the research into infant mortal- on both days are given over to dis- OFFICE WORK BUT SKILLS RUSTY
ity, it became clear that the Health cussions about whether the educa-
Services were not meeting the needs tion for parenthood in Swindon is TO NON-EXISTENT?
for parent education," said Jan. "In good enough.
many cases parentcraftclasses meet Places are still available for par- Why not do a refresher or basic
a demand which is perceived by ents to attend the conference. Tele- course in typing, shorthand, audio,
professionals; these are often dif- phone Jan Long on 694660. word processing/VDU - tuition in
small groups by qualified tutors.
Playgroup Pizza winners We will refund the cost!
vacancies We had dozens of entries in our
Toothill Farm Playgroup have 'how many pizzas did Dominos Call ROWHEX STAFF on
vacancies for morning and Pizza sell during the first six weeks Swindon 534997 for more
afternoon sessions. Please call of business (until 31 March).
in to see the Supervisor Cherry The entries were either too high details.
Hobbs or ring Chairperson Tina or too low. In fact, Dominos sold 60 Victoria Road, Swindon
Lewington on 642678. 7,161 during their first 6 weeks and
Mrs Polpitiye of Picton Road,
Middleleaze came in closest with
Calling all 9,400. SHAW VETERINARY
The Dominos birthday offer has
dieters really taken off since we mentioned
If you have trouble sticking to a it last month. Let them know and CENTRE
slimming plan Western Slimming they will deliver a large cheese and
Services may be able to help you tomato pizza to your child's birth- SHAW VILLAGE CENTRE
keep to a calorie controlled diet. day party, before 5.30p.m.,FREE of
This method uses medication to charge. RAMLEAZE DRIVE, SHAW
lower your appetite and change They'll also donate pizzas to any
your eating habits. community groups that are organ-
A spokesman for Western Slim- ising a special meeting or event. Consultations by Appointment
ming Services said, "The medica- Give them a call on 877585.
tion has been used for years and Below: G WR Radio's Hungry Howard Mon to Fri 8.30am - 6.00pm
has successfully treated thousands descended upon Dominos during April 8.00pm -1 0.00pm (W
of patients. There is careful medi- to eat a few and to give out pizzas to pas- Sat
9.00am - 1 2.3Opm
sers-by with owner Sigud Wilberg.
cal monitoring throughout the
treatment by an experienced doc- •
tor."
For a fee of £8 per week, clients • LATE NIGHT :1 SHAW
VILLAGE
receive private consultations with SURGERIES CENTRE
a fully qualified doctor, medica- .
tion, dietary advice and individual
support and counselling at each • 24 HOUR
visit. You can attend weekly or EMERGENCY
monthly as your prefer, orarrange- GRANGE
PARK
ments can be made for home visits. TREATMENT UNK
For more information staff of CENTRE
Western Slimming Services are in WESTLEA
the Small Meeting Room, Ike FRESHBRK
TOOTHILL
Gradwell Community Suite at the
Link Centre every Friday from
5.30p.m. to 7.30p.m. and on Satur- TEL 881919
day from 4p.m. to 6p.m., oryou can
telephone 0831 - 118907.