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The Trust STFC column with chairman Steve Mytton
At time of writing we’re just coming out of a very bad run of results, and morale is low within the fan base. Of course we’ve seen these bad times come and go previously so it’s important that supporters stick together and try and bring about a positive outcome in the coming crucial weeks. Haydon Wick Primary School show
Let’s encourage a positive support for the Pro Red scheme atmosphere in the stadium as we strive to get back to winning ways Recently he met up with the and into a more secure league principal of Haydon Wick Primary position. School, Aine Gale, who had this
Individual adult tickets for any to say: “We are delighted to sign Swindon Town home match are up to the Pro Red initiative. We available for just £15 through the have many pupils in the school ‘Pro Red’ scheme, a saving of £10 who regularly play football for fun on normal prices, so please help and more competitively in teams us to spread the word about this throughout Swindon. It is great to great club offer. Anyone who is support the local team!” local with a young family member Finally, the Trust team continue in their household can definitely to meet on a monthly basis and benefit from this deal, so please ask have many projects on the go. them to visit the Pro Red website: Unfortunately it’s not possible to www.pro-red.co.uk and sign up share all of those details at the to this fantastic scheme that moment but you will hear more in encourages a larger fanbase for our the very near future, so until then – future. please keep supporting us via www.
Trust board member Simon redarmyfund.co.uk Cowley continues to promote the Your Club, Your Trust scheme among Swindon schools. www.truststfc.com
Ditch the car for the commute?
On Two Wheels by Rob Derry of Swindon Bicycle Users Group (BUG)
I’ve been having to drive to work a bit more frequently than I have over the last 10 years.
Why do so many people put themselves through that when there is a good alternative for a lot of them?
There are roadworks all over the place, the queues form in exactly the same places at the same times every day and still people drive the 3 or 4 miles to work or to the shops or even shorter distances to drop the kids off at school.
One day, my journey to work (that usually takes just under 30 minutes on my bike) took me 57 minutes.
So, realistically, could you ditch the car for a small percentage of your journeys?
Think how great the roads are during the school holidays, when it’s estimated that traffic levels drop by 20%. To put that in to context, that same level of reduction could be achieved by people committing to not travel by car just once a week.
I know this is a cycling column but could you walk, take the bus or car-share for just one day a week?
Of course, there are many people who cannot do this due to their schedule, or that they need to carry lots of things for work. But if only 50% of drivers could commit to cycling (or using any means of non-car transport) just once a week, we could reduce traffic by 10%. That would help everyone get round quicker and maybe we wouldn’t then need all these roadworks that are trying to increase the capacity of the roads.
In other news, it has been announced that HSBC are the new sponsors of British Cycling, taking over from Sky who have done a lot of good work to encourage more cycling. Let’s hope HSBC can pick up where Sky have left off and improve things further.
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Previously based on Victoria www.barburykitchens.co.uk
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