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Council wants to help you cut energy costs Free fire safety checks on offer
Swindon residents have until Monday 3 June to sign up for an initiative After a number of deaths from fire at homes in the last two years Wiltshire
being launched by Swindon Borough Council to save money on household Fire & Rescue Service is offering free fire safety checks to people who meet
energy costs. certain criteria.
Called The Big Community Switch, the scheme will use the combined These include people living on their own, the elderly, the disabled, families
buying power of residents of the borough to negotiate cheaper prices with with young children, and properties that are houseboats, thatched or mobile
energy companies. The scheme is run in partnership with ichoosr, but there homes. Information packs are available for all other households.
is no obligation to accept the offer negotiated. To see if you qualify for a home visit, call 0800 389 7849 or see www.
Similar schemes elsewhere in the country have brought savings of at least wiltsfire.gov.uk
£60 a year, and although no assurances are made, if the council reaches its
target of households taking part, potential savings of £150 are anticipated. Freshbrook play space made safe
If they like the deal negotiated, residents will deal directly with the suc-
cessful energy company, but for now they just need to go online or visit the Swindon Council has funded work to knock down crumbling brick
One Stop Shop in Beckhampton Street to register. walls around an old play area between Crawford and Cottington Close
Fnd out more at: www.swindon.gov.uk/energyswitch in Freshbrook. The bricks around raised beds have been removed leaving
the existing shrubs in place on top of shaped earth banks.
The large granite block humps
in the middle of the site have also
Manor Garden Centre been removed, leaving a tarmaced
Cheney Manor, Swindon open space.
01793 526691 The play area was transferred from
Open 7 days a week the parks department to the council
housing department over ten years
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Residents protested that the danger www.calyxpix.com
Base laying had to be sorted out immediately. scrape together the money to make
& installation After the accident grandmother Jan- good what had become a dangerous
available ice Oliver said she had emailed the situation. I hope the local youngsters
www.conservatorycentres.co.uk council about the poor condition of will enjoy the larger open space now
the walls in 2011. that the humps have gone, whilst
West Swindon Forum chairman the shrubs on banks will continue to
Nick Martin who met residents on protect the houses nearby.”
site with Freshbrook councillor Mick Freshbrook councillor Cindy Mat-
Bray last August, pictured below, thews said she was pleased that the
said he was glad the work had been space has been tidied up and danger-
UNITS 19-20 KENDRICK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE done. “It’s taken about two years to ous features removed.
SWINDON WILTS SN2 2DU

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SANSUM SAND & GRAVEL SUPPLY TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC AND TRADE CUSTOMERS

BRICKS,
CONCRETE BLOCKS,

CELCON BLOCKS,
BLOCK PAVING,
PATIO SLABS, SAND, Shirley Bassey act to star at
Down’s Syndrome James Bond ball
GRAVEL, TOP SOIL, BARK, The Swindon Down's Syndrome Group is holding a James Bond Charity
CANTABURY SPAR, Ball on Saturday 6 July at the Marriott Hotel in Swindon to raise money
LANDSCAPE FABRIC, to fund speech and language therapy groups for all children with Down’s
syndrome within the SN postcode area.
DRAINAGE CHANNELS, Nearly £18,000 a year is needed to sustain the service.
The evening consists of a 4-course meal, auction, raffle, disco and a Shir-
BUILDING CHEMICALS, ley Bassey look and sound alike. Tickets cost £55 each or £50 each when
ROCK SALT AND CEMENT purchased as a 10 table package.
For tickets contact Down Syndrome Group treasurer Kim West on 07732
www.sansums.co.uk 064889 or mail: [email protected]

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