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THE No. 164 • December 1995 • Circulation 15,000 TSP Swindon

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from the positive newsf orce in West and North Swindon

Youth initiatives get Royal backing

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal launched a package of
proposals to improve services and facilities for young people in
West Swindon on Thursday 23 November.
In a keynote speech to business "West Swindon has a lot going
leaders and community workers, for it; excellent schools and excel-
at the launch of the Crime Con- lent facilities," said the Princess
cern Safe Swindon' project at BT Royal. 'A community which in-
headquarters at North Star, the vests in its young people is in-
Princess Royal spoke of the need vesting in a safer area, and in the
to develop crime prevention ini- future
tiatives. She also said that the Safe Swindon' is being devel-
majority of young people are con- oped following Crime Concern
cerned about personal safety and research into youth needs in
want to stay out of trouble. Toothill and Freshbrook spon-
The Princess Royal referred to sored by Bland the Halifax Build-
the high number of young people ing Society. It showed that al-
living in West Swindon and out- though the level of crime in West
lined some of the projects envis- Swindon is low, there is concern The Princess Royalfinds out what it is like to grow up in West Swindon from
aged: a peer led drugs education about the level of nuisance, anti- Greendown School students,from left, Sophie Sheen, Gemma Abrams, Emily
programme in schools and in the social behaviour and young peo- Knock and Denise Alexander
community, more sports activi- ples worries of becoming victims
ties, organising a youth festival of crime.
and establishing a youth advice, Adrian Overson, BT Personnel
information and resource centre Manager, announced that the
at the Link Centre. company was committing a fur-
ther £5,000 to Safe Swindon and
jvlake those would also be sponsoring a re-
view of the project in the Spring.
/1ew year Crime Concern Chief Executive
Nigel Whiskin, said he was de-
resolutions lighted by the Safe Swindon AMA
event. "It was a very successful
early launch; we will be following up ce0
the support expressed by Swin-
don businesses. It's a wonderful
Why wait until
after the seaso opportunity to create a safer en-
vironment; I'm particularly
of good cheer pleased for Swindon's young peo-
and total excess? ple."
Cut out the guilt • Come to the Safe Swindon
by planning ahead with information and photo' display
the Link magazine at the Link Centre in January.
Get Fit in 96 by turning • Allied Dunbar staff charity is
to pages 13 to 16. to make a grant towards a
youth information centre to
Win a Chinese be based in the Link Centre.
• MAD Youth: Arts festival set
Takeaway for May. Details on page 3.
HK97 are offering 15 set • Young People's Centre closes.
meals in an easy Volunteers running the youth
competition on page 34. building at Toothill Farm have
had to close it down because
Forty people will enjoy meals of funding problems and lack
worth £275 in total.
of interest from young people.