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Fifth birthday for food voucher project
A West Swindon based charity, which provides food vouchers for the homeless, is celebrating its fifth anniversary and is appealing for help
to spread its work.
Hotplates began in Swindon in Charities, churches and indi- ticipating food outlets for a meal. Hotplates offers the better off a
1994 and is now established in viduals can purchase vouchers at Charity manager David Edge- way of helping the homeless or
London and Bristol, as well as In- £2 each which are given to those in cumbe from Grange Park said the those in personal difficulty across
dia and Zambia. need who can redeem them at par- success of the scheme is based on the town by purchasing food
the fact that it ensures that dona- vouchers which are distributed by
tions are used to feed the hungry. partner agencies. Lump sum do-
Charity ride takes in three countries "Since it began Hotplates has pro- nations to the Hotplates Trust are
vided many thousands of meals in most welcome.
Two West Swindon women are training to take part in an all woman Swindon, thanks to sponsorship If you run a takeaway where
charity cycle ride in the Middle East next Spring and are looking for from Allied Dunbar and Burmah vouchers can be spent, please reg-
sponsors to raise money for the Queen Charlotte's Appeal. Castrol. The West Swindon Fam- ister as a Hotplates Store.
Louise Strickland from Toothill ily Project, The Filling Station and For more information on Hot-
and Christine Todman from Swindon Family Church have all plates, call David Edgecumbe on
Peatmoor will spend eight days in distributed the vouchers." 881611.
mid-March with over 100 other
women mountain biking from Is-
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