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Sustainability gets CYCLE REPAIRS
practical in Swindon Over 25 years experience
TV presenter Kevin McCloud is to build new housing with eco-outlook
by bringing HAB - Happiness, Architecture, Beauty - to the town FREE collection
Swindon Council’s dream of making the town the most sustainable & delivery from
in the country has taken a major step forward after Channel 4s Grand home or work
Designs’ presenter Kevin McCloud selected Swindon for his first Serving Swindon
foray into volume house-building. ★ Servicing & repairs for 90 years
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- HAB Housing -
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HAB, which
stands for Happi-
ness, Architec- Shaw Chiropractic Clinic
ture, Beauty, aims Kevin McCloud, third from left, with coun Rod Bluh, Peter
to not only build North of Footsteps Housing, coun Peter Greenhalgh IF YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM:
environmentally- ❍ Backache, Leg Pain ❍ Neck, Shoulder, Arm Pain
friendly homes but also create suc- major coup. “We’ve been discuss- ❍ Headache & Migraine ❍ Sciatica
cessful sustainable communities. ing the project with him for a year ❍ Sports Injury ❍ Numbness Open
Kevin has teamed up with Foot- and we can barely contain our ex- ❍ Scoliosis ❍ Arthritis
step Homes to build two develop- citement for this project. His pro- Saturdays
ments of 150 to 200 homes, one in posals fit exactly with our vision ❍ Whiplash
Wichelstowe, next to the M4, and for sustainable development. YOU SHOULD CONSIDER CONSULTING A CHIROPRACTOR
the other on a disused allotment “Kevin is an inspiring designer
site in Pinehurst. and individual and we are ex- SANDRA E. DAVIES D.C. & ASSOCIATES
At the project launch in mid- tremely lucky that he’s chosen to Members of BCA • Registered with GCC Members of the College of Chiropractors
July, Kevin raved about Swindon focus his talents in Swindon.” Also: Child Screening • Free information Sheets • Ergonomic and Rehabilitation Products
as a great place with huge poten- Coun Peter Greenhalgh, cabinet Tel: (01793) 887801
tial and thanked the council for lead member for strategic plan-
welcoming his proposals. “I am ning, said the council had been www.shawchiropracticclinic.co.uk
delighted the project is coming to talking about sustainability for
Swindon. The more I’ve come here years but it was time to take prac-
to discuss our ideas the more im- tical action. “If our town must have
pressed I’ve been with the coun- housing growth thrust upon it by
cil’s desire to have new, sustain- central government, then we are
able housing as a central feature of determined that it be the kind of
the town and not as a homes that we want.
fringe activity. To become involved: Construction
“We aim to dem- Kevin is interested in discussing should start in late
onstrate that homes his plans as they develop with 2008 but over the
of different kinds can a consultative group which will coming months,
be built to the highest visit other sustainable housing HAB staff will be in-
quality, which do lit- projects in the UK and across vestigating local la-
tle harm to the envi- Europe. To express an interest bour, discussing
ronment, at the same in being part of it, mail: new forms of mort-
cost as other housing isabel@habhousing.co.uk gage lending with
- whilst creating en- local companies and
vironments which encourage visiting the Science Museum
strong communities. Wroughton which is being rede-
“We will build to the highest veloped as a centre of
specifications; I make no apolo- sustainability.
gies for setting high standards so Matt Holland of Lower Shaw
that these projects will be an exam- Farm, which was leased from Swin-
ple of what can be achieved.” don Council nearly 30 years ago
Council leader Rod Bluh said and is a project where sus-
Kevin’s choice of Swindon is a tainability and resourcefulness
have always been central objec-
Ducks swim on tives, said, “this is terrific news for
Swindon. Not only is the empha-
The Rotary Club duck race sis on sustainable housing excit-
on the River Ray at ing but so is another of Kevin’s key
Mannington in aid of points: creating community.
childrens’ cancer “These two aims are integral to
charity CALM - moved the founding spirit of Lower Shaw
from May to July - has had to be Farm and are realistic ideals that
postponed again. It will now take place everyone can embrace.”
on Sunday 19 August. Kevin’s building project will be
Buy a duck on the day or call 521464. followed by TV cameras for a docu-
mentary to be screened in 2009.

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