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Black tie & masquerade mask Honey-themed Teddy Bears’ picnic
at the Swindon Foodbank Ball
Friday 4 March marks Fairtrade Fortnight Big Brew
The Hilton Hotel, Swindon The Church of Christ the Servant, Abbey Meads is hosting a coffee
Fine food, great entertainment from morning and Teddy Bears’ picnic on Saturday 5 March, 11am to 2pm,
Mobile Hairdresser the Live Swing Band. Tickets £47. to mark Fairtrade Fortnight and raise money for Traidcraft Exchange, a
Mobile: 07970 079681 With the effects of the recession charity which campaigns for fair markets and trade policies on behalf
Home: 01793 323400 still biting hard, referrals to Swindon of farmers and craft workers.
Foodbank continue at an even Church member Ruth Harris, craft’s Big Brew
higher rate than last year. It needs said, “we hope that people will across the UK to
to raise £45,000 annually to meet call in on 5 March for their morn- raise awareness of
the demand for emergency food in ing cup of tea, coffee, or delicious Fairtrade Fortnight
the town hot chocolate, buy some cakes and from 28 February to
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT . . . The ball is the highlight of the biscuits made from Fairtrade ingre- 13 March.
RAINWATER HARVESTING HEAT PUMPS “If you can’t
SOLAR WATER HEATING WIND TURBINES year-round fundraising activity. dients, or bring along their teddy
SOLAR ELECTRICITY . . . then give us a call See ticket booking details at www. for the picnic at lunch time. There come to our event buy a Fairtrade
Tel: 01793 772277 www.rainwindsun.com foodbankball.org/buy-your-tickets/ will be children’s activities, and the item when you go shopping. Look
E-mail: [email protected] or call 07932 108732. Traidcraft stall will be open. out for the logo.”
“Our event will be part of Traid- College gains
TERRY WINTER Singing out for Fairtrade status
MONUMENTAL STONEMASON Swindon College will be recog-
ANYTHING TRANSFERRED ONTO DVD DISC New memorials - Additional inscriptions Help For Heroes nised in March for its efforts to
promote awareness of Fairtrade
Specialist in Cine Film Transfer, Camcorder Old memorials cleaned and renovated Swindon Male Voice Choir pres- and how it gives a better deal to
Tapes, VHS Tapes, Camcorder Discs Free estimates • BRAMM accredited ents a charity concert with special
We collect and deliver over a wide area Over 25 years’ experience guests the REME Military Band on food producers around the world.
Fairtrade banana producer Phile-
T: 01793 705333 / M: 07831 575758 Tel: 01793 861035 or 07935 309644 Saturday 9 April, 7.30pm, at Strat- mon Allen from the Windwards Is-
PO Box 2079, Manvers St, Bath BA1 3TJ email: [email protected] ton Community Leisure Centre, lands will be meeting students and
Grange Drive in aid of Help For staff to talk about how Fairtrade has
Heroes. changed her life and that of other
Male voices combined with a farmers who are largely dependent
military band promise musical ex- on a single crop, on Friday 4 March
Lawn & Hedge Cutting • Maintenance citement, including a solo spot by 15 and will present the Fairtrade Status
General Garden Tidy • Patios • Tur ng year old guest Alice More, and there Certifi cate to the college.
will also be moments for refl ection.
Give your garden a makeover Tickets at £10 are available from
Call John Dowell on 07892 436198 Stratton Community Leisure Centre Choirs unite
[email protected] on 825525 or Swindon Male Voice for Latin Mass
Choir on 822495. To commemorate the 400th anniver-
sary of the death of the composer
Women in prayer in 1611, Victoria’s Missa Ave Maris
Stella, part of the Celebration of
Sunday Worship 10.30am worldwide the Mass in Latin according to the
Sunday School and Creche The 2011 service for the Women’s Extraordinary Form, will be sung
World Day of Prayer is being held in St Mark’s Church, Swindon, on
Meeting at Abbey Meads
Community School at Freshbrook Evangelical Church, Saturday 26 March, 5pm.
Worsley Drive on Friday 4 March, The choir of St Mark’s, under
10.30am. the direction of Sam Bayliss,will
The service has been prepared by be joined by choir members from
the women of Chile and the theme St Barnabas in Oxford and Christ
is ‘The blessings God has given us.’ Church Swindon. The service will
June Madgwick is the guest speak- be led by Father David McConkey.
er and there will be refreshments Free admission; all are wel-
after the service. All are welcome. come.
For details mail: suzannebul- www.swindonnewtown.co.uk
[email protected] www.stmarkschoir.org.uk

On Thames Avenue
next door to
Morrisons Join us in worship on Sunday mornings
Contact: Westlea Church, Westlea School: 10am
Revd Raymond Adams
Tel: 634258 St Mary’s, Lydiard Tregoze - the church in the park: 10am
All Saints’, Lydiard Millicent - the church in the village: 10.30am
St. John’s Haydon Wick Holy Trinity, Shaw: 10.30am
Toothill Church: 10.30am
Sunday Services For details of these and our other services
9am Traditional communion service call the Partnership Offi ce on 874221
11am Eventful, contemporary worship Email: partnershipoffi [email protected]
with children’s groups meeting www.wswinlyd.org.uk
www.stjohnshaydonwick.org.uk Anglican • Baptist • Methodist • United Reformed Church

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