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Focus on inequality
A public talk will be held at the
Baptist Church in Gorse Hill
which asks the question ‘How
inevitable is inequality?’
The event will be held on
Thursday 30 March from 7pm to
8.30pm. Guest speakers include
Bishop of Swindon Lee Rayfield
and Economist and academic
Stewart Lansley.
The free event has been
organised by the Swindon
Equality Group and the Spirit of
Swindon group.
To find out more log on to
www.equalitytrust.org.uk
The new owners of the Check Inn, suppliers is key to what we are pub again. It’s been manic, but Women in Business
Wroughton have emphasised their trying to do here. For instance, we really good.
desire to bring a local focus back would rather pay more to have “We’ve got plans to really A strategy workshop to help
to the establishment. our vegetables come to us from expand upon this idea, so we women in business is one of many
Sharon Johnson took over the across the road than have them will be bringing music back to sessions at this year’s Swindon
Check Inn in late November prepackaged and frozen. We scrub the pub, we are opening all day, & Wiltshire Women in Business
2016 and has since overseen and hand cut all our chips and every day instead of closing in the Conference, on Wednesday March
its transformation from Thai if we aren’t able to get certain afternoons, we will be doing a beer 8 at Bowood Resort near Calne.
restaurant back to being a ingredients because of seasonal and cider festival, quizzes, all the It will be led by Wiltshire-based
community pub with a local focus. constraints, we ask the supplier things you’d expect but done with mentor Isla Baliszewska. The
This is especially evident in their for their recommendation for an our own style. conference programme includes
choice of suppliers, with all the alternative. The pub aims to appeal to the expert speakers, interactive
ingredients for the rustic menu “It’s almost a back to basics growing Wichelstowe area as well workshops, networking and
coming from connections within approach, a more old fashioned as the existing communities in exhibitions. Tickets: £35. www.
Swindon. In fact, the eggs and offering to the community and it Wroughton and the surrounding theenterprisenetwork.co.uk/
dairy products barely travel over a seems to be working. We’ve had areas. women-in-business
mile to get to the pub. lots of people come in telling us For more information visit:
Sharon said: “The links with our how much they needed a proper /checkinnwroughton Support group talk
Wiltshire Farms Foods will be
carefully managed). These nights the subject of the talk at the
are the second Tuesday of each next meeting of the Swindon
month. Osteoporosis Support Group.
“Swindon’s own sketch troupe The meeting is on Friday, 10
The Institute of Complementary March at 1.30pm at the Central
Comedy are also setting up shop Community Centre, Emlyn Square.
at The Bohemian Balcony and are Entrance is £2.50. For further
looking for new members so if you information call Ali on 634424.
want to perform and create new
sketch comedy then come along to Bake ‘N’ Roll new
The Bohemian Balcony continues to draw support from across Swindon a free workshop on 15 March.” evening hours
The Balcony, sited at the
Launch night for the Balcony Palladium Cinema building on Popular cafe/bakery Bake ‘N’
Roll on Groundwell Road will be
Jennings Street in Rodbourne, has
Arts space, The Bohemian Balcony, presenter turned comic theatre been utilised as a bingo hall and opening on Thursday to Saturday
evenings from 5.30pm to 9.30pm.
will have its official launch on producer Sean Hodgson. printing house before local teacher Featuring an on site bakery that
Wednesday 1 March. Sean said: “Over the past few Dan Rivers struck a deal with the
Having recently taken part in months I’ve been part of the team building’s owners to renovate and provides fresh produce on a daily
basis, the new evening menus will
the January Swindon Soup event moving, shifting and painting to use the space for the creative arts feature a range of meals to suit
gaining a boost of £200 to go help create what will be quite a once more. all tastes. For more information,
towards set up costs and further unique collective and collaborative Dan said: “We have so many visit: /BakenRoll-Bakery-Cafe
projects, the Bohemian Balcony is arts space. It already gives off the brilliant people living in Swindon,
rapidly becoming a focal point for vibe of a mid 1960s underground but our arts scene can sometimes Hamlet rebooted
the artistic community of Swindon. artsy rock club. All we need now is be fragmented with people Local actor and videogame
The space now hosts a monthly Pink Floyd and some lava lamps! working in pockets. What we want enthusiast Edward Day is trying
Swindon Scratch night for “The Swindon Scratch is an to do is unite these people in a to raise £3000 for his new
performers from across the arts to opportunity for theatre groups, space that informs and excites project, Super Hamlet 64: Parody
test new material, as well as acting writers and comedians to try out them, that gives them somewhere DLC, Hamlet in a computer game
as the base for creative writers, new material. The added benefit to connect and share ideas. style. The show is at Swindon’s
theatre groups, photographers, is that the audience are actively Launching this space will be the Shoebox Theatre on 27 May.
musicians and comedians, including required to give feedback and tell next step towards that I hope.” Tickets £10. http://bit.ly/hamlet64
former Swindon Live and Local radio the acts what they think (this is bohemianbalcony.com
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