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Swindon Wide
Mansfield Begbie
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Associates Ltd
Mortgage Brokers
Providing mortgage services for the community since 1987
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and you could be saving
for Christmas
We may be able to find you a lower interest rate.
You may have to pay an early repayment charge
to your existing lender if you remortgage.
Whether you're planning to move to a new house
or to remortgage your property, with over 17 years
experience providing mortgages in Swindon,
Mansfield Begbie Associates aim to provide
an excellent and personal service.
There may be a fee payable at
completion for placing your
mortgage. The precise amount will
depend on your circumstances but
we estimate it will be £300.
However, no completion no fee.
Mansfield Begbie Associates arranges mortgages SOL fundraising - where does it go?
with the majority of building societies and banks in the UK £6,000 raised by Swindon Ocotal Link in the last year was transferred to the
For a free mortgage consultation and further information,
call us now.
Your home may be repossessed if you
do not keep up repayments on your mortgage
Swindon
772779
e: [email protected]
www.mansfieldbegbie.co.uk
Mansfield Begbie Associates Limited is an appointed representative of
Legal & General Partnership Services Limited which is authorised and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority for advising on and arranging mortgages and insurance
Gifts to feel good about
The big retailers look forward to Christmas as eagerly as children
writing their letters to Santa. However, The Link has come up with
some suggestions to let a good cause profit from your goodwill.
If you're planning to buy gifts from well known retailers you could
raise funds for Koalas special needs toddler group. based in West
Swindon. with no more than a couple of clicks of your mouse. Big
names like Early Learning, M&S. Littlewoods. Amazon and CDWow
will make a donation of up to 10 per cent of your order, with no extra
cost to you. Just visit www.buy.at/koalas
away the headache of organising Christmas cards. They produce
bespoke, hand made cards and organise mailing, with all profits going
to the charity. Call Sue People on 611211 or mail:
[email protected]
Tea Bag Crafts have featured in The Link many times and there is a
range of attractive gifts including tea trays, coasters, tea light holders
and cards made in South Africa. decorated with tea bags. Contact
Bob and Lyn Newman on 872389 or mail: [email protected]
Gift tokens are available from Swindon
projects
Link to allow donations
in Nicaraguua (see bottom of page). The
in Nicaragua
tokens can be for any value, but for Swindon Ocotal Link
example. £50 enables a child to attend
school. www.swindonocotal-link.org
To light a family home in Kenya with a solar powered system costs
£65. By becoming a Friend of Lights for Learning, based at
Wootton Bassett. and donating £5 a month, you will light up a life for
a whole year. www.lightsforlearning.org
Many of the major national charities allow you to choose how your
donation will be spent and will provide a card and certificate to give
to friends and relatives. Here are some ideas.
£12 donated to the NSPCC buys a one-to-one therapy session for an
abused child. You'll also find a range of cards and presents at
www.nspccshop.co.uk/home
Get a really useful Christmas hamper from Save the Children.
www.savethechildrenshop.co.uk £10 will pay for a basket of food to
feed a family for a month.
Someone on your list is bound to
appreciate the gift of an Oxfam
toilet at £30 or a goat costing
£24. That's a year's income for a
pastoralist in a sub-Saharan
country. Oxfam will send you a
fridge magnet as a reminder of
the gift.
www.oxfamunwrapped.com
For even more goodies which
will help somebody worse off
than you. check out www.charitygifts.com
li nk committee in Nicaragua in October. Here is how the money will be
spent: general project fund £2,200; administration £700; old people's home
£1,000: health care support £980: education help (school uniforms) £900;
Comedor Princesa Diana (nursery) £150: women's groups £70
Make use of the digital Link
Click on the addresses above at our virtual edition @
www.swindonlink.com