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Festival to collect ideas

on how to spend £1 million

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Children at Toothill Primary School, pictured with Big Lottery regional offi cers
Olivia Gore and Lyndsey Peal, have been contributing their ideas
about how Toothill and the school could benefi t from the lottery award
A steering committee made up amazing opportunity for our area,
of members of community groups fi nding out what people would like
have been working together with to see developed, and have some
Toothill Primary School to organise fun at the same time.”
a joint event which will see all the Not £1m in a day!
traditional fete activities take place.
On the day there will be stalls, Steering group chair Tina Mackie
games, facepainting, bouncy castle wants to make it clear that reports
and trampoline, penalty shoot out, in the Swindon Advertiser that the
competitions, demonstrations, dog festival is costing £1 million to put
training, police car and fi re engine, on were totally incorrect.
and refreshments. She said, “it really is disappoint-
There will also be a special ing that they give out the wrong
prize draw for a £100 supermarket information, despite reporting the
voucher and a meal for 6 at the project for the last six months.
DeVere Village Italian restaurant “The idea that we’re going to
offered to people who contribute spend £1 million in a single day is ri-
ideas on how the Big Lottery £1 diculous but we’ve still had unhelpful
million award could be spent. comments which makes the efforts
Ruth Kiddle of the organising of the volunteers coordinating the
group said, “later this year the project harder.”
grant-making body appointed by She added that any resident can
the Big Lottery will begin to assess contribute ideas that will benefi t
ideas from the community but we Toothill via Pam Pixton on 466502.
wanted to make a headstart on See also the new web site at:
ensuring people are aware of this www.mytoothill.org.uk

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