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Ethiopia aid trip for West helper j.m.rayner ABBEY MOVE

Sparcells resident Simon Wicks is travelling to Ethiopia in November plumbing, heating FIRST CLASS
to work with locally based charities and is appealing for help in raising & gas services
charitable donations and for gifts from local companies. 226483 REMOVAL
Simon will spend a only 10 per cent of suf- • Boiler Servicing & Repairs & STORAGE
week in the country’s ferers are strong enough • Boiler Changes & Upgrades SOLUTIONS
capital Addis Ababa to survive. Just £25 buys • General Plumbing Quality removals & storage
with a group of vol- enough food to build • Central Heating Installations Single items to full house moves
unteers in support of one Noma sufferer up to • Gas Services Complete packing service offered
Ethiopiaid, a charity set full strength so they can • Bathrooms & Showers Sales & supplies of packaging
up to create lasting and undergo an operation. • Radiators Moved/Replaced materials
positive change in Ethio- “Then you have the Piano removal specialists
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pia by tackling the issues Hope Foundation, • Sinks, Taps, Leaks A fully insured service
of extreme poverty, ill which feeds and edu- • Landlord Certifi cate
health and poor education. cates street children who would Tel: 01793 700575 0800 019 5037
Simon will visit a number of otherwise resort to begging, steal-
hospitals and schools, help to care ing or even prostitution. Just £100 Mob: 07919 105429 www.abbeymove.co.uk
for sick people and orphans, and will provide one street child with
teach English to children. breakfast and schooling for a whole
Simon said, “what makes Ethio- year.”
piaid different is that the money Simon’s target is to raise at least KITCHEN MAKEOVER
raised goes directly to local chari- £2,000 for Ethiopiaid, and he is Are your kitchen cabinets OK but the door and drawer
ties run by Ethiopians, rather than appealing for donations at: www. fronts are looking a little tired?
ex-pats in the country. justgiving.com/Simon-4-Ethiopia. Why not consider replacing them. With a new worktop to match,
“It helps fund organisations such He is also looking for businesses you could achieve the look of a new stylish kitchen, saving you time,
as Mother Teresa’s Missionaries willing to donate small toys or money and a lot of upheaval.
of Charity, known locally as ‘the clothing which he can either take • Complete made to measure
House of Angels’ - a compound run with him or items which could be kitchens and bedrooms also
by nuns who care for some of the sold or auctioned to raise additional available.
poorest and sickest people, many funds for the charity. • Many superb styles and fi nishes
of whom have been left to die in Simon has organised a quiz night to choose from.
the streets. at Peatmoor’s Woodlands Edge on
“It also contributes to Facing Af- Sunday 22 August, 7pm. To take Ring now for an appointment
rica, which offers facial reconstruc- part or help him with donated gifts, Tel: Peter Galbraith on
tion surgery for victims of Noma, a mail: Simon4Ethiopia@gmail.com 01793 741234
horribly disfi guring disease which or call 07725 782139. www.petergalbraith.co.uk
Canal group to mark 200th year

The Wilts and Berks Canal Trust marks two centuries since the canal was
started, on Sunday 12 September in the new environs of Wichelstowe
where a brand new canal is being dug.
There will be boat trips, canoe demonstrations and coaches will be Manor Garden Centre, Cheney Manor, Swindon SN2 2QJ
on hand to teach children how to fi sh. On the event fi eld there will be a
children’s fair, vintage tractor and motor bikes, face and henna painting,
a bouncy castle, arts and crafts stands, charity stalls and refreshments.
The trust will have its own display stands explaining the history of
the canal and information about regeneration development over the last
twenty years and what’s to happen in the future.
More details will be published in the September Link. Cane, Rattan
www.wbct.org.uk
Hardwood
A section of canal tow path has been restored at Moredon, by canal trust volunteers,
with part of the original canal cleared and rewatered. The footpath route of about combinations
one mile now runs from Cheney Manor playing fi elds, between the River Ray and
Nova Hreod School to the electrical substation, close to the allotments off Akers Way.
A leafl et covering the Moredon walk and the link to the restored canal next to Mouldon
Hill Country Park can be downloaded from www.wbct.org.uk > information/walks

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