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Support for families of drug users
Rui m oRu FOR QUALITY
A West Swindon mother has recently set up a support group for
people with family members or close friends on drugs. PAINTING
PROPERTY SERVICES
Families Anonymous meets on there's always someone at the end i DECORATING
Thursdays at 7pm in the Citizens of a 'phone. • Plumbing & heating
Advice Bureau Offices, 1 Faring- For Pauline herself, this has • Electrical
don Road and members are known made a huge difference. "When I
only by their first names. first needed help, there was no- • Joinery/carpentry Contact
Pauline, from Shaw, set the one around to talk to. I felt that it • Painting & decorating Andrew Goddard
group up with help from Druglink, was all my fault that my daughter • Fencing
having discovered that the nearest was on drugs," she said. A member of the
support group was in Oxford. As To find out more, turn up at a No job too small Dulux Decorators Net word
well as meeting weekly, members group meeting or ring Pauline on Tel: 640412
can contact each other or a na- 874728. Alternatively, Druglink Mobile:
tional helpline at times of stress - are always there to listen on 610133. Tel: 01793 702764
0378 909234
coR`^ RE`
(24 hours) No. 139485 Mobile: 0467 421798
Family centres saved
All Swindon's family centres are to remain open thanks to an
extra £252,000 found by Swindon's Policy and Resources Com- GARY WILKINSON
mittee to increase the Social Services budget for this year only.
Car "k Repairs and Paint Spraying
The threatened closure of one of munity Project, is obviously de-
five family centres brought local lighted with the decision but says M. T Repairs and Welding
communities together in a mas- that uncertainty over future fund- Free Estimates
sive show of support through joint ing remains. "The anxiety gener- Unit 12 Brindley Close Cheney Manor Industrial Estate Swindon
rallies, petitions and letters. ated was a very negative experi- Tr
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Councillors could not fail to see ence. On the one hand, we are told
the strong sense of local owner- of the importance of the work we
ship of the centres and the worry do and the positive service we pro-
caused by the lack of funding to vide. On the other, we were sud- IOBILE CAR SERVICING IN REPAIRS
continue their operations. As a denly threatened with closure." Electronic tuning * Welding * Electrical work
result, an indicative budget will be Family & Community Project
drawn up for the year 2000 to 2001 chair Simon Harlow would like to * MoTs arranged (no re-test fee)
so that consultation can take place thank everyone who signed the For a reliable local service with over 2Q years experience
in the autumn. petition and sent letters to the coun- (No VAT to pay)
Mark Thomas, co-ordinator of cil. Their support was very much
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