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The Link Magazine • June 2006 3
BP staff discover deep well of community goodness
BP energy executives from around the globe teamed up in mid-May to help Toothill Junior Youth Club orrison
create an even more inviting environment for children at the Toothill Farm Centre. &
The club was chosen from asters
a dozen projects around the
country to receive a Ground-
force type makeover during Solicitors
the two day team building
exercise involving high fly- Serving Swindon
ing BP staff who are usually for 90 years
stuck behind computers in
high-rise tower blocks, or on Legal problems?
aircraft travelling to distant
destinations to discuss We have the answers
multi-million dollar energy
supply investment projects. Telephone 526601
Instead the 16 men and
women from London, Sin-
gapore, South Africa, Hong
Kong and the USA got stuck
into landscaping the farm
garden, building a fence, over 12
making raised vegetable
planters, laying a concrete 'WE COME TO YOU
Robert Lawson and his BP colleagues with Mavis Read, centre rear, and junior youth
path and erecting a Wendy club youngsters planting vegetables in a new raised bed AT HOME OR WORK'
house.
Team leader Robert Lawson said ately put to work planting flow- Ray Fisher, Robert Lawson made a * FREE
the group only meets face to face ers. "It's good to know that our surprise announcement that BP . O 0 collection & delivery
every six months and the Toothill efforts will be used by the children would compliment the contribu- * Servicing & repairs
project was their first community for some time to come; I hope tion of staff time with a donation
initiative. "It's been much better they'll be able to enjoy the pota- of £1,500 to the youth club. BAKE WE ALSO SELL
than the team building exercises toes and lettuces we planted to- • Eighteen months ago Swindon DOCTOR ,r New cycles
we often do like building rafts or gether." Council was going to evict the club ,t Parts & accessories
negotiating obstacle courses. Children used the visitors to from Toothill Farm. But the coun-
Working with the club has been explore world geography by plot- cil's youth service has taken over
great fun because different people ting the distances they had to travel the building and are spending
have come together for the first on a map and chatting about what £12.000 on repairs.
time; it's been a good way of dis- life is like in other countries.
covering how we can all contrib- Youth Club secretary Mavis
ute to the needs of the community Read said her volunteer team
and also strengthen our team." greatly appreciated the BP work- Shaw Chiropractic Clinic
Shiv Baloo, who is based in Sin- ers' efforts. "Considering they're
gapore, said he had not done any in the office most of the time I Free new patient consultation*
gardening for years. "It's been think there were some really stiff
good to turn an empty space into muscles and a few blisters. We've
something that the children can been honoured to have such a di- IF YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM:
use for their club activities." verse group of people here. They 0 Backache, Leg Pain
Stacey Peterson, who was six worked so hard and did a fantastic
months pregnant, flew in from job." 0 Neck, Shoulder, Arm Pain
Houston with her husband, drove At an opening ceremony at-
down the M4 and was immedi- tended by the Mayor of Swindon 0 Headache & Migraine
0 Sciatica
Tories tighten grip on town
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Swindon took on a deeper hue of blue on 4 May as voters helped the S
Conservative party consolidate its hold on the town whilst the La- 0 Arthritis
bour party's decline continued. A qt
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Five seats switched to the Con- Moredon for the Conservatives, 0 Whiplash
servatives, three formerly held by defeatinglongservingLabourrep-
Labour, two from the Liberal resentative Derique Montaut. YOU SHOULD CONSIDER
Democrats, giving the Tories 40 In West Swindon Conservative
seats in the council chamber out of candidate Michael Bray took the CONSULTING A CHIROPRACTOR
59. Freshbrook and Grange Park seat
LONG COURSES OF TREATMENT NOT USUALLY REQUIRED
In The Link target distribution which had long been held by the
area, Abbey Meads councillor Liberal Democrats. SANDRA E. DAVIES D.C. Y'
Justin Tomlinson was re-elected, In Shaw & Nine Elms Shaw Resi-
giving him the platform for the dents' Association chairman and CLARE DUNCAN-HAWES MSc. D.C.
next general election in four years Shaw Forest campaigner Keith Members of BCA • Registered with GCC
time when he will try to capture Williams took over the Conserva- Members of the College of Chiropractors
the North Swindon parliamentry tive seat from Doug Stewart.
seat. No vote took place in Toothill & Tel: (01793)887801 `
In neighbouring Haydon Wick Westlea which has annoyed Sheila www.shawchiropracticclinic.co.uk n.
David Renard was returned. Mitchell - see page 41. • Presentation of this advert will entitle you to a free new patient consultation which will include orthopaedic
One time Labour councillor for • West & North Swindon councillor and neurological testing together with a confidential report of findings.
(Treatment will incur a fee. Offer excludes insurance claims)
Dorcan David Wren captured photo gallery - see page 4 and 5