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38 The Link Magazine • December 2004
Think globally, act locally, change personally.' Who's done best in 04?
Swindon Council's Local Agenda 21 Strategy for Sustainable Development team is looking for entries to its annual Quality of Life Awards,
organised in association with the University of Bath in Swindon. There's £500 in it for the winners in four categories and a trophy for the
overall winner.
Awards are on offer to schools, conservation work at Nightingale Agenda 21 officer Lynn Forrester ment and think about how they
businesses, community and vol- Wood to Nationwide Building So- "We are pleased that the univer- can help improve it. Remember,
untary groups who have planned, ciety for their work at Robert Le sity will again be hosting the an- winning is good, but participation
implemented or are currently run- Kyng School. nual Eco-Bash awards ceremony is better."
ning a project that will improve In 2002 the Seven FieldsConser- next April. It brings so many For entry criteria and an appli-
quality of life in the town. vation Group won the overall groups together to share their cation form contact the Local
Launched in 2002 to recognise Quality of Life Award Trophy and work, and encourages more peo- Agenda 21 team on 463000 or mail:
individuals and groups for doing earlier this year West Swindon's ple to look at their local environ- [email protected]
their bit for the environment, the Peatmoor Community Woodland a y _
awards have attracted an increased Group was chosen to receive it.
number of entries each year-28 in "Participation in the awards is s
2003, from Covingham Park In- an excellent way of attracting rec-
fantsSchoolwiththeirEco-Schools ognition for the environmental
projects, Swindon Wholefood work done by so many different ..
Pulse Shop, and the RSPB for their groups around the borough," said

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Abbey Meads gets down and dirty
A dozen families and staff from AFL Telecoms in Hawksworth
turned out on 6 November to rediscover an environmental area next
to Abbey Meads Community Primary School.
Strimmers knocked down a classroom which will be developed
•
• mountain of grass and wellie boot and cared for by a local group.
wearing volunteers cleared three "We're grateful to the people
• evil smelling ponds, dug out by from AFL Telecoms for getting us
contractors when the school was started," said Roxanna. "Staff from
built five years ago. Nationwide will be helping to
Community organiser Roxanna build pond dipping platforms so
Cox explained that the ponds had that children can find out what
been constructed on a stream line lives in the water and around the
running from St Andrew's Ridge edge."
• verticals and now thatthepondshad found To get involved in the Abbey
• rollers I their natural level, work was start- Meads environmental group call
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