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Riddler’s Cottage
Flowers

Mothering
Sunday
Flowers
Simply
beautiful
flowers for
every occasion
Free tours at the National Trust and special events 01793 772869 or 07743 504415
The National Trust’s Central Offi ce - Heelis - next door to the Designer Outlet offers free one hour tours of the www.riddlerscottageflowers.co.uk.
building every Friday at 12.30pm, but places should be booked in advance.
Apart from fi nding out more Two special events coming
about the work of the 500 staff and up:
74 volunteers who work there, the Sunday 22 March: Special Moth- Janet Mosley
tours are a chance to discover why ers’ Day lunch in the café
the building has won 16 awards Saturday 4 April, 11am to 4pm:
for its environmental design and Heelis Spring Fair. Free admis- Classical
sustainable offi ce practices since sion. Craft stalls, plus the start of Guitarist
it opened in July 2005. the Easter egg hunt which will run
Solar panels on the roof have
so far provided more than 230,000 from Saturday 4 April to Sunday
18 April, (except Easter Sunday
Kw of electricity for the build- 11 April). Romantic music
ing, saving the trust more than for your very
£14,000 from its energy budget. The trail costs £1.50 to enter, and
Natural ventilation keeps the of- everyone who completes the trail special day
fi ces cool in the summer, rather than branded goods you’d expect to fi nd wins a Cadbury’s Egg Head.
costly air conditioning, and recycling at any of the stately homes in its To book a tour or for event details,
bins dotted around the offi ces help ownership, and there is a comfort- call 817575.
staff to recycle on average 60 per able café, serving a wide range of www.nationaltrust.org.uk Tel: 07798 880724
cent of the rubbish generated. locally sourced and organic food,
The public areas of Heelis in- with children’s pick and mix and
clude a shop selling National Trust vegetarian options.

Community radio makes cash appeal
A large grant application to support the development of Swindon’s increas-
ingly popular community radio station was turned down in early February
which means an uncertain future, only a year after it was launched
The station, coor- “But it takes mon-
dinated by profes- ey to keep it all go-
sional broadcaster ing, and not being
Shirley Ludford as successful with the
paid manager, now grant application is
has 100 volunteers a bit of a knock. For
aged 11 to 75 years example, our an-
who present a di- nual £2,600 broad-
verse range of programmes, from casting licence has to be paid soon.
brass band, Latin and folk to rock So we need everybody’s help.”
‘n roll and drum and bass, to talk, 105.5 has launched a £10 a 6 – 10 May
literature, art and age interest month friends’ support scheme so
broadcasts. that individuals and business can Tickets: 01793 524481
The station has a five-year make small contributions. Large
extendible licence and relies on companies are also needed to
donations, grants, fundraising and help. www.wyverntheatre.org.uk
memberships. Contact the station if you can
“Our programming has been organise a fundraising event.
really well received by people who For details call Shirley Ludford
like our slogan, ‘daring to be differ- or a station volunteer on 611555
ent,” said Shirley. “We’ve also been or mail via:
receiving a huge range of requests www.swindon1055.com
for people who want to train in radio
broadcasting, and schools who see • Charity curry night at The Bi-
media awareness as an important plob restaurant: 17 March, 7pm.
part of the curriculum. Places for 30 people. Call 490265
“And we’re launching new ini- to book.
tiatives in the community, where Link and Swindon 105.5 story
people receive training to cover the writing competition.
news and goings on in their area. See page 29

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