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36 The Link Magazine • August 2002

Scolarest Catering
require a reliable and hardworking
cook at Greendown School
9am to 2.30pm,
school hours only + benefits
For details, call Christine
on 852979

Greendown Playgroup, Grange Park
Supervisor required
5 mornings: 9am - 12.15pm,
plus paid planning hours
Level 3 NVQ or NNEB equivalent
For more information
Every house in Swindon should have received in July a colour newsletter outlining the masterplan for
the Southern Development Area which was formally submitted for planning approval by Bryant Homes contact Tracy O'Connor on 873179
on 19 July.
The scheme drawn up follows an extensive pro- considered as the location for a football stadium, has
gramme of public consultation and provides an over- now been allocated for employment use and a 1,000 Vacancy at Peatmoor
all vision for the land use between the Great Western space park and ride. Junior Youth Club
Way, Old Town and the M4, designated for around Copies of the newsletter are available from Swin-
Peatmoor Community Facilities
3,500 homes. Approximately half of the site will be a don Information Centre or Johanna Hatton at PPS on
country park and the western corner of the site once 01454275630, mail: [email protected] Peatmoor Community Primary School
We are looking for a play manager
Trust threatens to call on Government to act on Mechanics Institute for our popular youth club
Progress could soon be made towards the restoration of the Mechanics Institution in the centre of the aimed at children aged 9 to 12,
railway village when a response to the long delayed consultants report on its future goes before Swindon from September 2002
Council's cabinet on 31 July.
Friday 6pm - 8pm
The report funded by English cial use for the derelict building. in Swindon, hopes the council will
Heritage and Swindon Council Assuming the discussion is not use its powers to carry out 'urgent £7.13 per hour (pay award pending)
took eight months to complete and deferred, the New Mechanics In- works' recommended by the Ion- For further details and
a further five to get to cabinet and stitutionPreservationTrust,which sultants, on the privately owned an application form, please `phone
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states there is no viable commer- has campaigned for over 7 years to Grade II listed building. Caroline Bowles
have the building restored as a The jC250,000 cost can be charged
Tel: (01793) 881613
central feature or community hfe to the owner. If un-recovered Eng-
fi lish Heritage can underwrite
C eighty per cent of the cost.
J.F.K Trust spokesperson Martha Heron
Parry said that the trust is ada- After School
BUILDING mant that not another winter Club a
SERVICES should pass without these mini-
mal protective works being com-
pleted.
Extensions, Alterations, Community
"The council has refused to take
Renovations this first step for years. Now we Primary
beg them to move things forward,
All aspects of garden School
by undertaking the urgent works.
construction including fencing
All the information they need is
Al! general building work now clearly up to date. Two posts
"We have written to our two MPs
Tel: Mr J.F. Keenan
and to the head of English Herit- are available for this
(01793) 727824 age Sir Neil Cossons, who once popular well-resourced
worked at the GWR Railway Mu-
seum in Swindon and knows the term-time after school
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Mechanics well. If the council is club (3pm - 6pm)
NEED EXTRA not prepared to act on 31 July, then
we are asking them to seek imme- from 6th September
Convert your loft from this .... diate central government action to Play Manager
do the works necessary to keep out
to an extra room weather, animals and vandals. £7.13 per hour
One or the public body
like this & Play Assistant
ivate the owner ownerer to
must act to motivate
- _ release this building, before the £5.14 per hour
C a ll trust can bring down the further
(pay award pending)
funding it has identified and ap-
The Loft People ply to the Heritage Lottery Fund. For further details and
Freephone "This is an issue of interest across application forms,
Swindon, because the trust hopes please telephone
0800 91 7 8695 a restored building will again play
Mrs Griffiths or
ts former role of uniting Swindon
e-mail. Mrs Ponting
id:
–- people in community cultural ac-
[email protected] tivities and shared citizenship." on 01793 887473