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Church warden David Templar said, “it’s wonderful that
 one of the largest parishes in Swindon will soon have two
 priests, and Mark joins us as one of only two schools’ workers
 in the Diocese of Bristol; the other being at Emerson Green
 in Bristol. Given the parish has eight schools it will be an
 enormous help to have him on board.”
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                 Call for caring Christmas volunteers
             Swindon Christmas Care will again provide temporary shelter for home-  Bill over £50 and above
             less and lonely people and those in need over the Christmas period from   get 1 complimentary meal
             2pm on Saturday 24 December until Wednesday 28 December, 11am,
             at Queen’s Drive Methodist Church.                                    on next visit
              Reliable volunteers and shift leaders are needed to help run the proj-
             ect. Preparation meetings take place at 8pm on Thursday 10 November
                                                                                 FREE bottled of House Wine for
             and Wednesday 16 November.                                          FREE bottled of House Wine for
              Details of how and when to donate items such as blankets, towels,   party booking 10 people or above.
                                                                               party booking 10 peaple or above.
             clothing, toiletries, food and money to the project will be published in
             the December Link.                                                              For booking please call:
              For more information call Patsy Maloney on 642368.
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               Soup runners wanted by homeless charity                                       Address:
             Threshold, Swindon’s homelessness charity, is looking for participants          Pepperbox Hill Meadway
             to run to their emergency hostel in the centre of town, to deliver tins         Peatmoor West Swindon
             of soup and food as part of their annual Soup Run event on Thursday
                                                                      www.oriental-buffet.comww.oriental-buffet.com
             3 November  to re-stock their larder for the busy winter period.   w            SWINDON SN5 5YZ
              There is no set distance, runners  and support up to another 50 a day
             just need to arrive with their tins  at their Breakfast Club Day Centre
             at Culvery Court, Harding Street,  and the Filling Station.
             between 4.30pm and 7.30pm.   Phil Smith, operations director at
              This is a free to enter event and it  Threshold said, “we are encourag-
             is also an opportunity to raise funds  ing people of all ages and fi tness
             for the charity through sponsorship.  levels to enter in teams or as indi-
             As an incentive there will be t-shirts  viduals to challenge each other as
             for people who raise £10 or more in  well as themselves on what is sure
             sponsorship.               to be a cold, dark evening to raise
               Threshold serves two hot meals  vital funds and food supplies for
             every  day  to  thirty  residents  in  the winter.”
             their  hostel  and  move-on  houses    www.thl.org.uk

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                                                                      Opening Times & Pricespening Times & Prices
                                                                      O Opening Times & Prices
                                                                      L Lunch
                                                                      Lunchunch
                                                                      M Monday – Saturday
                                                                      Monday – Saturdayonday – Saturday
                                                                      1 12noon - 3pm
                                                                                            £5.955.95
                                                                      12noon - 3pm  2noon - 3pm                  £ £5.95
                                                                      D Dinner
                                                                      Dinnerinner
                                                                      M Monday – Saturday
                                                                      Monday – Saturdayonday – Saturday
                                                                      5 5.30pm - 11.30pm
                                                                                            £9.959.95
                 Gateway Furniture project organisers Kevin and Dawn Prosser   5.30pm - 11.30pm   .30pm - 11.30pm              £ £9.95
                             and centre, James Dawson
                                                                      Alldayllday
             Household items, furniture, toys, games and bric-a-brac were on offer   A Allday
                                                                      Sundayunday
                                                                      S Sunday
             free of charge at Westlea’s Gateway Church give or take community   1 12noon - 11pm                 £ £9.95
             exchange day in mid-October.                             12noon - 11pm 2noon - 11pm   £9.959.95
              The aim was to assist low income families pick up anything they might
                                                                      Others Information:thers Information:
             need and to reduce the amount of waste going to landfi ll.  O Others Information:
              Gateway Furniture Project welcomes donations, particularly beds and   * C Children under 1.4m / 4’7”
                                                                     * *
                                                                      Children under 1.4m / 4’7”hildren under 1.4m / 4’7”
                                                                      Eat for half price
                                                                      Eat for half price
             white goods in working order. Call 526130 to arrange a free collection.  Eat for half price
                                                                     * TT The Management reserves the right to make changes without prior notice.The Management reserves the right to make changes without prior notice.
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                    Old clothes help children’s charity
             Clothes  for  Cash  has  opened  a  to have found a registered charity   This voucher
             recycling facility at a depot on the  which will make the best of every   entitles you for
             Westmead Estate, Westlea and is  pound that we donate.”     £5 off when
             offering cash for old clothes whilst    The Five Stars Appeal has a 34   you spend £20
             supporting the Five Stars Appeal.  year history and has patrons includ-
              Cash  for  Clothes  founder  Abe  ing Sir Alex Ferguson, actor Steve   or above in a
             Smith  said,  “clothes  collections  Arnold and Take That.  single receipt
             have had a bad reputation due to   To arrange to donate clothing call
             gangs pretending to be collecting for  0845 519 8513.   Expiry date 30th November 2011
             good causes so we were delighted   www.fi vestarsappeal.co.uk
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