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Awards at Toothill Youth Club Get fit at Greendown’s Great Escape
Five young members of Toothill junior youth club have started a Children can beat boredom in the Easter break by taking part in a sports
qualification which could lead on to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. week run by an experienced PE teacher and responsible leaders.
The National Association of Clubs for Young People runs a scheme Children aged 9 to 13 will enjoy sports such as football, netball,
for 11 to 13 year olds which involves participants in group activities, hockey, tennis, badminton, volleyball, gymnastics, rounders, cricket,
developing new skills and learning about the environment. athletics, dance, Danish long ball and tug of war. The week will be
The High Sheriff of Wiltshire Geraldine Wimble will be visiting the based around team games and learning through competition.
club on 28 February to present achievement certificates. The course runs from 9.30am to 3pm, from 2 to 6 April and costs £55.
Treasurer Mavis Read, who has battled to prevent the Toothil Farm Forms are available from Greendown School. For details call PE
site where the club meets being lost to housing development, will also teacher Christian Dobbs on 874224.
receive a special award for commitment to the community.
Mavis, with from left, Joseph and James Haimes, Sam Latham, Chris Wood, Olly Youth boost in the west
Bosley
A specially equipped provision in Sparcells
van will be making regu- and Shaw.
lar visits to the Link Cen- “Young people in
tre to give young people West Swindon really
the chance to try out their want to get things go-
DJ skills. ing and there’s a lot of
Newly arrived youth enthusiasm. I want to
worker, Huw Solly, ex- hear from them as
plained that there are of- they’re effectively my
ten large crowds of young boss and they drive
people gathered outside everything I do.”
the Link Centre on Fri- Huw runs lunch-
day evenings and he wants to see time sessions at Greendown School
them get involved. for the Duke of Edinburgh, Arts
On the first Friday of the month, and Adventure Awards. Volun-
the ice rink becomes the Sub Zero teers over 16 are needed to help
Curves collects for Women’s Refuge club, with DJs and light effects but coordinate the scheme. Any skills
Curves Fitness & Weight Loss Centre in Crombey Stress is joining for the rest of the time, youngsters would be welcomed including arts
branches across the world in a big drive to collect for local good struggle to find something to do. It and crafts, woodwork, cooking and
causes - in Swindon their effort is focused on the women’s refuge. is hoped that the van will be avail- drama.
Members will be donating food throughout March and anybody who able every other week, but dates To offer voluntary help or to
joins between 12 and 16 March will have the normal joining fee waived have yet to be finalised. find out more about youth events,
in return for a bag of groceries. Sports activities are another pos- call or text 07766 368398 or mail:
For details call into Curves, 30 Crombey Street or call 698400. sibility and Huw, right, would like [email protected]
www.curves.com to hear from young people so they • Huw will be talking about youth
can help shape the service. He is work at the West Swindon Forum.
also looking at expanding youth See page 7.
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Helping bands get in tune
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