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Creativity at Hope House – the Natural Theatre way

Posted on 29 May 202529 May 2025 by Rob Wicke

One of ten projects to receive funding via our community-led Dragons’ Den, Natural Theatre Company explain why their work is important and what they did with the grant: We were approached last year by the Social Prescriber at Hope House Surgery in Radstock to provide a series of free creative wellbeing workshops for adults in
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Radstock Wellbeing Group Being Well Activities

Posted on 10 March 202529 May 2025 by Rob Wicke

A winner at our 10th Dragons’ Den, Radstock Wellbeing Group have reported back on their project: Radstock Well-Being Group Dragons’ Den Winner’s Report 2024-2025 Please receive this report with immense thanks as the grant we were allocated has enabled us to have a very good year filled with a wide range of activities which would
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Dragons’ Den a Winner!

Posted on 21 November 202421 November 2024 by Rob Wicke

£10,000 granted to local community projects at Dragons’ Den! The excitement and energy was high at Westfield Sports and Community Centre on a recent Friday evening, where more than seventy residents of Radstock and Westfield turned up to make our 11th community Dragons’ Den a very special event! All the pitches were brilliant and absolutely
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Cuppa and Chat

Posted on 29 October 202429 May 2025 by Rob Wicke

At the start of 2024 we gave a small grant to SWAN Transport to help them with their Cuppa and Chat project. Here’s what they’ve told us about the project this year: Thanks to the support of the Radstock and Westfield Small Fund, as well as other local funders, we have been able to continue
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A Running Report!

Posted on 28 August 2024 by Rob Wicke

Local residents pitched at our 9th Dragons’ Den for funds towards setting up a park-run in our community… they won and wow have they delivered! Here’s their wonderful report on how things are going: With support from the Big Local’s Dragon’s Den and other local organisations/businesses, Five Arches parkrun launched on 23rd September 2023 and
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YCSW Positively Blooming

Posted on 15 August 2024 by Rob Wicke

A really lovely report with some great reflections from Youth Connect South West on their gardening group project, part funded by their Dragons’ Den 9 win: Age group: 11-19 Young people involved in the project: 27 Number of sessions: 4x2hours dedicated project session with YP, 4x2hours open access session, 2hours weekly with YP June-September,
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Writhlington Action Group Clean Up

Posted on 15 August 2024 by Rob Wicke

Writhlington Action Group were recipients of £500 from our Dragons’ Den 9. They made a successful pitch to receive funds towards litter picking equipment for their group to keep their area tidy. “This is an ongoing project with the litter picking equipment used at least every month to litter pick in Writhlington. We also
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Always learning at SWALLOW!

Posted on 15 August 202415 August 2024 by Rob Wicke

SWALLOW won £500 at our 9th Dragons’ Den for their workbench and making project. Jade Ogden led the project with the SWALLOW members and reports: “Members of our Horticulture Group were delighted to be able to purchase a new wood-workbench, as it is something that they had wanted for a long time. It has enabled
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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!