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12 The Link Magazine • September 2005
Recover to eat
Purton House
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Church En The people of Swindon, like many localities in Britain, do not have
ready access to a specialist eating disorder support service.
' Purton
For the last six months a number gramme of relevant topics is sched-
!' Swindon
of organisations concerned about uled. The format alternates be-
SA Cert G7959 & P9204 01793 772287 this lack of support have been run- tween listening to guest speakers
ning an eating disorder recovery and discussion. People are free to
ORGANIC
group on the 2nd and 4th Wednes- attend all or some of the sessions.
VEGETABLE BOX day of the month at the Well Young people between the ages
SCHEME Woman Centre, Milton Road of 16 and 18 must be accompanied
Health Hydro, 6.45pm to 8.30pm. by a responsible adult (over 18)
NEW MONTHLY The cost is £2.50 per session. each time they attend.
The focus of the group is recov- There is no need to book. For
MEAT BOX ery from an eating disorder and details contact the Well Woman
Beef from Purton open to anyone with a disorder, Centre on 511064 between 9.30am
House, lamb, pork ssoci and their family and friends. The and 1.30pm weekdays or mail:
bacon & sausages o(D lip sessions are guided and a pro- enquiriesC+>wwcswindon.fsnet.co.uk
from other local
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Soil Association Visit Purton's happy chickens
registered producers
in healthy food week
LOCAL DELIVERIES
With so much publicity about the quality of food, particularly in
& DROP OFF POINTS
schools, Organic Week, the UK's largest celebration of organic food
For more details visit:
and farming between 3 and 11 September will be a good time to find
www.purton-house.co.uk out more.
On Sunday 4 September, 11am to 4pm, walk round the vegetable
• • •
beds, visit the animals and talk to the food growers at Purton House
Farm, Church End, Purton.
The family run farm supplies, a fast expanding vegetable box deliv-
ery scheme, and produce their own organic eggs from truly happy free
range chickens. They have just started a meat box scheme using beef
from their own Limousin suckler herd and pork, lamb and chicken from
other local Soil Association approved producers.
This really is food produced on your door step. There will be a mini
• farmers' market selling organic produce and an organic barbecue, plus
live music and all the fun of being down on the farm.
www.soilassociation.org • www.whycrganic.org

New school takes on lunch
Children returning to Bridlewood School in September will be
enjoying school dinners cooked on the premises by a directly em-
ployed catering team.

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Bridlewood Infants demonstrate some classroom cooking for Jane Rodbourn,
right, catering manager Alison Cox, centre, and Sue Smith, assistant
The North Swindon school, undertake such a commitment
which opened in its new buildings without the enthusiasm of our ca-
in April, was caught up in the chaos tering manager Alison Cox. Since
of school meals provision when we moved into the new buildings,
Swindon Services pulled out of the number of lunches served has
0 t' school catering. risen from 35 to 60. Working within
Headteacher Jane Rodbourn the constraints of the Swindon
said governors had decided to of- Services contract meals were
fer in-house catering after the ma- adapted to suit a majority of tastes
jority of parents indicated they and always beautifully presented.
wanted a hot meal for their chil- "With Alison in charge of the
dren. "We've had tremendous sup- kitchen I'm sure school dinners
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port from parents, but we couldn't will become even better."