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West Swindon and Lydiard Tregoze
Church Partnership

Please join us in worship on Sunday mornings
Westlea Church, Westlea School: 10am
St Mary’s Lydiard Tregoze
- the church in the park: 10am
Holy Trinity, Shaw: 10.30am
Toothill Church: 10.30am
For details of these and our other services
call the Partnership Office on 01793 874221
Email: wspartnershipoffice@gmail.com Website: WSwinlyd.org.uk
Celebrating International Women’s Day in 2014
Anglican • Baptist • Methodist • United Reformed Church
Swindon will champion
St. John’s Haydon Wick
On Thames Avenue female equality in March
next door to INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day There will also be creative
Morrisons (IWD) Swindon takes place on workshops such as henna hand
Contact: Saturday 7 March, 11am to 4pm. painting, bunting making skills,
Focussed locally on ‘Equality for
poetry and song - including Asian
Revd Raymond Adams Women is Equality for All,’ IWD song and dance, and creative
Tel: 634258 Swindon 2015 promotes equality journalism.
Sunday 9am Traditional communion service for women, celebrates The volunteers involved
Services 11am Eventful, contemporary worship women’s achievements Friday 6 March, want to establish
with children’s groups meeting and aims to raise 11am Interdenominational IWD Swindon as
www.stjohnshaydonwick.org.uk awareness about Women’s World Day of Prayer. a regular fixture in
Swindon’s event
women’s groups
St Mary’s, Lydiard Park. All
Open to all, serving tea, coffee, cakes & light lunches and charities in the welcome. For details: Suzanne calendar and to
Fridays and Saturdays: 10am - 2pm town. Bullimore, 01793 870458 or capture growing
suzannebullimore62
Over 20 groups will public awareness of the
@gmail.com
hold stands at Central role of women in society.
Library, and the day will Organisers would
be complemented by activities, welcome sponsorship from local
workshops and performances. Talks businesses and are looking for
will address subjects such as ‘What further participants, volunteers and
women want: Equal pay not low partners to make this a vibrant and
pay’ and ‘Women Mean Business- colourful event. For details, email:
How can you work better?’ iwdswindon@gmail.com
Young relationships - it’s

not all sweetness and light

WITH Valentine’s Day coming grant from the Police & Crime
up on 14 February, and all the Commissioner, has been able to
acompanying hype, you may be employ a dedicated Young Persons
thinking that romance is all about Independent Domestic Violence
walks in the park, kissing in the Advisor who works with the highest
back row of the cinema or a box risk cases.
‘Reaching out to welcome all’ of chocolates, writes Jo Heaven of Since 2013 over 80 young people
Swindon Women’s Aid. have been directly supported by
Services each However, 25 per cent of girls and Swindon Women’s Aid. This number
Sunday at 18 per cent of boys aged between is increasing with more referrals
8am & 16 and 25 years old, are in fact the from schools, colleges, social
victims of relationship violence.
services and the police.
10.30am
Derogatory remarks and moody From living in fear of their
silences are replaced with threats, boyfriend or girlfriend, these
Full provision for children and assault and rape with many young young people learn what a healthy
young people at every 10.30am service people feeling this is a ‘normal relationship is and are able to raise
Parking opposite the Church relationship’ as it’s what they have their expectations of what they will
at Lydiard Millicent Parish Hall. witnessed with their own parents, tolerate in their own relationships.
their peer groups or from the media. If you are affected by domestic
For details call Revd Tudor Roberts
Swindon Women’s Aid has
on 01793 772417 recognised this under reported violence contact Swindon Women’s
Aid on 01793 610610 or visit

www.allsaints-online.org.uk problem and, through a 2013 swindonwomensaid.org
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