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Film fanatic becomes young
ambassador for the big screen
Lewis Rogers from West Swindon is making a name for himself in
the world of fi lm and has been appointed a Filmclub Young Ambas-
UNITS 19-20 KENDRICK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE sador of the Year.
Filmclub is a charity which pro-
SWINDON WILTS SN2 2DU vides pupils and teachers at nearly
5,000 schools across Britain with the
TEL: 01793 536784 chance to explore the world of fi lm
through after-school clubs.
Lewis, who attended Westlea
SANSUM SAND & GRAVEL SUPPLY TO THE Primary School and Greendown,
GENERAL PUBLIC AND TRADE CUSTOMERS heard about Filmclub’s Young
Ambassador scheme last year and
BRICKS, put himself forward by producing
a video of himself talking about his
CONCRETE BLOCKS, love of fi lm and conducting an inter-
view with his sister. He said, “they Floyd’s fi lm programme on BBC
CELCON BLOCKS, liked my work and I was called to Radio 5 Live and I was able to attend
an audition where, with other hope- a press day for The Eagle where I
BLOCK PAVING, fuls, I reviewed fi lms and imagined fi lmed a short video for heyuguys.
PATIO SLABS, SAND, reporting at fi lm premieres in front co.uk. I also introduced a screening
of a panel of people from Filmclub’s of Monsters to an audience of edu-
GRAVEL, TOP SOIL, BARK, London offi ces.” cation specialists at BAFTA and a
The success is opening up great personal highlight for me was when I
CANTABURY SPAR, opportunities for Lewis, who is met Toy Story director John Lasseter
LANDSCAPE FABRIC, currently studying drama, graphic at the press conference for Cars 2 last
month, where he gave me advice on
design and media A Levels at Ciren-
DRAINAGE CHANNELS, cester College. becoming an animator.
“Since September I have inter- “I feel immensely proud and
BUILDING CHEMICALS, viewed Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, honoured to have been involved
ROCK SALT AND CEMENT Naomie Harris and Jason Isaacs at with promoting fi lm to other young
fi lm premieres in Leicester Square. people.”
www.sansums.co.uk I have also been interviewed Find out about introducing fi lm
alongside Monsters director Gareth club into your school at
Edwards on Boyd Hilton and Nigel www.fi lmclub.org
Soak up some solar income
before the tariffs tumble
People who have invested in solar photo-voltaic (PV) panels since April
last year have benefi tted from a generous feed-in tariff (FIT), but in
LOCAL MCS ACCREDITED September the government will announce a new, lower rate from April.
Anybody who has invested
PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS in solar PV receives a FIT of
Reduce your energy bills 43.3p for every kilowatt gener-
ated plus a small amount for
every kilowatt exported to the
Clean energy cash back national grid.
Additionally they will have
Maintenance free system saved on electricity consumed
from the grid when the power
Year round generation generated from solar panels
is used to run their electrical
appliances.
Reduce your Co This means PV households Pleased with their solar PV peformance.
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FREE NO could be earning and saving David and Pat Reid from Shaw
Affordable systems OBLIGATION up to £1,200 to £1,800 annually roof faces south - and they want to
towards paying back the invest- make a major improvement which
Tax free earnings QUOTATION ment in the solar panel installation will earn money, there isn’t much
(between £10,000 and £15,000). The time left to benefi t from the present
payback is between 8 to 10 years, high level of FIT.
Local systems available to view but the crucial element of the FIT is Which installer to choose is an
that it is guaranteed for 25 years, so important issue as there have been
Designed around your needs the panels will continue to payback reports of dubious doorstep tactics.
long after the installation cost is Independent web site www.
covered. The FIT is also tax free YouGen.co.uk explains more about
and increases in line with the RPI. solar PV, but Purton based fi rm Rain
The government originally set a Wind and Sun are certainly good
Call us on 01793 772277 review date of 2013, but with signifi - people to ask for a quote. Earlier
visit www.rainwindsun.com cant falls in the cost of solar PV sys- this year they were runners up to
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email [email protected] This means if householders plan to vironmental Excellence in Business’
stay in their homes - assuming the award. See the advert on the left.
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