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Christian youth is 60 Buy a cow in 2010 for Chernobyl Children in Need
Swindon Youth for Christ (SYFC)
celebrates its 60th year in 2010 A Wiltshire and Swindon based charity that helps people affected by the Chernobyl nuclear power station
and is looking for anecdotes and disaster celebrated its tenth anniversary at the end of November.
pictures. Send your memories and
images to Swindon Youth for Christ,
PO Box 2352, Swindon SN2 1WE.
Tel: 829795. www.syfc.org.uk

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10th year celebrations at Supermarine RFC which raised £2,500 for Chernobyl
Children In Need. Organisers, host parents, sponsors of children and supporters,
Stitches Sewing from left, Tim McGrady, Kevin Brown, Anita Stevens, Peter Collis, Chris Follows,
Service Jan Collis, Trish Follows, Coral McGrady, Gin McGiffi n, Adrian Walker, Natasha
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT . . . and Brendon Ball
RAINWATER HARVESTING HEAT PUMPS Dressmaking, Alterations and Chernobyl Children In Need ing the charity in the Swindon area.
SOLAR WATER HEATING WIND TURBINES Repairs, Bespoke Costumes

SOLAR ELECTRICITY . . . then give us a call Also Furnishing – Curtains, Cushions and Blinds etc. (CCIN) concentrates on building “With CCIN’s help the main school

Tel: 01793 772277 www.rainwindsun.com Friendly, reliable service work and providing equipment in in the area has been upgraded to the

E-mail: [email protected] Contact Jean on 07887 600319 the Ozarichi district just outside level of gymnasia or college, and has
the Chernobyl exclusion zone. In become the region’s top secondary
TERRY WINTER the past ten years it has contributed school,” she said.
£500,000 worth of sponsorship and
“We work closely with Rotary
MONUMENTAL STONEMASON renovation work to school kitchens Club of Swindon Thamesdown and
ANYTHING TRANSFERRED ONTO DVD DISC New memorials - Additional inscriptions and providing toilet blocks, and has with their help in 2010 we hope to
Specialist in Cine Film Transfer, Camcorder Old memorials cleaned and renovated sent £1 million pounds of humani- send two more containers of aid,
Tapes, VHS Tapes, Camcorder Discs Free estimates • BRAMM accredited tarian aid. replace the Ozarichi mini-bus, and
We collect and deliver over a wide area Over 25 years’ experience CCIN came about after Westbury- refurbish more school kitchens.
T: 01793 705333 / M: 07831 575758 Tel: 01793 861035 or 07935 309644 based founder Adrian Walker’s She is hoping to attract more
PO Box 2079, Manvers St, Bath BA1 3TJ email: [email protected] family hosted Natalia, 13, from support from companies and wants
Belarus. “My job had taken me all to meet individuals who would
over Russia so I was comfortable like to sponsor the cost of a child’s
On Thames Avenue travelling in that part of the world,” recuperation holiday in Belarus or
next door to he said. “Natalia’s family invited me in Wiltshire. She also announced a
to visit them in Belarus and on a visit new initiative to assist poor families
Morrisons to the school I asked to use the toilet. in Ozarichi. She said, “join us and
Contact: The staff were embarrassed when be the fi rst to buy a cow for a needy
Revd Raymond Adams they pointed out a shed across a family as part of our new sustain-
Tel: 634258 fi eld; there were holes in the ground able incomes project.”
for all the children and adults. She added that the work of the
St. John’s Haydon Wick difference to children in their home words of a Belarus grandmother
“That was the catalyst to make a charity is best summed up in the
Sunday Services villages. Unless we did something who commented, ‘you have made
to improve sanitation they wouldn’t the difference to us between existing
9am Traditional communion service be able to get stronger given that and living.’
11am Eventful, contemporary worship they have weak immune systems To get involved as a child spon-
with children’s groups meeting because of the radiation.” sor, or to assist with fundraising,
Gin McGiffi n from Oakhurst is call Gin McGiffi n on 07753 662891
www.stjohnshaydonwick.org.uk the CCIN vice-chair and is develop- or mail:gin@mcgiffi n.com

Sunday Worship 10.30am
Sunday School and Creche Join us in worship on Sunday mornings
Meeting at Abbey Meads Westlea Church, Westlea School: 10am
Community School St Mary’s, Lydiard Tregoze - the church in the park: 10am
All Saints’, Lydiard Millicent - the church in the village: 10.30am
Holy Trinity, Shaw: 10.30am
Toothill Church: 10.30am
For details of these and our other services
call the Partnership Offi ce on 874221
Email: partnershipoffi [email protected]
www.wswinlyd.org.uk
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