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The Link Magazine • April 2003 55
Praying for the world SWINDON
A weekly vigil takes place at Holy Trinity Church, Shaw Village Centre
every Monday 12.30pm to 1.30pm, for prayers for the world and the FAMILY CHURCH
people of Iraq. WEST ^Evang,1.
All who want solace or would like to share their prayers are invited to O 0 d Worsley Road ^^f
attend. SUNDAYS 10.30AM c
PEATMOOR SCHOOL
World tension pushes Fairtrade up agenda
y
(except... last Sunda of the month TF
Awareness of the way farmers in poor countries are exploited by when we meet at the Winners
multi-national food corporations and the big supermarkets is an Lounge. Swindon Town FCJ building with people
issue more and more people are concerned with. Come and join us
For details visit our website Sunday at I Oam & 6.3Opm
For further information of
at www.sfc-uk.org, other meetings ring: 873050, call
call Nigel on 526130 into the Church office or visit
or e-mail www.freshbrook.org
[email protected] Jesus said: "l have come that YOU might
have LIFE and have it in its fulness"
A NEW FRONTIERS CHURCI

West Swindon & the

Lydiards churches

All Saints' For details of our
Lydiard Millicent Easter services
Holy Trinity, Shaw
St Mary's
Lydiard Tregoze
poster promoting Fairtrade designed by Ridgeway student Becky Weston, Toothill Church please contact the Partnership
right, was chosen to be taken back to the Winwards by Denise Sutherland
Westlea Church Office on 874221
This was reflected during miles a way. Denise's talk about
Fairtrade Fortnight in Swindon the conditions she and other is-
during early March in a variety of landers experience had a great im-
events in the town which included pact on their awareness."
a visit by a banana grower to a She added that she was im-
Ridgeway School assembly. pressed that a talk about Fairtrade
Students gave rapt attention to a at New College attracted over • i i 0
talk by Denise Sutherland, a ba- eighty students and pleased that
nana grower from the Winward Sainsburys were now running spe-
Islands. She explained how the ac- cial promotions for Fairtrade
tions of consumers in the West have goods.
a direct effect on farmers in poor "There is definitely a lot more Community Dividend
countries, not only in providing a general awareness of Fairtrade in
personal income, but also in sup- Swindon; people are much more
porting health and social services concerned about where their food Scheme
from income to local cooperatives. comes from."
Swindon Agenda 21 officer Lyn The Fairtrade fortnight pro- A minimum
Forrester said, "the students were gramme was funded by a grant
fascinated listening to someone from the Oxford, Swindon & of 1% of the
who produces food thousands of Gloucester Co-op. Society's
profits are
returned
to projects
to benefit
Sunday Worship 10.30am the local
Sunday School and Creche community
Meeting at Greenmeadow Primary School
NSBC \ through the Julia Drown with Fairtrade banana producer Denise
Community Sutherland and Ridgeway School student Becky Hastings.
and left Wroughton councillor Brian Ford. right. the Mayor
of Swindon, front, Co-op manager Nigel Reeves
Dividend SchellSchema • and Lynne Forrester. Swindon Agenda 21 officer
If you think a project you know of could qualify
for a grant of up to £ I ,000, call 0 1865 256235'
for more information
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Oxford, Swindon & Glouceste