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MS Therapy Centre 30th year party
Are you looking for an The Swindon Therapy Centre for Multiple Sclerosis celebrates 30 years of
Eye Test at Home? supporting people with MS at an invitation only party on 6 July.
Clients, their families
and carers, volunteers,
Do you have difficulties getting to your fundraisers and people
local optician? Then why not let us visit from partner organisa-
you at home for your eye test? tions will enjoy a pig roast,
• Free NHS test FREE * and new supporters are
• NHS vouchers accepted Eye Test welcome to register for an
• Flexible appointments invitation.
Starting as a small diet
*Call us or visit website for further details
and exercise group for
www.visionvisit.co.uk 01793 232 588 people with MS, the char-
ity now has 300 members, MS therapy centre members Chris Wilson, Leo
sixty regular volunteers and Colucci, Nicola Heape and Audrey Baines attended
its own premises in West a Buckingham Palace garden party on 6 June to
Manor Garden Centre Swindon, providing 6,000 mark the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.
Cheney Manor, Swindon therapy sessions each year. Read about the trip at www.bit/ly/msbuckhouse
01793 526691 The charity is remarkable because it last Autumn, the MBE for volunteer
Open 7 days a week has become so well established and groups.
active without any NHS funding. If you would like to support the
The year is also special because MS centre by attending the thirtieth
SPECIAL
OFFERS the therapy centre was awarded the birthday party at Bradbury House,
Quality TGB garden Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service Westmead Drive call 01793 481700.
buildings for any situation
Bespoke sizes available North to West bus link to be broken
Base laying
Thamesdown Transport has announced that the 153 service between
& installation North Swindon and Windmill Hill Business Park, calling at Lydiard Park
available Academy, will end on Friday 26 July.
www.conservatorycentres.co.uk Bus company managing director sustained on the route any longer.
Paul Jenkins has written to North Justin commented: “It is a great
Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson to say shame that, despite efforts to promote
that the number of regular users has this service to employees at Windmill
not grown sufficiently since the ser- Hill Business Park, Thamesdown
vice was launched in September 2012. Transport have not secured enough
Mr Jenkins said he had hoped to passengers to make the route finan-
keep the service going until Lydiard cially viable. I hope they will be able
Park Academy started to draw more to look at alternative options in the
pupils from North Swindon in future, perhaps with the businesses
6 Star Service from September, but the losses cannot be taking a lead on securing the service.”
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