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Celebrate food, glorious - local - food
Nowadays everybody wants to know where their food comes from which is why Purton House Organic Farm
is holding 'A Celebration of Local' on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 May, 11am to 3pm.
Hosted by the newly expanded produce at affordable prices all in range meat pies, alongside their own
Purton Farm Shop, the event is a one place. organic range of meats, vegetables, Purton Food Festival
showcase for local producers and “This event is a true celebration of fruits and free range eggs. 4th-5th May 2013
will offer the perfect opportunity bringing everything local together The is no charge to take part in Farm walks, cookery/butchery
to see where food is grown, talk to - growers, producers, suppliers, and the food festival. Visitors will also be demos, local food stands,
producers and suppliers, and sample the most important ingredient, able to walk round the farm, see the homemade pizzas & snacks
and buy from local sources. consumers.” animals and enjoy light refreshments.
Kate Robinson who runs the new Purton House farm shop carries Find out about the famous Purton Saturday & Sunday 11am-3pm
look farm shop said: “We are pas- an extensive range of locally sourced House vegetable/fruit and meat Church End, Purton
sionate about providing a community produce, including cheeses, butters, boxes, and juicing boxes, newly Swindon SN5 4EB
hub of locally and ethically sourced breads, jams and chutneys, and free introduced to give you a Springtime Tel: 01793 772287
health kick start. See details in the www.purtonhouseorganics.co.uk
Forum to discuss Mannington traffic problems advert on the right.
The opening of M&S Simply Food at Mannington Retail Park will add to
the success of the site at the junction of Great Western Way and Wootton Do you have
Bassett Road, and create more traffic difficulties. You look after them,
With John Lewis at home and Next up with vehicles trying to enter the a spare room? We’ll look after you
well established there, the arrival of park from Great Western Way. Add Supported Lodgings is a way of providing young
another attraction could cause more into the mix the traffic trying to leave people with a form of independent living within
traffic congestion on one of Swindon’s the retail park onto Wootton Bassett a family setting. It is for young people aged 16
– 21, many of whom have lived in foster care
busiest roundabouts. Road and it’s a recipe for more chaos. and are not ready to live on their own. Being a
Already at really busy times there The issue will be discussed at the Supported Lodgings Carer can be carried out
alongside your existing employment.
is near gridlock as traffic leaving the West Swindon Forum in the library You will be paid for the use of the room and to
town centre and turning left from at Link Centre on Monday 13 June, assist the Young Person. You will be supported
Wootton Bassett Road gets caught 6.30pm for 7pm. throughout the placement.
Tel: 01793 465700
Email: [email protected]
Swindon
Healthwatch - the new voice of the Supported Lodgings fosteringswindon.org.uk
patient in the new look NHS J54570/10
Healthwatch Swindon’s manager Jo Osorio writes
Did you notice? Since last month watch organisations in each social
a whole lot of new health service services authority area like Swindon
organisations have been working will work together with local people
away, planning, commissioning or and with Healthwatch England to get
buying NHS care. the best out of health and care services.
Most of the changes aren’t going All health and care providers are Join your local hospice lottery
to affect us directly – at least not expected to listen to the people they
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differently and, often, closer to where Every voice counts and Health- £1
we live. watch is here to make sure that hap-
The same applies at Swindon Bor- pens; to be influential and authorita-
ough Council where less money means tive and to include people from all
changes to the way social services are communities – particularly where
provided – and who gets them. people feel excluded.
One of the new organisations is Doubtful? Don’t be – but we will
Healthwatch Swindon. It’s new and, depend on hearing what you think; £1,000
although it receives its funds from the and then joining with us to make
council (and will account for their sure Healthwatch Swindon works
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health and social care services, for and talk. If you’re involved with a local or call 01793 816190 to join
people of all ages; and it has replaced group or organisation of any kind,
this magazine’s namesake, the Local please invite us.
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