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Support for Young People

Off The Record successfully applied to our Small Fund to provide a mental health support service to young people in our community. They’re been running the sessions out of Hope House Centre during 2022/23. Here’s what they have reported:   The introduction of OTR’s listening services in Radstock has evidently met a need amongst local
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Pathways to health – at Larch Court Allotments

The good folk at Larch Court Allotments were successful in their pitch to our Dragons’ Den 9, winning £500 to help make their paths around the allotments more accessible.. They’ve been in touch to let us know how they got on: “We are so pleased with our new pathways that you have kindly enabled us
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14 Community Projects to Choose From at Dragons’ Den 9!

We are delighted to announce that local people will have 14 amazing community projects to choose from at our 9th Dragons’ Den – Taking place on Friday 21st April, from 5pm at Whisty Hall in Radstock. If you live within the Radstock and Westfield ward boundaries you are invited to come along, lend your support,
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Sporting Family Change – Social Prescribing Project

We are pleased to have supported Sporting Family Change with a grant, in order to explore and evidence a social prescribing project that enables isolated people to get out of their house and get moving. Sporting Family Change reported: Sporting Family Change have continued to deliver this new project focused on social prescribing in the
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Forest School Is Brilliant

In 2020/21 we commissioned a study looking at how effective the forest school approach can be in our community. Led by a forest school organisation called Curiositree, with support from Bath University, the study focused on two groups – one in St Mary’ school, and the other in the community with support from the Children’s
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Felt and Food for Writhlington Pantry

Radstock & Westfield Big Local are pleased to have been able to support the Writhlington Pantry with a small grant, in order to continue the good work they are doing, providing free food to residents that need it. Resident Zoe Cornick, who put in the application, said “The fantastic donation from Big Local has helped
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