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A weekend of good food and wine in Swindon in June Autism/ADHD
Family Fun Day
The first Swindon Food & Drink Sunday 3 May, 12noon to 3pm
Festival takes place at Lydiard Park Swindon Rugby Club
on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June Stalls, bouncy castles, buzzwire,
and you can win a ticket to it to face painting, funfair rides, martial
meet some of the cooks you see on arts and majorettes displays
TV, as well as enjoy a wide range See details on Facebook: Swindon
of cooking demonstrations, talks, Autism/ADHD Family Funday
food experiences and products, wine
classes and live music. Osteoporosis talk
Amongst the celebrity chefs taking Dr David Collins, consultant
part will the BBC MasterChef judge rheumatologist at Great Western
Gregg Wallace. You’ll be able to Hospital, is the guest speaker at
judge Gregg as he cooks up a storm Plan to spend a relaxing June weekend eating and drinking the Swindon Osteoporosis Support
of his favourite recipes. Group on Friday 8 May, 1.30pm, at
Remember Cathryn Dresser from aging visitors to get baking too. Over the two days Yealands Estate Central Community Centre, Emlyn
the 2012 series of BBC2’s Great TV presenter and hugely popular from Marlborough in New Zealand Square SN1 5BP.
British Bake Off. She’ll be encour- writer, Stefan Gates, renowned for will be offering free international The group aims to improve the
his extraordinary food adventures wine talks and tastings. quality of life of people with
Win a family ticket in CBBC’s Gastronaut Live will mix With a host of food producers osteoporosis by raising awareness
to the Festival cooking with science and French there will be something for every- and understanding of the condition.
baker extraordinaire Richard Berti-
one. On Saturday the event runs
See details of future meetings at
Garden Events Limited is offering net will demonstrate his passion for from 10am to 7pm and on Sunday www.swindonosteoporosis.com or
five family tickets. To enter, send patisserie. 10am to 5pm. contact 07771 608018 or email:
your details with your answer to Pamela Chen More will demon- All demonstrations, classes, swindonosteoporosis@googlemail.
this question: strate the Flavours of China and talks and music are included in com
Tastes of Taiwan before Mark Lloyd the entry price of £7 on the day, or
In which Swindon park shows how wild food can be a rich £6 if purchased online. Talks and
will the festival be held? source of free ingredients to cook demonstrations are on a first come Mind, body, spirit show
28 May, 2pm to 6pm
a) Coleshill; b) Queens; c) Lydiard delicious with. first seated basis and the Interna- Gorsehill Community Centre
Email: [email protected] The head chefs from the Snooty tional Wine talks are limited to a Admission: £2
Terms & Conditions: One entry per Mehmaan Restaurant and Restau- maximum of 70 people to ensure a Holistic therapies, beauty
household. Prize: Family Tickets to be won rant 56 in Faringdon will be sharing quality sampling and talk. treatments, retail therapy,
by five individual winners. The competition secrets and local contributions Tickets can be purchased on the home made cakes and refreshments
is drawn 1 June 2015. No cash alternative. include Spanish recipes from Los day and online at: www.swindon-
Judges decision is final. Full T&C available Proceeds to charity.
by emailing Garden Events Ltd. Open to Gatos, French cuisine from Bistro festival.com Facebook: Inner Flame Events
persons 18 years and over. The Family Les Chats, Fratello’s Italian dishes,
Tickets will be posted out in advance with and The Core will demonstrate how
winners notified in writing.
delicious raw food can be.

Hypnotherapy explained
Mark Altree who prac- gestions go into the
tices in Royal Wootton sub-conscious where
Bassett is often asked they are most effective.
to explain what a Examples of this are
hypnotherapist does things like weight loss,
and how hypnotherapy driving test nerves,
can help. He writes: interviews, wedding
Most people’s speeches, and even fear
knowledge of hypnosis of flying.
comes from things Hypnosis in the form
they have heard or of hypnoanalysis can
seen on television. The also be very effective
truth is far less dramatic. There’s no with long-standing anxieties and
hocus-pocus or mind control, and more wide ranging personal issues.
a hypnotherapist certainly has no This work is more involved but is
control or power over a client. also very rewarding.
Hypnosis is simply a very effective If you are considering seeing a
method of relaxing a person to such hypnotherapist, try to find one
an extent that allows access to that is either recommended by
part of your brain you can’t usually someone you know or belongs to a
get to, the part that can help us professional body such as the IAEBP.
to achieve the things we might be Also, most therapists offer a free
struggling with. initial consultation to answer any
The most common type of hypno- questions you may have, with no
therapy is called suggestion therapy. obligation and before any therapy
This is where, during hypnosis, the takes place.
therapist suggests new behavioural If Mark can help, see his advert on
patterns to the client, and because page 32 or
of the hypnotic state, these sug- www.markaltreehypnotherapy.com
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