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Busy time for Let’s Loop Swindon Brook Field pupils back charities at cake sales
sharing best practice

The campaign to ensure people who installed, but the picture is less rosy
are hearing impaired are able to in terms of how many of them are
tune into correctly working hearing functional. Fifteen premises had
loops in business premises is gath- loops installed but only nine were
ering pace around the country. working. There were six Post Offices
Dave King from Hearing Link, the with permanently installed loops
charity behind the project, said: and all worked well. But of the nine
“Swindon has been the front-runner offices with portable loops, only
of ‘Let’s Loop the UK’ since it three worked.
launched last year. Problems with portable loops are
“Volunteers have conducted more commonplace: staff appear to be
than 200 audits of businesses less well-trained in maintaining
across the town. The work of the them in working order, using them, Enterprising youngsters at Brook Field Primary School in Shaw put in a big
volunteers about what to look for or even finding them. effort to raise nearly £200 by running break time and after-school cake
has been shared with other groups The results of a survey at Swindon sales in the playground in early June.
around Britain as more towns Council’s ‘people-facing’ buildings Year 4 pupils Alicia, Ellie, Alisdair, Grace and Elloise raised £118.22 for
embrace the campaign. will be completed shortly by Let’s Cancer Research and Lara, Alicia, Charlotte and Caitlin raised £72.82 for
“It’s fantastic how we’ve received Loop Swindon volunteers. Cancer Research and the RSPCA. The groups were inspired to do something
backing from Justin Tomlinson Further surveys are planned for after a family in the school was touched by cancer and also by their stud-
MP, who is the Minister for the doctors’ surgeries and, in conjunc- ies about the plight of endangered animals.
Disabled, and Robert Buckland, who tion with GWH, training is being
has a portable loop at his weekly provided to hospital volunteers. Link Centre maintenance plan
surgeries.” For more information about Let’s
Let’s Loop Swindon has surveyed Loop Swindon, contact: Tim Mason: Leisure operators GLL have an- tile replacement, deep cleaning and
the town’s pharmacies, supermar- [email protected] or nounced Link Centre will be closed installation of a pool cover.
kets, banks and building societies, Steve Aftelak on 01793 536815 or on Monday 3 August until 12noon A three week project to refurbish
department stores, and recently [email protected] for essential maintenance including the lift will also start in August.
Post Offices. The group is organised by the testing and servicing the building’s GLL is opening a new £250,000
The Post Office audit identified 20 Rotary Community Corps, working mains power supply and repairs to gym at Haydon Centre
operating branches and concluded in partnership with www.hearing- the hot water system. in early Autumn.
the hard of hearing are reasonably link.org Read more at: The swimming pool will be shut See the exclusive joining offer
well catered for in terms of loops www.communityact.net from Monday 3rd to Wednesday on the back page.
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