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Love trees for Valentines
Volunteers wanted to plant more
at Mouldon Hill
The Great Western Community Forest team is holding a English, Mathematics and Science
Valentine’s tree planting day on Sunday 13 February, 11am to 3pm, Fully qualifi ed teachers
at Mouldon Hill Country Park off Thamesdown Drive Accelerated GCSE programme
when it hopes to add another 500 11+ training and preparation
The Community Forest team’s annual tree planting days usually appeal
to families but this being Valentine’s weekend, couples are being en- Free assessment and fi rst lesson
couraged to come along and plant a tree to help root their relationship. Boost your child’s confi dence
The last tree plant at Mouldon Hill in March 1997 saw hundreds of
people discovering the brand new park. See the Link archive picture
at www.swindonlink.com Childcare
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Organiser Patrick Norris said, “on 13 February, you can be part of the accepted
vouchers
ongoing creation of the Great Western Community Forest; we look
forward to seeing you there.”
The trees of several varieties are free, but you need to wrap up warm
and wear wellies or other strong footwear, and bring gloves and a
spade if you have one. Begin your
Kumon journey
N’eet cafe comes to Redhouse
Maths and English study programmes
Stratton-based young enterprise organisation Inspire is opening a tailored to maximise your
community cafe at Redhouse Village Centre, in the ‘commercial’ space child’s development.
opposite Isambard Community School’s reception area.
Inspire director Pauline McVitie Contact your local Instructor today
said “the coffee shop will be man- Swindon Shaw 01793 686112
aged by catering professionals but
it will be run by young people who Swindon East 01285 643701
are classifi ed as NEET - Not in Edu-
cation, Employment or Training.
“Our aim with Inspire is to give kumon.co.uk
work experience to as many young
people as possible. By running Fees vary. Please refer to your local study centre. *Terms & conditions apply.
small businesses like the Redhouse
café we’re also fulfi lling an impor-
tant community need for a meeting Pauline and Sarah of Inspire
place in the centre.”
Pauline and her team are planning Pauline and business partner Swindon
to offer the space for Mother and Sarah Maisey set up Inspire two College
Toddler groups and coffee mornings years ago, and since then have
open evening
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open evening
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open evening
open evening
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to appeal to older residents. touched the lives of dozens of open evening
“We see an opportunity to bridge young people in their base at the
the generation gap by creating a Bentley Centre.
with the policing team who can occupation, and to put Swindon All courses, all ages!
All courses, all ages!
“Our vision is to eradicate the
space where young and old can mix.
We also hope to host student groups problem of young people in our
Wednesday 9th February 2011
Wednesday 9th February 2011
from Isambard, and are in contact town being without a worthwhile
use this space with youth groups. on the map as the fi rst borough to
“We’re not pretending to be an achieve this,” said Sarah. 5-7pm Everyone welcome!
international brand name bring- So far the enterprise has launched
ing in a franchise to make a profi t. Katz Kandi cake-baking service,
First and foremost we’re passionate N’eet Booty which sells unwanted
about getting things right for com- goods on e-bay, and N’eet Gardens,
munities in Swindon, and we see offering an affordable gardening
that the young people of the town service to schools and communities.
play a vital role in achieving that.” www.inspireukltd.com.
Be empowered by the Big Society!
Have you ever wished you could make a difference in your local area but
would not have a clue where to start? Maybe you would like to set up
a befriending service, create a community garden, or maybe just make
your local environment a better place to live.
Help is at hand from the Gateway team at Volunteer Centre Swindon
who can provide you with free advice and support in setting up a group,
funding and volunteering advice, and help with youth activities.
The Gateway Project is a Lottery-funded partnership comprising Vol-
untary Action Swindon, Charities Information Bureau and Youth Action
Swindon, who together provide comprehensive support to community Register online at
groups in Swindon. swindon-college.ac.uk
For details contact volunteering advisor Louise Hallett on 420557 or
mail: [email protected] S w i n d o n C o l l e g e , N o r t h S t a r A v e n u e , S w i n d o n , S N 2 1 D Y
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