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46 The Link Magazine • June 2006
Council supports healthy lunches but backs down on junk food ban
Let's Do Lunch, the company started by two mums from Old Town which provides healthy lunches at three Swindon schools, was overall
winner at the Swindon Quality of Life Awards at the end of April.
The awards are part of the Coun- h1 the schools category, Nylands
cil's Local Agenda 21 strategy and Special School and Abbey Meads
recognises projects which protect Community School were joint win-
the environment and improve so- ners, each receiving £300 for two , ,'
ciety. very different gardening projects.
Let's Do Lunch have not only Abbey Meads created a wildlife
improved the quality of life of the garden and Nylands developed a
children they feed, they also sup- kitchen garden to provide fresh °
port the local economy and envi- vegetables for school meals.
ronment by insisting on locally A group of residents from ^i^^^ ++ ""
sourced, organic produce. They Walcot who formed the Buckhurst
have also been working with the Group, to transform their local
Council's Schools Nutrition Task open green space, were winners of
Force to make sure that all chil- the community and voluntary cat-
dren are offered a nutritious, hot egory, receiving £500. A project
school meal every day. that has transformed Rodbourne
C reen Wond with new tree nlant-

plaque and £3UU to spend on the pathways into it for the children to
pond and school grounds. run in. By summer, we can look
The project began two years ago forward to seeing wildflowers
H.J.WEBB & SON with help from Neil Pullen of Wilt- planted by John Ball from FAB -
shire Wildlife Trust. The council Flowers and Butterflies.
dug out three holes on a natural Roxy praised all involved for
YOUR LOCAL TIMBER MERCHANT
spring line which have been trans- their hard work. "We're very grate-
formed by volunteers into ponds, ful to Neil Pullen from the Wilt-
• DECKING
each with their own ecology. shire Wildlife Trust and also all
• Railway sleepers Pond dipping platforms have the parents, especially the dads,
been built and benches, made from who have worked so hard. There's
• Vast range of timber from battens to purlins -
recycled plastic have been in- been great community spirit
kiln dried and graded, treated or untreated stalled. A wooden bridge was built around the project; I'm really
by sixth-formers from Wootton pleased for the volunteers that they
• Unique larchlap and trellis panels - pressure
Bassett School. won the award."
treated for longer life Community Education Devel- The school is buying pond dip-
opment Officer, Roxy Cox, said, ping equipment and possibly some
• Materials for rose arches, pergolas etc
"we're letting the grass grow tall sun shades.
• Wide selection of timber gates
• Closeboard fencing
• Round, half round and square post & rail fencing

• All grades and thickness of plywood, MDF etc
• Shiplap and featheredge cladding
• The list is endless .. .

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