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36 The Link Magazine • October 2003
Community Association to decide on its future Conservation group at the crossroads
Haydon Wick Community Association's postponed Annual General
The committee of Seven Fields Conservation Group, despairing at
Meeting will now be held on Monday 1 December, 7pm, at the
what they see as lack of co-operation from Swindon Council, have
Haydon Centre, Thames Avenue. All adult residents of Haydon Wick
called an extraordinary special meeting of its supporters to discuss
parish are entitled to attend this meeting, when important decisions
what they consider to be a make or break situation.
about the future will be made.
Committee members fear that if from Pond Street to Whitworth
The association recently ended association as a grant making body
; there is a lack of response locally Road has been the subject of much
its management of the Haydon with the available money being
for the stance they are taking, the criticism. More recently the group
Centre - its main activity - and now used to support local good causes
group may have to be dissolved, has complained about the failure
has various options to consider. In over the next few years.
The conservation group was to remove ragwort, dangerous to
doing so, members will have to Local residents are encouraged
formed some 15 years ago to help livestock, before hay was cropped.
take into account the significant to take an active part in the debate,
protect the status of the area be- Members were also upset about
financial resources at its disposal. Although further details will be
tween Greenmeadow, Abbey the lack of consultation before trees
Amongst the options currently published nearer the date of the
Meads and Penhill as a facility for were removed from a hedgerow.
under discussion with the Charity meeting, preliminary comments
the local residents. The land has A letter to supporters says, 'we fail
Commission is to wind up the char- can be sent to the chairman of the
been described as an oasis of coun- to see how any group of people
ity, with reserves being dispersed association, Brian Holden, c/o
tryside in urban north Swindon, could have worked harder as vol-
in one go, or to reconstitute the Haydon Centre.
and an important reserve of unteers to preseve the important
biodiversity. feature on North Swindon.'
Following much effort by group People at the meeting will be
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