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Need help in the Garden? Swindon Citizens Advice Bureau
needs your help in tough times
• Lawn Mowing, Feeding and Treating Swindon CAB provides invaluable advice to residents of the town, and with
• Turfing & Oversowing the economy in poor shape and inflation running well ahead of incomes,
• Garden Clearances and Planting the demand on the service is greater now than ever.
• Power Washing Patios and Furniture The CAB is dependent upon a helping people understand their
• Hedge Trimming and Pruning dedicated team of trained volun- rights as a tenant and advising on
teers from all ages and backgrounds consumer rights.
• Fencing & Shed Building who give their time and skills to put Full training and ongoing support
something back into the community. is provided to volunteers.
During 2010/11 the CAB in Swin- To find out more call 618781 (op-
don resolved over 20,000 problems tion 4) or mail: trainer.swindoncab@
for its clients, including redundancy cabnet.org.uk www.swindoncab.
issues and advice on entitlements, org.uk

Scouts get ready for Christmas deliveries
Scouts across Swindon will once again this year be taking part in the
Manor Garden Centre annual Scout Christmas Post.
The 7th Swindon (Abbey Meads) of Swindon borough including its
Cheney Manor, Swindon Scout Group, which covers North rural areas as well as surround-
01793 526691 Swindon, will be selling stamps at ing towns and villages: Wootton
Open 7 days a week 20p each at Asda Walmart. Bassett, Purton, Lydiard Millicent,
Friday 25 November, 7pm - 8pm Bushton, Clyffe Pypard, Tocken-
Saturday 26 November, 10am - 4pm ham, Broad Town, Cricklade, Lat-
Quality TGB garden Sunday 27 November, 10am - 4pm ton, Ashton Keynes, Shrivenham,
Watchfield, Bourton, Idstone,
buildings for any situation Friday 2 December, 7pm - 8pm Ashbury and Kingston Winslow.
Saturday 3 December, 10am - 4pm A special green collection box will
Bespoke sizes available Sunday 4 December, 10am - 4pm be located in Asda Walmart ready to
Base laying Friday 9 December, 7pm - 8pm receive your cards. The last collec-
tion from the post box takes place on
Saturday 10 December, 10am - 4pm
& installation Sunday 11 December, 10am - 4pm Tuesday 13 December, 4pm. Cards
available will be delivered over the weekend
The delivery area covers all parts of 17 and 18 December.
www.conservatorycentres.co.uk
Come and cut down some trees
What a bad thing to do, you might think. But some trees grow better
and last longer if they are regularly cut - and you can have fun doing it.
The Peatmoor Com-
munity Woodland Group
meets every month to
UNITS 19-20 KENDRICK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE manage Peatmoor Copse
SWINDON WILTS SN2 2DU by the lagoon. The wood
is a remnant of the ancient
TEL: 01793 536784 Braydon Forest which
was once a royal hunting
ground. Nowadays, it’s a
SANSUM SAND & GRAVEL SUPPLY TO ThE secret green oasis within
West Swindon.
GENERAL PUbLIC AND TRADE CUSTOMERS Over the last 23 years
volunteers have used the
bRICKS, old management tech-
CONCRETE bLOCKS, nique of coppicing to
regenerate the hazel, ash,
CELCON bLOCKS, alder, hornbeam and wil-
low. Clearing defined ar-
bLOCK PAVING, eas of the copse on a seven
year cycle has encouraged
PATIO SLAbS, SAND, a wide variety of bird,
GRAVEL, TOP SOIL, bARK, mammal and insect life Group member Andy Tucker half way
to return and increased
CANTAbURY SPAR, the lifespan of the trees. through coppicing a hazel tree
The group meets on the first arrived and trees have stopped
LANDSCAPE FAbRIC, Sunday of the month, 10am to 1pm, growing, the copping season is
and newcomers who want to do well underway. The next coppic-
DRAINAGE ChANNELS, something for the environment, try ing day takes place on Sunday 6
bUILDING ChEMICALS, something practical outdoors and November. For details call Roger
learn about woodland management Ogle on 608840 or mail: roger_ogle@
ROCK SALT AND CEMENT are needed. Children are welcome mac.com
but have to be accompanied by The day is registered as a CSV
www.sansums.co.uk an adult. Make A Difference Day.
www.csv.org.uk/difference
Now that the cold weather has

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