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Quiz night to launch Mad March Hare 2014
Hare brains will spring into action on Wednesday 13 November, 7.30pm, to
launch next year’s Mad March Hare in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Wiltshire Group.
Teams can be of six to eight mem- The sixth Mad March Hare event
bers, or you can join one when you takes place on Sunday 23 March,
arrive at Swindon Town Football Club. starting and finishing at Lydiard Park
Tickets are £6 per person and Academy.
include a buffet. There will also be The annual 5km or 10km walk/
a raffle. jog/run has raised over £60,000 for
Mail: [email protected] to Breakthrough over the last five years.
reserve a ticket. www.madmarchhare.org.uk
Sign up for HJ1act

The Harold Jolliffe One-Act Play Festival is Swindon’s premier theatre
festival, and a wide variety of plays will be brought to the Arts Centre
again in 2014.
The festival gives drama groups the chance to progress in two national
competitions and is a really enjoyable event to take part in, giving young ac-
tors and crews a great taste of what it’s like to perform in a professional venue.
Find out more at www.swindonweb.com/hj1act

14 to 19 year olds have their own writers’ group

Young writers have been gather-
ing at Central Library since March
this year under the guidance of
author Hilda Sheehan, right, and
exploring all kinds of writing.
All 14 to 19 year olds are wel-
come to take part on alternate
Wednesdays between 7pm and
9pm, and it is free to join in.
Details at www.14to19writing
group.blogspot.co.uk or mail:
swindonyoungwriters@gmail.
com

Appeal for real life childhood stories
for new book supporting Wiltshire’s youth

The Youth Life Project is looking for
people of all ages and backgrounds
to submit stories, poems or artworks
that reflect their own young life
experiences for inclusion in a com-
pilation entitled Our Story.
The project aims to restore the
faith lost in young people and equip
them with the skills required to make
positive life choices.
Profits from the book will support
the charity’s activities on behalf of
Wiltshire’s young people.
Explaining the idea for the an-
thology, Youth Life Project founder demonstrate that someone out there
Danielle Brown, pictured, said: “Our has been through similar situations.”
Story is part of the YouthStories cam- To be considered for inclusion in
paign, providing a channel through ‘Our Story’, mail entries to: youthlife-
which people can communicate their [email protected]
thoughts, feelings and experiences. They can take the form of letters,
“Our Story will help bridge the gap short stories, artist’s impressions, case
between young people and adults, studies, newspaper articles, comic
and give the young people a platform strips, a poem or however you best
to have their voice. express your feelings. Entries must
“The stories from older people be true; include a title and your age.
will show the youth how they have Find out more at www.youthlife-
dealt with things in the past and project.org
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