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St. John’s Haydon Wick ASAP (Alcohol Support & Advice Project)
launches community support groups
On Thames Avenue
next door to
Morrisons
Contact:
Revd Raymond Adams
Tel: 634258
Sunday 9am Traditional communion service
Services 11am Eventful, contemporary worship
with children’s groups meeting
www.stjohnshaydonwick.org.uk
Open to all, serving tea, coffee, cakes & light lunches
Fridays and Saturdays: 10am - 2pm ASAP team, from left, Jane Cook, Sarah Davies, Sharon Austin, Nigel
Fry, Kim Smith, Dave Gordon, Neil Webdell
A new approach to support anyone ASAP is available at:
with alcohol related issues - either North Swindon Library: Mondays,
by misusing alcohol themselves or 10.30am to 12.30pm;
being affected by the behaviour of Pinehurst, Pinetrees Centre:
friends and loved ones under the Tuesdays, 11am to 1.30pm;
influence - has been launched. Highworth Library: Tuesdays, 10am
Initially Alcohol Support & Advice to 4pm (from 15 September);
Project or ASAP is being targetted
at Highworth, The Parks/Walcot and Penhill Community Centre:
North Swindon. Wednesdays, 10.30am to 1pm
If you would like support in Restore, St John’s Church,
overcoming your addiction but are Park South: Wednesdays, 10am to
unsure what to do, ASAP can offer 12noon.
advice or take you along for an ASAP is also looking for volunteers
assessment. and peer mentors to fill supports
For those who are struggling with roles within the team. Training and
people around them, ASAP can give supervision will be provided.
emotional and practical support For details contact: asap.
that covers all the family regardless [email protected] or call 01793
New Life Church - Swindon of age. 401720 or 07786 688509

Committed to the mission of Making a difference
loving people and changing lives to local people
for the best in CHRIST
Volunteers provide vital support to organisations in Swindon and the
Join us each Sunday morning people they are working with. Here are a range of opportunities to
for an awesome time participate in.
of worship and the Word. Swindon Intermediate Care Centre The Emporium of Loveliness charity
10am to 12 noon at Roughmoor Community Hall is a re-ablement centre for patients shop raises money for education
Swinley Drive, Peatmoor, Swindon SN5 5AP treated at Great Western Hospi- projects in the Gambia. Helping
tal who require help to become out in the shop is ideal for anybody
For more information, visit: www.new-life-church.co.uk independent again and live at home. with a passion for beautiful clothes,
Contact: Pastor Matthew Hamza on 0789 1001572 You will be helping provide patients quirky designs and unusual fabrics.
with tea or coffee, chatting, helping Swindon College is looking for
with lunch and general duties on volunteers to help with literacy and
the ward as required. numeracy classes. This could mean

West Swindon and Lydiard Tregoze Love gardening? DASH is looking helping an individual or a group, or
Church Partnership for volunteers for their allotment doing some administrative tasks.
Classes run during the daytime and
project in Cheney Manor to work
Please join us in worship on Sunday mornings independently alongside adults with in the evening.
Aspergers, but are not required to
Westlea Church, Westlea School: 10am act as a support worker. Regular To find out how you can get in-
volved in these or any of the many
St Mary’s Lydiard Tregoze or one off help would be much ap- other volunteering opportunities
- the church in the park: 10am preciated. contact Volunteer Centre Swindon
Holy Trinity, Shaw: 10.30am The Penhill Luncheon Club provides on 01793 420557 or email: info@
Toothill Church: 10.30am pensioners with a warm and safe swindonvolunteers.org.uk
Or drop into 1 John Street,
place to socialise, as well as a
For details of these and our other services cooked meal. The club runs on Swindon between 11am and 3pm
call the Partnership Office on 01793 874221 Wednesdays and needs assistance Monday to Friday to discuss options
Email: [email protected] Website: WSwinlyd.org.uk to set up the tables, as well as help- in person.
ing with serving food, washing up See the new Do-it website:
Anglican • Baptist • Methodist • United Reformed Church
and clearing away afterwards. www.do-it.org
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