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6 The Link Magazine • April 2004
A strategy to achieve better quality of life
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for everyone in the town
Southern Spain - where the sun goes
in the Winter The Swindon Strategic Partnership was set-up last year. It brings together Swindon Borough Council with
Over 300 days of blue skies, where only 8 other key agencies. from the public sector, business, and voluntary and community sector with the aim of
to10 inches of rain falls a year. ensuring a joined-up approach across all agencies when future strategic direction aimed at improving the
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quality of people's lives in Swindon is being set. It s chairman, Mike Bell, updates previous Link articles
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education for all ages, good health Newsletters on the Community
services, efforts to lower the level Strategy can be obtained from foy-
of crime, affordable decent hous- ers in Swindon Council buildings
ing, and job security and prospects. and from libraries. Alternatively
These are being used to set the contact Dilys Huggins on 466301
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Completely redesigned, Annual Blunsdon meeting
offering performance and Blunsdon Parish Council holds its Annual Parish Assembly on
Friday 2 April, 7pm in Blunsdon Village Hall.
presence everyone wants
from their first bike. All residents of the parish which opments on the A419 by-pass will
includes Blunsdon, Kingsdown, St also be discussed.
£2,499 on the road Andrew's Ridge, Ash Brake and Vacancies for parish councillors
parts of Abbey Meads are invited exist in the Baxter Ward and Ab-
to attend. Officers' reports of last bey Meads ward, both in Abbey
year's activities will be given and Meads. Anybody interested in be-
there will be discussion of future coming a representative should call
projects affecting the parish such the parish clerk Rachel Smith on
as proposals for a play area. Devel- 705617.
Haydon Wick Parish Council needs you!
The local press is full of letters from residents who know how local
government should be managed, but few come forward to put in
effort to accomplish change.
The opportunity to help run affairs at local level is presented by
parish councils. Currently there are three vacancies on the Hayden
Wick council and members are keen to hear from residents of the parish
who would be prepared to put in such effort.
New members from the developing areas are particularly welcome;
there is scope to influence the way these communities are shaped.
For details call the parish clerk, Sue Martin, at the Council Offices in
Thames Avenue, tel: 722446.
www.haydonwick.gov.uk .