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PRIVATE Shoppers support important charities
SPANISH Three Swindon charities benefited from a share of £3,000 made available every three months under the
John Lewis Community Matters Scheme.
LESSONS at Mannington voted for Swindon
Shoppers at John Lewis at home
WEST SWINDON BASED Stroke Group, Koalas special needs
AFFORDABLE PRICES playgroup or Swindon Young Car-
ers by placing tokens given out at
TO ANYONE! the till with their purchases, into a
NATIVE SPANISH TUTOR: charity collecting box.
Swindon Stroke Support Group
CONTACT MS T.VILA: and Swindon Young Carers topped
01793 876004 the poll and received cheques for
£1,110 each and Koalas were pre-
or email sented with £780.
Graham Swatton of the stroke
[email protected] club said the support of John Lewis
shoppers would enable members to
enjoy a holiday in September. “Forty Back row, from left, Lea Wheeler and John Lewis general manager Dominic Joyce
Tailor-made members are booked for a week in with Peter Noonan of Swindon Young Carers. Centre, Stephanie Carter, Stephanie
Hathaway of Koalas, Lorraine Stagg, Deborah Joy, Martin Lawrence, Graham Swat-
the Isle of Wight and the donation
by SueLynn from John Lewis almost covers the ton and Ivor Hancock of the Stroke Club. Front, Angela Jarmey
cost which is fantastic.”
Curtains Stroke survivor Angela Jarmey Spring on your bike for Prospect
Pelmets said the support group is a great
Roman blinds place for people who have suffered Get on your bike and enjoy the coming of Spring say organisers of the
heart problems. “Lots of people talk second Prospect Hospice Big Bike Ride, on 22 April.
Swags & tails about stroke support and invite Last year’s inaugural ride saw 80 Both start and finish by using our
Cushion covers you to attend meetings, but this people taking on two routes devised volunteer-built mountain bike trail
Fitting service available group just gets on with it and does and marshalled by members of at Croft Woods.”
it. Stroke survivors and their carers
Becky Gammon, Prospect Hos-
No job too small have a great time; I would be at a Mountain Bike Swindon, raising pice’s event organiser, said: “This
over £6,500.
For further information call loss without them” Tom Stickland, from Mountain fundraiser will appeal to both new
For details contact Graham Swat-
Sue: 01793 870451 or ton: [email protected]. Bike Swindon, said: “This year’s and experienced cyclists, from fami-
routes set off from the Nationwide lies to members of cycling clubs and
Lynn: on 01793 330595 com or call 01793 813121. Pavilion, one covers 24km and will the more dedicated cyclist.
suit any reasonably fit rider, the To register contact Becky Gam-
other will be attractive to moun- mon on 01793 816161 or online at:
tain bikers, covering a challenging www.prospect-hospice.net/bigbike
Mid Counties Cooperative, St Josephs’ Catholic College 40km with two fast downhill runs.
& Swindon Fairtrade Coalition Join in Raleigh’s electric cycle day
FASHION SHOW Gorse Hill-based electric bike retailer E-Motion is hosting Raleigh’s

Big Cycle Ride on Saturday 7 April, giving prospective e-bikers the
& STREET MARKET opportunity to try out electrically power-assisted cycling.
E-Motion proprietor Mark Butler said: “The Big Cycle Day will be a
great way for people to find out whether electric cycling is for them.
We’re planning four rides of five to seven miles, starting off with coffee
7th March 2012 and croissants at our shop on Cricklade Road and travelling mainly
Doors open 7pm along cycle routes in North Swindon. And there will be a couple of hills
to demonstrate what the bikes are really capable of.”
St. Joseph’s, Catholic Raleigh’s e-bike expert Lloyd Clarkson will be accompanying the
College, Swindon rides and dispensing valuable advice about switching to e-biking.
Register to take part in the electric bike outing by calling e-motion
on 01793 251200
Guest Speaker

Jennipher Wettaka
A coffee farmer for the Nasufwa
Grower’s Co-operative in Uganda.

Tickets from
St Joseph’s Reception or Newport
Street Co-op £7 and £5 Concessions.

For information contact
Membership Team on 0800 435902
Barbara on 01793 536815
or Julia on 01793 714208
Email:[email protected] or
[email protected]

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