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The Link Magazine. February 1996 27

Local Lives Freshbrook
Evangelical
Church
One Year On - Many Goals Achieved... Worsley Road
Janet Garrett from The Prinnels celebrates the first year of Netresults Will give YOU a warm
welcome
Redundancy, Insanity, Aspirations work, writing a marketing plan
to be another Richard Branson, for their own staff to follow but Sunday 1 Own Family Praise
with children's Covenanter
all of these are reasons why some- monitoring its progress regularly, Movement & creche
one would leave the safe cosseted creating and designing brochures
world of working for someone else and advertising material, to organ- 6.30pm Evening Worship and
and start their own business! ising large charity and fund rais- Communion
For one or more of the above ing dinners or corporate functions. For details of mid-week
reasons I did the same - and my For example, over the last few meetings, house groups and
business has just had it's first birth- months of the year Christmas par- other activities, telephone the
day. Yes - we did have a cake. ties can be a real headache for staff. Church Office, Tel: 873050
The fastest 12 months of my life So it's very attractive for them to
is a perfect description of the first arrive at a function that has been
year running my marketing and completely organised for them. We Parish of West Swindon
public relations company also specialise in language serv- & The Lydiards
Netresults. My feet have not ices such as letters, documents, Anglican, Baptist, Methodist, URC
touched the ground and nobody is translation during meetings, col- All Saints, L. Millicent (10.30am)
more surprised than I am to find lecting foreign clients from the air- (for the village & Roughmoor)
that not only am I still enjoying has changed quite drastically since port by a driver fluent in their Revd Peter Knight 772417
every minute, but business is re- then however. Contacts that! had own language and delivering them Holy Trinity, Shaw (10.30am)
ally going well. nurtured during my time as Com- to their hotel. Revd Andrew Hetherington 770568
When I first started a very emi- mercial Manager with Swindon I've never really looked back: I St. Mary's, L.Tregoze (1030am)
(for Freshbrook, Grange Park, Hook)
nent local businessman gave me Town Football Club started to ask suppose that's how! live my life. I
Revd Rob Buries 870244
one piece of advice - go steady, if I could also help with various hate making personal decisions Toothill Church (10.45am)
don't try and buy a BMW in your areas of their marketing and office (great at making them for every- Revd George Gibson 692620
first year! I started off with a hand- support and it just escalated from one else), but once they're made (also free-church minister for parish)
ful of clients who were mainly con- there. Netresults now contracts they're made, I can only go for- Westlea Church (10am)
nected to the sporting world such several staff and handles all sorts ward. Speak to anyone who runs Revd Peter Walker 872932
as football clubs who needed an of sporting and corporate clients their own company and they will Evening & other services as announced,
income boost and their public re- with assignments as varied as cre- tell you that the ups far outweigh full range of childrens' & other groups
lations improved. The business ating and then making a database the downs, - that although you
will never starve there are times
when you might get a bit thin! The GUARANTEED
thrill of being your own boss and REPAIRS...
Volunteering turns into a job of seeing your very own company
logo born on the drawing board
A volunteer who responded to an appeal for receptionist help from the outweighs the panic when the SAME DAY
West Swindon Family Project in The Link two years ago has now phrase 'the cheque is in the post' is LOCAL SERVICE
secured a job with them. WHEREVER POSSIBLE
all you hear for weeks on end!
Lynda Butcher has lived in organisation which provides sup- When I started 12 months ago I WASHING MACHINES, TUMBLE
Freshbrook since 1980. She worked port to families in West Swindon was very nervous of taking on too DRIERS, TWIN TUBS, HOME
LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT &
in the Freshbrook shop when it from their base at 15 Gainsborough much and used to worry if the DOMESTIC APPLICANCES
first opened and has served on Way, Freshbrook. business had more than one dead-
SERVICE • SPARES • REPAIRS
various community committees As Lynda's post is part-time, the line in a week - nowadays when I
Can Netresults? I
and now joins Family Project project would like more volunteer am asked
workers Mark Thomas and helpers with reception duties. If answer Netresults Can! WA S H CA RE
Allyson Cardis. you can help with telephone an- Oh and yes the first year must
She will be responsible for re- swering, filing and responding to have been very successful I SWINDON
ception and administration duties personal callers, telephone 871303. didn't buy a BMW!!" 0793 - 643785
and keeping some order in a busy
Lynda Butcher, centre, with family
project woorkers Allyson Cardis and A well read magazine DUNCAN
Mark Thomas It was good to read the following in AM!
the recent annual report of the SELF DRIVE
Seven Fields Conservation Group
which is concerned with an envi- HIRE
ronmental area between Haydon SKIPS
Wick, Penhill and Abbey Meads: Vehicles for Hire
News contributions have been at Competitive Rates
sent to local newsletters for 11/2, 2, 212, 3, 4, 5 Vans • Lutons
Rodbourne Cheney, Haydon Wick, yards capacity Estates • Cars
Coleview, The Link magazine (we 5 days given to fill skip 272 Ermin Street
had more responses through The 2.3 tonne Mini-digger for hire Stratton St. Margaret
Link for the photos of the Seven Swindon
Fields on Christmas Eve, than we Freephone
did when we publicised the re- 0800-387613 Tel: 822193
quest in the Evening Advertiser).."
We're always pleased to help Tel: 731610 Open Daily 9am - 6 pm
groups publicise activities. 8am - 8pm Sundays 9am - lOam