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Abbey Meads association invites D & L Blinds
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New charity fund proposed
After twenty years in existence the last Annual General Meeting of
the Haydon Wick Community Association took place on 1 December
when members took the decision to dissolve the association. Sewcraft tk
The association has played an The association has significant
important community develop- reserves and the trustees suggested Haberdashery
ment role in the area and during that the most productive way of Also Knitting yarns
the last 12 years managed the using these would be to establish a Dress fabrics
Haydon Centre in conjunction with trust fund with assistance from Quilting material/accessories
the recreation services of Swindon Wiltshire and Swindon Commu-
Council. nity Foundation. Beads and sequins
This function came to an end in The meeting agreed that the trus- Craft products
June 2003 when the association was tees lodge remaining assets with Card making materials
forced to pull out of the arrange- the foundation. If the Charity Com- Cross stitch & tapestry kits
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mended that the organisation be Full details of arrangements will
wound up. he reported in due course.

Haydon Centre adjusts to new management
Haydon Centre manager Ken Scott is disappointed that Haydon Wick
Community Association will no longer be involved in running the
highly successful facility, but regards the change as a new chapter in
the centre's history.
Unlike
most other
leisure facili-
ties in Swin-
don, the cen-
tre has al-
ways func-
tioned as a
community
centre as well
as a recrea-
tional facility
since it open-
Haydon Centre staff with children who attend the after school
ed in 1991.
club Lisa Hughes, Travis Stead, Elaine Holden, Gill Lovett,
Building
on the pro- Nathan Hall, Ken Scott, Jackie Andrews
gramme developed by the com- the community remain the top con-
munity association in its tempo- sideration. The centre will be op-
rary building off Thames Avenue, erated by the team who previously
the Hayden Centre quickly at- ran it for the community associa-
tracted a wide range of commu- tion."
nity activities: from the busy par- He confirmed that there have
ent and toddler groups to the ever been no radical changes; the after-
thriving over 60's club, as well as school club and the school holiday
casual sport and keep fit classes. camp continue to be popular and
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