Community money - invested by the community

Day: 1 March 2023

Somer Valley Rotary Contribute £500 to Dragons’ Den

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We are excited to say that for the second year in a row Somer Valley Rotary have agreed to contribute £500 towards our Dragons’ Den – in effect paying for a winner – and will also provide one of their members as a friendly Dragon! Thank you so much SV-Rotary! From their website: This diverse
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Graffiti in Radstock

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Youth Connect South West, with the help of some of their young people, gave a brilliant pitch at our 8th Dragons’ Den, and won a grant of £500 towards a graffiti project, here’s their report…   The youth team at Radstock have been able to offer a summer graffiti project on the hoarding at Radco,
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Over 100 Projects Supported!

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We’re so pleased we’ve been able to invest in more than 100 projects that have helped local people make a positive difference to our community! You can read about many of the projects here: Projects supported so far – Big Local | my Radstock | my Westfield (radstockwestfield.org.uk)

Sporting Family Change – Social Prescribing Project

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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

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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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St Mary’s Get New Play Equipment!

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We are pleased to have contributed £5,000 towards St Marys outdoor play equipment, improving and increasing their pupils time spent outdoors in the fresh air. The school let us know that: Health and Happiness is at the heart of St Marys, due to COVID children have missed on building resilience, having new play equipment will
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Outdoor Play at Fossway

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We are pleased to have been able to support Fosseway school to develop their play equipment so that children can get out more and exercise and learn in the fresh air. The school reported: The funding was used to support Fosse Way School update their Primary Playground area. Money was used to purchase climbing equipment
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New Pond at Westfield Primary School

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We are pleased to have contributed £5,000 towards the creation of an accessible nature area, including a pond, at Westfield Primary School. The school reported: that the site was significantly overgrown, unsafe and inaccessible to all of our school community. The area was cleared during Summer 2021 to enable all of the school’s children, from
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