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Go forth and photograph for Fairtrade Fortnight
The Swindon Fairtrade Coalition is launching a photo competition to mark Fairtrade Fortnight from 26 February to 11 March.
The winning images will feature on a postcard, bearing the words, Entries are required by 11 March. Hand them in at the stall on 3 March
‘Greetings from Swindon – a Fairtrade Borough’ to be sold at various or post them to: Swindon Fairtrade Coalition, 80 Okus Road, SN1 4JP or
outlets across the town. mail them to: [email protected]
The competition is open to all ages and images can be of anything that
photographers consider represents Swindon. Up to four winning en- What’s our quality of life?
tries could be selected to appear on the postcard. Community groups, schools and businesses throughout Swindon are
Swindon was awarded Fairtrade Borough status last year, having being invited to enter the 2007 Quality of Life Awards, with the
met the criteria laid down by the Fairtrade Foundation. These included chance of winning up to £500.
demonstrating that a certain number of businesses, shops, cafés and The annual event organised by Swindon Council’s Sustainable De-
restaurants in the town offer Fairtrade products and the council passing velopment team will recognise projects that enhance, improve, and
a resolution in support of Fairtrade. encourage environmental action and/or the quality of life in Swindon.
The coalition feels there is a lot more to do and Fairtrade Fortnight Entry forms with eligibilty criteria can be obtained from the Sustain-
provides an opportunity to highlight fair trade issues. An awareness able Development Team on 463197, or picked up from the council’s
raising event is planned for The Parade in the town centre on Saturday customer services desks at the Civic Office or Wat Tyler House.
3 March, 10am to 1pm. Nominations can be made online at www.swindon.gov.uk
The competition is free and you may enter more than one picture.
Motivation to lose weight
Purton House Impvove your carbon Organisers of Slimming World classes in Toothill and Haydon Wick
are offering people who want to lose weight the chance to slim down
Church End footprint. Buy healthy in aid of the NSPCC.
Purton, Swindon food grown locally Sharon Painter who
runs classes at Toothill
Tel: 01793 772287
Community Centre
VEGETABLES • FRUIT • MEAT • EGGS and Sian Wiltshire who
holds her classes at
Real food from a farm near you Greenmeadow Pri-
mary School are asking
Call for details about our their members and any-
body else who wants to
Organic Box Scheme take part to go on a six
week weight loss pro-
Deliveries & drop off points in Swindon, Cirencester, gramme and seek spon-
Wootton Bassett, Broad Hinton, Marlborough, Wroughton sorship for every
www.purton-house.co.uk pound lost.
For details drop into
one of their classes - see Top comedian Lenny Henry had Slimming World
the advert on page 30 - Consultants from Swindon in stitches at the compa-
or call Sharon on 527332 ny’s annual award’s ceremony in December, from left
or Sian on 726418. Sharon Painter, Lucinda Read, Sian Wiltshire

Alligator stew - a recipe
for healthy living
A collection of favourite recipes is for sale at Ashington Way Surgery
in Westlea.
Sponsorsed by Riverford Organ- are available by calling into the
ics and Accord Office Products the surgery.
book is very much a home produc-
tion.
Patients Jill
Leaney typed
the recipes,
Sandys Powell
designed it and
David Berry pro-
vided the photo-
graphs.
Alligator stew
is the most in-
triguing recipe
in the book.
Provided by
veteran traveller
Mary Morgan,
who picked it up
in Florida, the
tasty dish starts Commonwealth gold medal boxer Jamie Cox took time out of
with ‘First, catch this training schedule to duck, dive and pick the winner of the
a medium sized Friends winter draw to raise money for patient facilities.
alligator.’ Jamie with Lesley Page holding the recipe book, Jill Leney,
Copies at £3 Sandys and Lyn Powell, David Berry

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