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42 The Link Magazine • April 2003
Celebrating three years resolving
community problems
A service that helps sort out thorny neighbour disputes which can
Specialists in PVCU, ruin people's lives and taint community feelings is hailing a success
windows, doors and after three years in the town.
Project Coordinator, Martin the main reasons why neighbours
conservatories.
Couchman, below, said this is a tre- row. Before our service came along,
mendous achievement for Corn- folk could only really hope to sort
munity Mediation Swindon. out these problems by going to
"When we launched we didn' t have some sort of authority, such as the
Your local
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of 21 and over 150 cases under our option of negotiating solutions and
for
Local Authority approvals belt." agreements directly with the peo-
ple they live next to.
"User feedback shows that the
Tel: 01793 848177 or 770596 majority of our clients have
,22 Ravens Walk, Wootton Bassett,
benefitted from mediation. What
is especially good about our serv-
ice is that anyone in Swindon can
make use of it with ease, because
O . s
we do not charge for it, and be-
SECURITY E SYSTEMS LTD cause we go out to people who
need us in their community, rather
than have them coming to see us in
KEEP INTRUDERS AWAY our office.
"It's been a good beginning;
CALL OSE TODAY we've built up very good experi-
• Free design & quotation ence in helping people see eye to
eye. We very much hope that Swin-
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don people will continue to use
• Mail: [email protected] us."
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