NORTH WILTS FESTIVAL: VISITORS to the North Wiltshire Festival will help boost the Gazette's appeal to buy a new ambulance for Wiltshire St John Ambulance.

A donation of 25p from the sale of every £1 programme from the event will go to our appeal to raise £40,000 to buy a state-of-the-art Crusader ambulance.

The North Wiltshire Festival starts on July 26 and runs until Sunday, July 28 at Monkton Park, Chippenham.

The Gazette is one of the sponsors of the festival, which is expected to attract 100,000 people.

On Friday the focus is on business with talks and seminars throughout the day.

Saturday's programme includes demonstrations, live entertainment, children's activities and culminates in a live family concert in the evening.

The festival finishes on Sunday with a family day.

The festival programme is packed with information about the festival, including a map of where everything is taking place, full concert and event listings and details of where to find each exhibitor.

There are also articles on all the acts which will be appearing at the Saturday night concert and details of all the weekend's other performers.

There are also exclusive Gazette competitions inside to win meals for two and family days out.

Look out for the programme on sale at: Quemerford Post Office, 171 Quemerford, Calne; Europa News, 1-2 Mill Street, Calne; Lyndon News, 11c New Road, Chippenham; Misselbrook & Weston, Unit 5a Foundry Lane, Chippenham; McColls, 60 Redlands, Chippenham; Newshops Ltd/Holland, 17 Market Place, Chippenham; Park Stores (Cost Cutters) 17a Conway Road, Chippenham; Pickwick Papers (Chaplins), 15 Pickwick Road, Corsham; Baileys News Ltd, 4 Market Cross, Chippenham; Texaco, Pickwick Road, Corsham; Gazette & Herald Office, Chippenham; Gazette & Herald Office, Devizes, plus all North Wiltshire Leisure Limited Leisure Centres.

If you are organising a fund-raising event for our St John Ambulance appeal call reporter Jill Crooks on (01380) 723501.