Piper's Area

Our AGM is this Saturday 29 April in Croft Sports Centre starting at 10.00am, and will finish at 11.45am.
Everyone is welcome, there will be a chance for Q&A, so please come and have your say about what's important to you.

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We had a very successful planting event at our 5 sites around Old Town- on the corner of Newport St and Devizes Road, the bed opposite Rose Earle's, the bed behind the bus stop at the Co-op and the bed beside Mr Cod on Sunday 15 May.

To visit our Facebook page, please click here:
www.facebook.com/pipersarea

DISPOSAL OF CROFT PLAYING FIELDS PUBLIC MEETING Wednesday 2nd April 8.docx
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Changes to Leisure Facilities
Possibly one of the best summaries of the concerns about the proposed changes to leisure facilities in Swindon can be found here:
http://www.swindonlink.com/news/swindon-leisure-facilities-in-danger-of-developer-dealings

The council's own brochure advertising the leisure centres is worth looking at Swindon Leisure centres sales brochure.

There was an online questionnaire in leisure and culture sports forum on resident’s current use of the facilities. It remained open until 5pm on 3^rd March.

Link: www.leisureinswindon.co.uk

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Hesketh Crescent Play Area plans: https://www.facebook.com/SwindonSouth

"Take a Stand" aims to supply free cycle parking to people and organisations in an effort to help promote cycling by providing ample parking space to all those who love to travel by bike. There is no catch: simply apply, and if you are eligible you will be able to receive up to 2 free cycle parking stands, which we are happy to deliver.

http://www.lifecycleuk.org.uk/free-cycle-parking

This is what it looked like before the planting:

Photos of the rest of the Clean Up + are on the Old Town Spring Clean page There are also some great photographs on Swindon Web.

Photo of the SCS workman digging out the old ivy.

Old Town Clean Up +
This included a refurbishment and replanting of the flower bed on the corner of Newport St, Devizes Road and Croft Road, opposite the Wheatsheaf, and more improvements took place in Newport Street and its surroundings.

Here's a copy of the poster:

A Leisure and Culture Commissioning Change Programme

The Council aims to seek alternative ways to ensure the continued delivery of sustainable Leisure and Culture provision in the Borough.

The Council is looking to have a true consultation on their proposals, to have a look at their ideas, click on 'Leisure and Culture' on the left hand side, and on their website: www.swindon.gov.uk

Draft Swindon Borough Local Plan

Residents of Swindon were asked to respond to the draft local plan by 6pm on the 21st of February. It will be interesting to know what the responses focused on and how the Council responds. There were over 700 responses to the Local Plan. Feedback from the Council due on the 28th of March.

The Local Plan 2026 is available here:

http://www.swindon.gov.uk/localplan

For more information on the Local Plan, please click on 'Local Plan Information' page.

Tree Planting

We were involved in tree and shrub planting on the Evelyn Street embankment.

This happened over 2 days, the 16th/17th of November. On the 16th, pupils from Croft School, their parents, teachers, local residents and Swindon Rangers started the tree planting process which was completed the following Saturday morning.

It was a great success, thanks go to Adrian Downing who organised everything , the Woodland Trust who donated 60 trees, Councillor Nadine Watts and Martin Hambidge of SBC.

Piper's Area - Old Town, Swindon