Swindon Civic Trust

Read what has happened in our newsletter for summer 2009 and how you can help.

Swindon Civic Trust has asked Peter James, Managing Director of the
New Swindon Company to address this question in the light of the
recession, global warming and a possible central canal route.

His talk will take place at Heelis, the National Trust Central Office,
Kemble Drive at 7.30 pm on Thursday 16 April.

Entry:  £4, includes light refreshments, free to Swindon Civic Trust Members.

Download the Event Flier

Here is a recording of the talk by Holly Huber Swindon Borough Council to the Civic Trust on June 5th 2008 on Building Communities That Work.

She talks about how the design of the built environment affects how well communities form.

The more doors and windows that face the street and the slower the traffic is, the better the community spirit tends to be.

Listen to the full talk here!

We recorded the talk by Paul Davies of the Civic Trust on their Night Vision Project, the planned Purple Flag Awards and the Swindon pilot study.

There are links on the Civic Trust’s Night Vision webpage to powerpoint slides and the full report etc.

The Night Vision project attempts to provide a framework and set of standards to help regenerate town centres in the evening .

URGENT APPEAL: can you store some of the equipment and material owned by the New Mechanics Institute Trust and the Swindon Civic Trust? Since the Mechanics Trust has been evicted from the Community Crossroads, some of this needs a home.

If you can help, please contact Donald Brunwin at donald@swindoncivictrust.org.uk.