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Family entrepreneurs pointed
Bouncing
Butterfly’s in the right direction
Soft Play Mobile Hair & Beauty Mother and daughter team Cynthia and Maxime Bell have opened a spe-
Hire cialist ballet shoe business, Pointe Perfection, after receiving free advice
and guidance from Outset Swindon.
providing affordable soft play Explaining the opportunity Max- Regional Development Fund and
equipment, ride-on toys and
mini-bouncy castle toddler party Fully insured mobile hairdresser ime said: “I’ve been a dancer since I Swindon Borough Council.
packages. covering all aspects of hairdressing was three and have always had to travel Maxime said: “We had tried to start
See the range of equipment at at AFFORDABLE prices! to other cities to buy pointe shoes, a dance shop before but it didn’t work
www.bouncingbutterflys.co.uk Now also offering waxing treatments which added a lot to the cost of them. out because of our lack of business
CHRISTMAS OFFER
Based on this experience we spotted knowledge.
Please call 07935 480111 to Party Hair-Up: £15 a gap in the Swindon market and “Outset made it all completely clear
discuss your requirements Call for an appointment decided to set up our own business.” and helped us create our business plan;
07584 628 123 Outset Swindon is a free pro- it seemed really easy in the end.”
Bouncing Butterflys Soft Play
kellysmobilehairandbeauty
gramme of support for start-up As well as the shoes themselves
businesses, funded by the European Pointe Perfection stocks pointe ac-
cessories, tights and male and
female ballet shoes from baby
size 6. They also offer a com-
plete ordering service from
their comprehensive range of
Pointe shoe specialists catalogues.
Pointe shoes, ballet shoes, tights, accessories & more To celebrate their new busi-
ness Cynthia and Maxime are
Ideal Christmas gift vouchers giving goody bags to all cus-
for dancers from £5 tomers who sign up for their
Open Tuesday to Friday 12 noon to 6pm. Saturday 10am to 5pm special offers, and are offering
Check the website for times between 21st December & 4th January 2014 a 50 per cent discount on satin
www.pointeperfection.co.uk ballet shoes for a limited time.
See the advert on the left to
Tel: 07591 676 479 • [email protected] contact Pointe Perfect.
Unit 81 Basepoint Business Centre, Rivermead Drive, Swindon SN5 7EX
Pointing the way to business
success. Youngsters attracted
to Swindon from the Centre
Stage School of Dance in
Devizes with Cynthia and Max-
ime Bell and Basepoint Centre
manager Lyn Chapman

Create a picture and you could win a prize
ISTD - Ballet - Tap worth £40 and help the food bank
- Modern - Jazz Diane Etheridge of Golden Time Toys is running an art competition to raise
Contemporary money for Swindon Foodbank. She is offering educational crafts and games
Street Jazz worth £40 to the girl and boy who draws or
Musical Theatre & paints a picture in three categories: 3 to 4 years,
5 to 6 or 7 to 8.
RAD Major Ballet The cost per entry is £1; multiple entries are
welcome. Diane is sponsoring the competition
BRING THIS ADVERT so that all the entry fees go to the charity.
AND GET FIRST TWO Entries can be drawing, painting or collage and
WEEKS FREE should be on pre-printed forms from GoldenTime
at Butterfly World Craft Village, Wroughton SN4
Classes from 2 /2 years upwards. 9QT. The closing date is 24 December.
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Lessons held at:
The Haydon Centre New parents’ support centre opens
Haydonleigh School Tori and Ben Cook launch a new active birth and toddlers yoga studio at
Abbeymeads Community School 58b, BSS House, Cheney Manor Estate with an open day on 30 November,
Blunsdon Village Halls 12noon to 4pm.
Innate Parenting Studio will be offering tasters in sing and sign, baby
Tel: 07825 543529 or 01793 524112 massage, tots sensory and soft stretch yoga, as well as active birth antenatal
Visit our website for more details: sessions, hypnobirthing and pregnancy massage.
The studio has a community space for peer support and information
www.swindonacademyofdance.co.uk exchange. For details call 07837 360489 or see www.mamabababump.co.uk

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