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The Link Magazine • December 2005 3
Supporting the less fortunate
this festive season orrison (Estatfished over l2 cars j
Swindon Christmas Care will be providing shelter, food and clothing
for anyone who is alone and in need of company, or homeless over the asters 'WE COME TO YOU
Christmas period, from Saturday 24 December until Wednesday 28 AT HOME OR WORK'
December, at the Methodist Church, Queens Drive, Park South. Sol icitors * FREE
The project depends entirely on 7pm to 9.30pm and also Saturday collection & delivery
voluntary donations of warm 17 December, 10am to 3.30pm. Serving Swindon Servicing & repairs
clothing, bedding, toys, books, toi- No bedding or clothing can be
letries and towels, food and con- accepted after 20 December. for 90 years WE ALSO SELL
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fectionery. Money to cover ex- For details of Christmas Care BIKE * New cycles
penses is also needed. and to make donations, call Patsy Legal problems? BIKE Christmas
DOCTOR
Items can be delivered to Queens Moloney on 642368. We have the answers * Parts & accessories
Drive Methodist Church on Fri- To volunteer to help, call Betty
day 16 and Tuesday 20 December, Spence on 485483.
Telephone 526601
Christmas boxes on offer
Haydon Wick Parish Council will be distributing Christmas parcels
to older residents of the area on Sunday 18 December Charles Lucas ROGER MALE
Any male or female parishioner aged 65 or over, who is not yet /
P R 1 V ,1 E & Marshall COMPANY
known to the council has until 3 December to register for this treat
(provided that there is no other member of the household so regis-
LICENSED CONVEYANCERS
tered). For details contact the parish council office on 722446.
Selling or buying property?
Remortgaging perhaps?
Make a seasonal deposit with food bank If you value a high standard of sevice
A project set up to feed the hungry of Swindon is appealing for We're on at competitive rates, give us a call on:
assistance in the run up to Christmas. 01793 538198
e-mail: [email protected]
side FOR LEGAL ADVICE ON
ALL PROPERTY MATTERS
Roger Male & Company
Pembroke Centre, Cheney Manor
For experienced, practical help call
Swindon SN2 2PQ
Swindon 511055 gas
www.rogermale.co.uk
Shaw Chiropractic Clinic
Free new patient consultation*
IF YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM:
For all its outward affluence, ac- tionally balanced parcels which are O Backache, Leg Pain
cording to Swindon Council sta- taken away in ordinary plastic
tistics, 30,000 of its 180,000 popu- shopping bags from the distribu- O Neck, Shoulder, Arm Pain
lation live at or below the poverty tion point at the Rainbow Book-
line. shop in the St Aldhelms Centre, O Headache & Migraine
Set up by Swindon Christian Com- just off Regent Street."
munity Projects on 1 October, Food Food Bank works closely with O Sciatica Free
Bank works closely with statutory other support projects like the spia^wchecks
and voluntary agencies, health cen- Green Hut, the Filling Station and O Sports Injury
tres, family projects and the clergy the Broad Green Breakfast Club, O Arthritis
to help those hit by crisis. and also Swindon Christmas Care. LavaiIabIe
Organiser Richard Belsham said Food Bank is not asking for 0 Whiplash
those below or just above the pov- money, just canned or dry food-
erty line don't have the resources stuff. Food can be dropped off at St YOU SHOULD CONSIDER
to see themselves through an emer- Aldhelms on Monday, 4.30pm to
gency, for example if a partner 6pm; Thursday and Friday, 2.30pm CONSULTING A CHIROPRACTOR
r
walks out leaving children hun- to 4.30pm. Long cou ses of treatment not usually required
gry. "The cupboard is often bare Or to discuss how you could
and the official channels are un- help, call Richard on 07932 108732. SANDRA E. DAVIES D.C. _ l'
able to provide immediate help. www.swindonfoodbank.co.uk CLARE DUNCAN-HAWES MSc. D.C.
"However vouchers given out
by organisations like Sure Start, Members of BCA • Registered with GCC t :-1!!
the Pilgrim Centre, Connections, Members of the College of Chiropractors
New College and the clergy can be
exchanged for food parcels. All the Tel: (01793) 887801
food is donated via churches and www.shawchiropracticclinic.co.uk
schools, and also collected at big
*Presentation of this advert will entitle you to a free new patient consultation which
supermarkets. will include orthopaedic and neurological testing together with a confidential report of findings.
"Volunteers make up the nutri- (Treatment will incur a fee. Offer excludes insurance claims)