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 ACCOUNTANCY  ACCOUNTANCY  ACCOUNTANCY  ACCOUNTANCY  AERIAL SERVICES  APPLIANCE REPAIRS  Swindon author creates
 S J BAKER ACCOUNTING LTD                                         pre-school curriculum for Gambia
 CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS  CJD   Lynette White MAAT  Chris Payne     Swindon-based children’s author and world-wide champion of chil-
 S J BAKER FCCA  ACCOUNTANCY LTD  Accounting Services  aerials                                     dren’s literacy Neil Griffiths is marking his ninth year supporting pre-
 Self Assessments  17 YEARS EXPERIENCE  & satellite systems       schools in The Gambia with the development of a special curriculum
 Limited company set up  Craig Dell FCCA   Book keeping - Sage Line 50  to help young children to maintain the joy of their cultural heritage.
 Contractor and Company Accounts  Over 20 year’s experience for all your          VAT Returns  ✭	 Freeview & Sky installations  Guaranteed
 Partnership and Sole Trader Accounts  accountancy & taxation needs including:  Payroll   ✭	 TV & radio aerials  repairs to
 Corporation Tax  • Self Assessments  • Sole Traders   Sole Trader & Ltd Co Accounts
 Tax Returns
 Bookkeeping and Payroll  • Partnerships   • Limited Companies  Personal service for small businesses   ✭	 Home cinema  all makes
 * FIXED FEES * NO VAT *   • Available evenings and weekends  Competitive prices  ✭	 Extra TV & telephone points  of domestic
 * FREE CONSULTATION *  • Fixed fee quotes    • No VAT  Telephone: 01793 521020  appliances
 * AVAILABLE EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS *  • First consultation free  Mobile: 07877 950625         NO VAT
 TELEPHONE: 01793 495559  Tel: 01793 343255  M: 07557 399987  Email: [email protected]  Same day/next day service
 MOBILE: 07717 752116  Email: [email protected]  Lynette White is licensed and   Tel: 01793 700078
 email: [email protected]  www.cjd-accountancy.co.uk  regulated by the AAT under   Mobile: 07904 330724  Tel: 01793 469300
 licence number 5014
 APPLIANCE REPAIRS  BOOK-KEEPING  CARPET CLEANING  CARPET CLEANING  CARPET CLEANING  CLEANING

 HALE SKILLS  Can’t face    Abacus Cleaning Services  THE CLEANING &
 • Washing Machines  doing the books   The Carpet &   Carpets, Rugs and    IRONING SERVICE  Neil with children and teachers at one of the schools he sponsors in The Gambia
 Fabric Upholstery
 • Cookers  after a hard   Upholstery Cleaning Specialist  Hard Floors Cleaned & Sealed  Carpet & Upholstery   House cleans from    “The children in the Gambia face  because there are no funds to run
                Cleaning Swindon
                                             £16 per house.
 • Dishwashers  day’s work?  • Carpets, rugs, curtains, suites etc   Carpet & Upholstery       h Domestic and Commercial  Around £26 for a 4 bed.  hardship  every  day,”  said  Neil.  them. It costs £9,000 a year to keep
 • Dryers  Call Leonard Fuller,  • Emergency call out available     Protection Treatments  h End of Tenancy Cleaning  Weekly, fortnightly    “However they have some wonder-  a school for 230 children open. It
 • Vacuum Cleaners   A.I.C.B,  • Hard floors cleaned and sealed  Insecticide & Anti-Static Treatments  h Stain Removal  or monthly cleans.    ful values which sustain them and  isn’t a lot really, but it does need a
                                                                  which we could learn from.”
                                                                                             commitment of at least ten years to
 • Stain removal • Protection treatment
 Over 30 year’s experience  qualified bookkeeper                 • Fully insured      Spot & Stain Removal  h Hard Floor Cleaning & Sealing  One-off Spring cleans  The curriculum emphasises local  have any impact.”
    with over 20 years’                     Fully Insured,    h Quality Products Used                          traditions  such  as  dance,  mask-  On a recent trip Neil encountered
                                          Ironing £16 per
         ‘Nick’ll   experience.  • Quickly usable  NCCA member  h Quick Drying  basket, collected and    making and growing plants, with  a man who proved to be a natural
 You’ll be amazed how affordable it is
         Fix It’   ....call for your free estimate from your   Independently owned & operated  h Free Competitive Quote  returned the next day  the aim of enabling children to get  teacher  of  pre-school  children
    Tel: 01793 700637                To arrange for a free estimate call   h Fully Insured  the most out of their daily lives and  operating out of very dilapidated
 Call 07963 131429  or 07963 637748  local independent on 01793 731418   01793 421802  Mobile: 07506 740921  Call 01793 875665  experience.  accommodation.  Neil  said:  “The
 or mobile: 07808 355487
 e.mail: [email protected]  www.bookkeepingswindon.co.uk  Email: [email protected]  www.abacuscleaningswindon.co.uk  www.procleancleaningservices.co.uk  07780625244  As more schools in the Gambia  rooms this guy was using were so
                                                                  have expressed an interest in the  scabby, but he’s such a wonderful
                                                                  curriculum, the education ministry  teacher, that I’m afraid I’ve prom-
 CLEANING  CLEARANCE  COMPUTER SUPPORT  COMPUTER SUPPORT  GARAGE DOORS  and a local teaching college have  ised to build him a school too.”
                                                                  become keen to roll it out nationally.   Neil’s experiences in the Gambia
 Homes That                  Computer problems?                   However, as Neil explained, there  have also shaped what he writes
 Sparkle From                Let us help                          are not enough resources for this to  and  teaches,  with  his  Gambia-
 People Who Shine  We provide a range of computer   Installation & Repairs  happen.  He said: “In the Gambia  inspired book Fatou Fetch The Water
 services for both home and                                       the  government  funds  education  having been selected as the key text
 Affordable & reliable cleaning   business including:  New Doors • Automation  from age 7, so pre-schools are set  for the UK National Summer Read-
 programmes, tailored to meet              •  PC repairs and maintenance  No Obligation Quotes  up by volunteers, some of whom  ing Challenge 2012.
 your needs and budget  •  System upgrades, networking  Est. 1981  have worked their socks off to help   In his training programmes for
 Regular cleans, Spring cleans,           Skips are never this cheap  •  Custom built computers  Showroom: 	  develop early years education.”  teachers and carers, Neil’s Gambian
 Moving in or out cleans                     View our prices online  •  Windows home server installs  Maxwell House,    “I  have  fully-funded  one  pre- reflections  have  led  him  to  urge
 Trained and insured staff  • House clearance • Rubbish removal  •  Virus removal  Maxwell Street,    school  for  250  children  myself,  others  to  think  differently  about
 Equipment and supplies provided                • Sofas and furniture • Shed removal  •  Data recovery  Swindon SN1 5DR  and  have  provided  the  resources  what education is for. He said: “We
 Quality Service Guarantee  • Confidential waste   •  Internet solutions  Tel: (01793) 618499     for five other schools to carry out  need to stop all the external pres-
 Call us now for free,               0800 6899988 or 07563 181500  With over 15 years experience,      or 513796  the curriculum. But now we need  sures on children. In the Gambia,
 no obligation quotation                  email: [email protected]  you can rely on us  swindondoorservices@  to  find  ways  in  which  resources  despite the poverty, they share in
                                                                  such  as  costumes,  masks  and  a way that would shame us. We all
 Tel: 01793 511885                                www.absolute-rubbish.co.uk  Tel: 01793 325685   btinternet.com	  www.garagedoorsupplies.co.uk  weighing  scales  can  be  made  or  need to learn how to use the joy of
                                                                  adapted locally, creating jobs in the  our country.”
 GARAGE DOORS  LOCKSMITH  MADE TO MEASURE  OVEN CLEANING  OVEN CLEANING  SCRAP METAL  meantime.”   www.cornertolearn.co.uk
                                                                   Neil is very conscious
 KEY CUTTING KEY CUTTING KEY CUTTING                              of  the  importance  of
 SWINDON                                 RODDERS                  sustainability,  having
 OVEN                                       SCRAP                 visited  the  Gambia  a
                                                                  number  of  times  and
 CLEANING    Ovens, ranges, agas, hobs      METAL                 seen  the  consequences
             extractors and microwaves
 Electrical Automation •  The Domestic Oven Cleaning Service  Fixed pricing examples  All metals removed   of  the  actions  of  well-
                                                                  meaning  people  who
 Up & Over •  To book your                              Single Oven £35 - Range £55  FREE of charge  are  unable  to  continue
 Transform your favourite furniture with
 Roller •  BROKEN OR FAULTY LOCK?  tailored covers or complete refurbishment.  oven clean call Maggie                  No hidden extras,   Washing machines, cookers,                 maintaining schools.
 LOCKED OUT?
 Sectional •  Local Locksmith and Carpenter  A huge range of fabrics to choose from.  on 01793 520362  includes racks, doors, glass  microwaves etc.   He  said:  “The  Gam-
                     20 years experience
 Repairs •  Not a call centre with huge charges!  For a free quote by a Specialist Advisor in the   We use caustic free                      No toxic chemicals in your home  Sorry no fridges or freezers  bia  is  full  of  buildings
                                                                  that  were  intended  as
 Genuine 24hr service  comfort of your own home call Penny on:  cleaning products with                              Reliable & Friendly  Scrap cars collected FREE of charge  schools, but stand empty
 07799 865 935 / 0208 681 1831
                        Free Quotation
 Unit 2, River Ray Ind. Est., Barnfield Road, Swindon SN2 2DT  Call now on 07734 253189  www.lynplan.com & www.greatcurtains.co.uk  a fresh solution every time   To book your oven clean call   01793 613396
 Tel 01793 878176   Registered Company                            Neil holding his book Fatou
 Email [email protected]  CRB Checked/Fully Insured  Hobs, extractors and   01793 733822 or email:   07899 018167  Fetch The Water based on
 www.dimensions.org.uk  KEY CUTTING KEY CUTTING KEY CUTTING  microwaves also undertaken  [email protected]  Registered waste carrier  a child’s life in The Gambia
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