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20 swindonlink.com • December 2009
Freshbrook Centre on course for
Mansfield reopening with residents’ support

Begbie The newly formed management steering committee for Freshbrook
Associates Ltd Community Centre is holding a General Meeting on 9 December to
formally adopt a constitution before applying for charitable status.
A good response
Providing mortgage services for the community since 1987 from residents is
needed at the meet-
Give ing. Once the consti-
tution is adopted it
will take several
weeks before Char-
yourself ity Commission ap-
proval is granted.
The steering com-
a Gift mittee hopes the
building can reopen
by March or April.
The community
review your mortgage centre was shut in
September when
before Christmas the Freshbrook Vil-
lage Group man-
and you could be making agement committee Front from left, Nicola Brown, joint secretary, Stephanie
lost charity status
a saving for 2010 after failing to sub- Bird, chair, Emma Tanner, joint secretary. Back, Kat Sandell,
Sally Hannon, Stan Frost, Charlie Dyer, Dave Davison
mit accounts.
Since then, resi- and Sue Butler
dents, Swindon council officers and Centre without any ties to the old
And you could be saving councillors have worked together Freshbrook management group we
for Christmas to find a way forward to ensure don’t think there will be any prob-
the building can again be used by lems with the charity commission.”
community organisations. Tina Mackie, joint organiser of
We may be able to find you a lower interest rate. Steering committee chair Stepha- the Wednesday community cafe at
You may have to pay an early repayment charge nie Bird said the people who the centre, currently based in Fresh-
to your existing lender if you remortgage. stepped forward at a crisis meeting brook Church, said, “the community
in October have been on a steep miss us. Although we are very lucky
learning curve. “Sub-committees and appreciative of the church’s of-
Whether you’re planning to move to a have been set up and we have a fer to let us use their premises, it’s
new house or to remortgage your property, large number of vol- a little too far for
with over 22 years experience unteers, but more New Freshbrook many of our cus-
are always welcome
tomers to walk; our
providing mortgages in Swindon, and needed. We Community Centre weekly takings have
General Meeting
Mansfield Begbie Associates aim to will also need lots reduced by half.
of help in getting
Jenny Sullivan
provide an excellent and personal service. the building up to Wednesday who ran Sullivan
scratch so we’d like 9 December, 7pm, School of Dance
There may be a fee payable at completion to hear from anyone Freshbrook Church, at the community
for placing your mortgage. The precise amount who has a skill we Uxbridge Road centre since 1981,
could use.
said, “we were very
will depend on your circumstances “Our vision is for sad when it was
closed, but we are
but we estimate it will be £300. it to be the centre of very grateful to Millbrook Primary
the community, with as many activi-
However, no completion no fee. ties and opportunities as possible School for accommodating us. In
for all ages. We want a centre that is terms of where we’ll be next year,
bright, lively and well maintained, a we’ll have to see what the future
Mansfield Begbie Associates arranges mortgages with
the majority of building societies and banks in the UK centre the community will be proud brings.”
of, with people queuing up to use it. To volunteer with the new
For a free mortgage consultation and “We do hope previous users will Freshbrook Community Centre
further information, call us now.
return but we also want to appeal management or enquire about
Your home may be repossessed if you to a whole host of others. booking space, mail: freshbrook-
do not keep up repayments on your mortgage “As we are a new group, to be [email protected]
Swindon called Freshbrook Community or call 07746 807589.

772779 Oakhurst Primary School is appealing for equipment
Play space toys needed

e: [email protected] H0106887 to help make their temporary playground more interesting
until their new building opens in September.
www.mansfieldbegbie.co.uk Donations of playhouses, basket-ball shooting hoops,
Mansfield Begbie Associates Limited is an appointed representative of
Legal & General Partnership Services Limited which is authorised and regulated by the plant pots and garden furniture would be welcomed.
Financial Services Authority for advising on and arranging mortgages and insurance Call headteacher Dale Burr on 734754 with offers.

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