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Help the ﬂ ood victims in time for Christmas
Free BUS TraVeL Media attention has turned away from the terrible ﬂ oods in Pakistan but a group of Swindon families FREE collection
CYCLE REPAIRS

are continuing their appeal for aid boxes to help the millions of displaced and destitute people survive
& delivery from
and start to rebuild their lives.
home or work
tinue for months to come and we’re
In September and October about affected areas.
200 boxes were sent from Swindon,
The group is asking Swindon hoping that Swindon residents will
including a dozen collected by fami- people to keep collecting for help us provide more relief from
New cycles
experience
lies at Shaw Ridge and Redhouse Pakistan in the run up to the fes- their trials ahead.” Over 25 yrs Servicing & repairs
Parts & accessories
Primary Schools and a number left tive season. “We were heartened A list of items requested can be SAFETY ALERT
when you shop in anonymously at The Link ofﬁ ce by the response from the schools found at www.swindonlink.com or mail order must be serviced
Bikes bought on the internet
after the appeal was published in and Link readers last month,” said Packed boxes can be dropped off
the October edition.
Imran Ashraf. “The feedback from at The Link, Basepoint Business
Centre, Rivermead Drive, Westlea
The Pakistani national airline, Pakistan is that the boxes are prov-
Swindon Town Centre PIA, is ﬂ ying ﬂ ood relief supplies ing a lifeline to survival for people - behind the old Renault building. before being ridden. CALL NOW
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For more information mail: swin-
from around the world free of who were ﬂ ooded in the rural areas
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charge, and delivers boxes to repu-
or 07850 650956 (mobile)
table relief agencies in the worst everything. Their needs will con- call 0788 44 76 928. Phil Mitchell: 874873 day or eve.
inSwindon BID Company Ltd, Youngsters in the Redhouse Primary School charity committee responded to the ap-
peal for aid boxes in the October Link by holding cake sales during breaks and after
on behalf of town centre businesses, school to raise £190. Teachers Maggie Hartridge and Naomi Barry went shopping
at Asda Walmart to buy the requested items and the pupils packed the boxes ready
for collection. Ben Freeth said, “we all saw the people who were ﬂ ooded out on TV
has partnered with and wanted to help. We made posters to get everybody to buy cakes.”
The committee presented the school’s harvest festival collection in mid-October to
Swindon Foodbank which marks its ﬁ fth anniversary in November.
to provide free public transport
every Thursday between

25th November and 16th December

Curry cashback raises money for Mayor’s appeal
after 6.00pm and before 9.30pm A charity curry night at the Bombay Lounge restaurant on 29 September
raised £300 for the Mayor of Swindon’s Pakistan ﬂ ood appeal.
when shopping in Swindon Town Centre* came along to support those in desperate need after the ﬂ oods, and also
The mayor Rex Barnett said, “I would like to thank all the people who
Hanif at the Bombay Lounge for holding the charity nights.
“He and his staff are doing an excellent job assisting people raising
Festival of Light Santa’s Grotto money for different causes.”
parade & Carol 18th november Swindon Borough Council is calling for feedback on the proposed
Cutbacks comments wanted
Singing German -23rd december changes to its services which aim to save over £20 million from April

2nd december Christmas 2011, to be considered by the council’s cabinet on 24 November.
Views on the document at www.swindon.gov.uk/budget2011 are
market needed by 19 November.
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