ON Friday, February 26 Mrs Andrea Magill retired as our centre manager. She has been running the Walcot Dome Community Centre for the last 16 years and many people will know of her.

Andrea has suffered with ill health for the past year and had decided that it was time she took things easy. She will still be helping out as a volunteer at the centre but on a much reduced basis.

The management committee would like to take this opportunity of thanking Andrea for all her efforts over the years.

The management committee will not be employing a new centre manager but are hoping to open the centre as usual; we will have to rely on volunteers from the management committee to carry out the duties and, hopefully, run the community centre efficiently for all our users.

We would like to emphasise the fact that the Walcot Dome Community Centre is not run by Swindon Borough Council. The centre is run by volunteers and, like most local community organisations, we badly need more volunteers to help keep the centre running. Of the management committee only two are able to volunteer during the day, the rest of the committee are in employment so are limited as to the amount of time they can spend at the centre.

We would also like to have more activities going on at the community centre but need people to run them. It would be nice if we could have things like a tea dance, coffee mornings etc. If any of your readers who are local residents to the centre have a couple of hours a week/month to spare then we need their help if we are to keep the centre open. They can call into the Walcot Dome if passing or telephone and leave a message on 01793 488799 or email us on walcotdome1@btconnect.com.

CAROLANNE BOND Chairman On behalf of Walcot Dome Community Centre Management Committee