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Celebrating 80 years of voluntary action with display on 14 December

Swindon’s Voluntary Action Service marks eight decades of big society community service by hundreds of local groups and charities and
literally thousands of residents on Friday 14 December at the Pilgrim Centre, Regent Street.
First convened by Thomas Fessey distributed clothing and food, and The organisation has
as the Swindon Council of Social even set up a pig farm to create jobs had a variety of names
Services on 1 December 1932, it for the unemployed. and has been respon-
was the town’s response to the During the war, one of the many sible for setting up
great depression. In those days of activities the CSS undertook was to projects which led to
austerity volunteers collected and run a tobacco relief fund for OAPs. Wiltshire and Swindon
Law Centre, Swindon
Restaurant offers space to charities Carers Centre, the CAB,
Dial-A-Ride and the
The Mayor of Swindon Michael Bray welcomed members of the three Volunteer Bureau.
charities he is supporting during his year in office to a curry night at The event on 14 De-
Miah, Shaw Ridge on 12 November. cember will be attended
This year he is raising money for Cruse Bereavement Care, Swindon by the Mayor of Swin-
Guide Dogs and Swindon Therapy Centre for Multiple Sclerosis. The don, the Lord Lieuten-
three groups benefited by £900 raised from the meal, auction and raffle. ant of Swindon and the
Restaurateur Arju Miah is keen to invite charities to book his restaurant grandson of Thomas
for fundraisers. Miah has capacity for 200 people but it can be divided to Fessey.
accommodate smaller numbers. To discuss requirements call 07968 954748. The public are invited
The Mayor and Mayoress Michael and Ruth Bray with, from left, Alan Fletcher, from 3pm to 4pm to
chairman of Swindon Guide Dogs, Ahkik Miah, Jackie Wray, manager of the Swindon view photographs and
Therapy Centre for MS and Arju Miah a Powerpoint presenta- The long lost mural celebrating the town’s voluntary
tion plotting the history organisations painted by Ken White in the 1970s
of VAS. Photo: Tony Leggett

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