Page 1 - link magazine

A Hckppy & Pecefiit JJw \?eav o cdl fo TOOTHILL
CHINESE
No. 130 January 1993 • Circulation 11,500
KITCHEN
Fish & Chips and Chinese Food Takeawa
NEW

HOME DELIVERY
SERVICE

in West Swindon 5pm - 10pm
(Delivery charge from £1)
west swindon's magazine Toothill ViIIa.e Centre
and the swindon wide what's on guide Tel: 487055

Win a dinner for two and a
night in the Hotel Ibis
Turn to page 20.
Secondary
schools see
cash slashed
Wiltshire County Council Educa-
tion Committee cut a total of £4
Star swimmer Sharron helps launch million from its budget for 1992/
93 on 11 December in an attempt to
homeless support campaign balance the books.
Secondary schools suffer the
Two local schools combined with a Salt Way Primary School on the most with a E2 million cut. Half a
building company and Olympic theme 'Homes for Future Genera- million is being taken from Sixth
swimmerSharron Davies to launch tions.' Forms,therest fromlI - 16schools.
a fund-raising drive in aid of the Later Sharron took to the Link Each school will have its budget
homeless in December. Centre pool and raced a team of allocation from Wiltshire cut ac-
Devizes based builder Lovell is youngsters from Oliver Tomkins cording to the number of children
celebrating twenty-one years of School. She also passed on swim- on role. An average 800 pupil
working in partnership with local ming tips to the children and talked school will lose around £40,000.
councils and housing associations with parents about her life as a All the Swindon secondary
across the country to provide low- champion swimmerat a lunchtime schools are looking at staff redun-
cost housing. reception. dancies. This was confirmed by
Staff at Lovell Partnership of- At present there are over 400 Greendown School headteacher
fices across the UK are being asked homeless families in temporary ac- Ian Matthews who said schoolgov-
to hold sponsored swims in aid of commodation in Thamesdown, ernors will be consideringhow sav-
Shelter, the charity for the home- and more than 5,000 people on the ings can be made.
less. Sharron Davies was the star housing waiting list. "There will be difficult choices.
performer at two events on 8 De- Thamesdown Council housing Savings will have tobe made in the
cember to get the fund-raising ef- chairman Des Moffat said, "future purchase of books and equipment
fort off the ground. generations will ask why so many and there is a possibility that staff
At the Prinnels, Shaw, where people were allowed to be home- will have to be made redundant."
Lovells, Thamesdown Council and less when so many homes were Sharron Davies with Oliver Tomkins
Knightstone Housing Association empty and so many building work- youngsters, clockwise, Jason Kerwin, • Greendown parents start voting
are building 109 homes for rent, ers were out of work." Peter Davis,Jona than Miller, Nichola from 15 January on whether the
she helped bury a time capsule con- Tony Newton, a pupil at Salt Faulkner, Adrian Hughes, Jordon school should become 'self-govern-
taining present day artifacts includ- Way School, describes his involve- Hellewell, Michael Willis, Danielle ing' by seeking Grant Maintained
ing school work by children from ment with the project on page 2. Pearce, Robert Knapp, Ryan Clark Status.

WE WILL NOT BE BEATEN FOR PRICE

FANTASTIC BIKE SALE - NEW ADULT MOUNTAIN BIKES
FROM ONLY £89
Hurry while stocks last. Many '92 models at fantastic discount prices.

EXPRESS 96 — 99 Manchester Road, Swindon

(0793) 534907 & 513705
C Y C L F S