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Scrapstore free family fun day 20 July Help your sport make its mark
Swindon Scrapstore, the low cost community resource centre and environmen- Swindon Sports Forum has launched its drive to recruit sport-specific
tal charity, has settled into its new base at 2, Bramble Close, Elgin Industrial volunteers to act as lead coordinators to help drive the Swindon Sports
Estate, Swindon, SN2 8DW and is inviting supporters to an eco-family event Strategy forward.
on Saturday 20 July, 10am to 2pm. Sixteen priority sports are identified in the strategy:
There will be arts and crafts activities, facepainting, seed planting, tombola, Gold sports are football, swimming, athletics/running, cycling, ice sports.
and refreshments. It’s a chance to see how Scrapstore recycles office and
industrial waste for community groups, parents, childminders, play leaders Silver sports: basketball, tennis, badminton, skate park sports, netball, cricket,
and teachers. For details call 01793 513982. www.scrapstore.co.uk bowls, golf, rugby union, boxing, table tennis.
If you think you have the organisational and inter-personal skills to coordinate
Cooking for over 55s in Freshbrook meetings between local clubs and regional/national organisations to push for
Are you feeling lonely? Would you like to learn some basic cooking skills in improvements, find out more and apply at www.do-it.org or call Volunteer
a small friendly social group? Centre Swindon on 01793 420557.
Places are available on the next four week Let’s Get Cooking course in July
at Freshbrook Community Centre. For details call Emma Tanner on 01793 Prospect Hospice sets two summer challenges
870526 (daytime).
Prospect Hospice, the Wroughton-based charity that last year supported
nearly 2,000 people with its end-of-life care services, is seeking people to
FIAT & ALFA ROMEO raise funds for its work in a series of activities and events.
Take a leap for Prospect at the participation open air swimming
✶ All cars welcome annual abseil down 133 feet from fundraiser.
✶ cam belt replacement the top of the Jury’s Inn Hotel on Things settle down on 7 September
✶ engine & gearbox repairs & Sunday 21 July. when Prospect welcomes the com-
If taking a dip is more appealing, munity to its ever-popular garden fete
rebuilds the hospice is holding its first big at the hospice in Wroughton from 12
✶ electrical fault code reading swimming event at Bowmoor Sailing noon to 4pm.
✶ MOT repairs Lake on Saturday 10 August. There Register for one of the fundraisers
✶ vehicle sales are three distances - 500m, 1.3km via www.prospect-hospice.net or call
✶ servicing to light commercials Open 8.30am - 5.30pm and 3.8km - in the region’s only mass- 01793 816161 for further details.
Call for friendly advice, reliable service & quotes. All major credit & debit cards
OPTIMA MOTORS 39A Station Road, Find out how writing a book can change
Tel: (01793) 840667 Wootton Bassett your life at Lydiard House in July
Alison Thompson from Faringdon has developed a short course for people
who have an idea for a non-fiction book, but need guidance on how to
develop a structure and the content for publication.
In March she pub- to other aspiring authors
lished The Boy From and help them make their
Hell: Life with a Child dream become a reality.”
with ADHD, a reveal- Alison’s workshop
ing account of her life. called ‘Take your non-
While not yet a best- fiction book from pos-
seller, Alison has been sibility to plan’ takes
overwhelmed by the place at Lydiard House
response from other on Thursday 25 July and
families going through Saturday 7 September.
similar experiences. Register for a place at www.possibili-
As a result she has discovered two tytoplan.eventbrite.co.uk
new passions – to raise awareness • The Boy From Hell: Life with a Child
of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity with ADHD is available from Amazon.
Disorder and help families affected Details: www.theboyfromhell.co.uk
by it and she is now in demand as a
public speaker; the second is to help Blogging positive
other people become experts in their about the town
own field by writing their own books. Angela Atkinson from Grange Park
Alison said: “Becoming a pub- has started to write a blog highlight-
lished author has opened many doors ing the good things about Swindon
to me and I’ve found the whole pro- to put right the unfair criticism the
cess exciting and rewarding. I want town receives in the local and national
everyone to experience this - which is media. Read what she thinks at www.
why I want to pass on my knowledge swindonian.wordpress.com
Salsa night with Sharron on 12 July, 7.30pm
Cuban/Salsa evening at Revolution Vodka Bar raising money for Action for
Charity Cycle Cuba in aid of breast cancer, ovarian cancer and
cervical cancer in October. Tickets £10 includes entry and Salsa lesson
on the door or from [email protected]
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