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Author: Rob Wicke

Helping Radstock celebrate the Xmas season!

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Radstock and Westfield Big Local were heavily involved in helping to bring people together to make the Radstock Town Council Xmas Lights Switch On a fun-filled community event. We worked with Radstock Town Council and DNA arts to plan the event and connect the organisations that wanted to be involved and to spread the good news.
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Somer Valley FM report live at the Westfield Lights Switch On and get an update from Big Local

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We are pleased to have commissioned Somer Valley FM to do a live recording of the Westfield Lights Switch On the 24th of November. They spoke with Westfield Parish Council, the Westfield Ladies Choir and with Radstock and Westfield Big Local who were all there contributing to the wonderful xmas community event.   Until Dec
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Radstock and Westfield Shops Take Part in Big Local’s Xmas Nativity Trail 2016!

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Take part in the Radstock & Westfield Big Local Nativity Trail! – Pick up your sheet from Victoria Hall from the 26th November to the 9th December. Search the shops to find a knitted nativity piece and write it’s name on the sheet (please leave the piece in the shop). Once you have identified the
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Looking For Funds?

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Our Big Fund require that you have looked for funding from other places – We are in the process of creating this page so that you can find many of the local and national funders. Plenty more funders will be added over the next few months – watch this space! Looking for Funds?
Dragons' Den 2016 Poster

Locals invited to spend money! Radstock and Westfield Big Local helping you to help the community!

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  In what’s gearing up to be another exciting event, Radstock and Westfield residents are invited to come to our Dragons’ Den this Saturday, 4.30pm at the Radstock Victoria Hall. We’re ready to give away thousands of pounds to make our area an even better place to live. If you’re a resident you can help
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Report from Radstock Museum – Dragons’ Den 3 Winner

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Dragons’ Den 3 – Winners Report: Jos Binns from the Radstock Museum reports on their winning bid to paint their tearoom: Big Local asks – How has the funding improved our community? Within the Museum the main benefit of the grant has been that we have been able to improve the décor within the tearoom
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Funding for WAGS put to good use

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Westfield Allotments and Gardening Society (WAGS) pitched at our Dragons’ Den 3 and were awarded £500 towards their Gardening For Children project – to create raised beds to encourage children to grow vegetables, fruit and flowers and develop an interest in allotment gardening for the future. They’ve been in touch to let us know how they
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Dragons’ Den Success – SWALLOW members enjoy their Zumba classes!

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“Zumba helps me to express myself” “Zumba is the best, I feel supported and safe in the group” “The class is a great way for me to exercise and have fun” – Lovely quotes from SWALLOW members.   One of our Dragons’ Den 3 winners was SWALLOW charity who won £500 to provide Zumba classes to
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