Rob Wicke, Author at Big Local | my Radstock | my Westfield

PEOPLE’s Pots and Potter Project

Posted on 15 August 202415 August 2024 by Rob Wicke

Thank you to Jenny at PEOPLE charity, who has reported that the Pots and Potter Project is now complete. They won funding at our 9th Dragons’ Den to run a gardening project for mental health at Leigh House in Radstock. This was a project where people could come along, do a bit of relaxed gardening,
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Amateur Boxing Club gets an upgrade

Posted on 29 May 202429 May 2025 by Rob Wicke

Winners at our 10th Dragons’ Den, the Norton Radstock Amateur Boxing Club have been able to make a start on doing up their building. Look at those happy faces!

£5,000 granted to local community projects at Dragons’ Den!

Posted on 8 April 2024 by Rob Wicke

The excitement and energy was high at Westfield Sports and Community Centre on Friday evening, where around seventy residents of Radstock and Westfield turned up to make our 10th community Dragons’ Den a very special event! All the pitches were brilliant and absolutely wowed the audience, whom in our very own twist, were the ones
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Support for Young People

Posted on 5 October 20232 January 2024 by Rob Wicke

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

Posted on 5 October 202311 October 2023 by Rob Wicke

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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Scouts Cooking On Gas

Posted on 4 October 2023 by Rob Wicke

The Radstock Scouts group won at our Dragons’ Den 8, and have compiled this report: Thank you once again for the fantastic grant of £500 which you gave us to go towards purchasing a cooker for our hall. We were very fortunate to be offered one from a local Food Machinery Service for £504 which
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Drama Drama Drama!

Posted on 4 October 20234 October 2023 by Rob Wicke

We’re pleased to hear from The Natural Theatre Company, who put their Dragons’ Den winnings of £500 to good use. Here’s their report: This grant was to support a series of free Drama sessions for young people in Radstock. We printed posters for the workshops, distributed them around the town and publicised the workshops through
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Mud Kitchen in Radstock Library Already Dirty!

Posted on 10 August 202310 August 2023 by Rob Wicke

Radstock Library volunteers, Julie and Mike, were worthy winners at our eighth Dragons’ Den, and received a grant of £500 to create a sensory play area in the library. They’ve reported back to us that “the project has allowed young mums and carers of young children from Radstock and the surrounding area to meet in
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Mardons now a CIC

Posted on 1 July 202330 August 2023 by Rob Wicke

We’re pleased to have been able to provide a Small Fund grant to Mardons Club, in order for them to develop a constitution and create a Community Interest Company.

Radstock Fayre takes Centre Stage

Posted on 20 June 2023 by Rob Wicke

We’re pleased to say that the Radstock Fayre was a great success, and that we’re happy to have been able to contribute towards it by funding the artist stage – Creativity Works successfully pitched for £500 at our eighth Dragons’ Den. Here is their report on the event: ‘This Impact Report for the Radstock Fayre
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