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The Link Magazine •June 1998
When time has flown, and Rachel is looking for a friend. Are you?
so have the children She and her mummy have just moved into the area. They have
found lots of places to go but nobody to go with.
No more lifts to clubs to give? Fewer meals to cook? No trainers left
lying in the hail? Silence: whatever happened to the Spice Girls? No
There is a long waiting list for their
dirty mugs and plates (with half eaten pizza) lying around?
local toddler group. So they want
Could this be the moment you worker Pam Pixton on 465462. to create a new way of making
have been waiting for or do you, This article has been addressed friends by starting a Parent and
like many other mums, feel a huge at women but if any men feel like Child Friendship Group.
gap in your life? this, please feel free to contact Pam. The idea is to link members to 3
When children 'fly the nest,' as others who live close to them, but
they have probably been encour- • Although the Link Centre Com- with a central contact point for all.
aged to do - to set up their own munity Suite office has closed, Pam Sometimes the whole group might
homes, go to university or work in Pixton is still based there and ready join forces to go somewhere local
another town, women can be left to help new groups and and to like the Link Centre or Lydiard
with a large amount of time on our support local projects and activi- Park. At other times, especially
hands. Bliss! Or is it? ties. Tel: 465462. when the weather spoils their
For a lot of women, this is the plans, the smaller groups of 4 may
ideal opportunity to do all the Racism in primary schools? meet at each other's houses.
things they have not had time for. Although the group may par-
But for many, time hangs heavy on Social work student Diana Parr ington is researching the effects of ticularly appeal to people new to
their hands and they feel that, in a racism at primary school level. the area, it will be open to all mums,
way, their purpose in life has The aim of the project is to help local primary schools to ensure that dads and children. Even if your
'flown.' This has been described as they have effective policies and procedures to deal with racial harass- child has started school, you can
the empty nest syndrome. ment and to encourage awareness of the more subtle aspects of join as long as you are prepared to
If you are in this situation and discrimination. welcome your linked members and
would be interested in meeting She is keen to talk to young people of all races and their families in their children into your home.
with others feeling like you, to look West Swindon about any racial issues that have arisen for them. All If you are interested in this idea,
forward together to a different but information will be respected as confidential. you can contact Rachel's mum,
hopefully equally rewarding fu- You can contact Diana at Swindon Racial Equality Council on Alison Deacon, on 887809. She can
ture, exploring possible new op- Swindon 528545. If you leave your name and a contact number or then start listing members and
portunities, contact community address, she will contact you. matching them up.

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