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Big Local ensure the Community Bus delivers Easter playschemes in Radstock and Westfield

Our community worker, Rob Wicke, with the support of SVFM, has developed a little advert for the upcoming Dragons’ Den. He used an interview with Mel Clarke, a winner at the first Dragons’ Den, to help people visualise how the funding helped The Community Bus to deliver an Easter playscheme to the children and families of
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A Westfield Fun Day!

WESTFIELD FUN DAY Westhill Recreation ground, Westhill Road, Westfield, Radstock, BA3 3TE SUNDAY 7th JUNE 2015 Gates opened at 12pm til 4pm A beautiful sunny afternoon brought hundreds of residents to the Westfield fun day. There was plenty of entertainment which included music from Norton Radstock Silver Band, a Tae Kwondo demonstration with the Jamie Woodland
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Free Business Workshops Delivered

  The Big Local Radstock and Westfield team organised two free business workshops for people from Radstock and Westfield, delivered by professional business advisor, Geoff Bartlett. This was in conjunction with UnLtd funding and held at Radstock Working Men’s Club. The feedback was positive and we are considering further ways to support business people in the area.
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Dragons’ Den A Success!!!

Radstock and Westfield Big Local began the year with another very successful Dragons’ Den style event: “Dragons’ Den 2 – The Dragon returns” – the results!! Community groups show how many good ideas & great projects there are around in the area Radstock and Westfield Big Local were been thrilled to receive 17 ideas from
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Lighting Up Radstock – Big Local supports Radstock community event

Radstock and Westfield Big Local worked together in partnership with Victoria Hall, Alun Griffiths Ltd, Somer Valley FM, Bath and North East Somerset and Radstock Town Council to create an amazing afternoon of family fun. The Midsomer Norton and Radstock Silver Band, Westfield Ladies’ Choir and Church and School Choirs each took their turn in entertaining
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Singing their Praises – Westfield Ladies Choir Win!

Westfield Ladies Choir have made great use of their newly purchased song sheets – courtesy of the Radstock and Westfield Big Local. They were a winner at the first Dragons’ Den event, held at Prattens in March 2014. They kindly gave us a rendition of their songs at the Radstock Christmas Event which were thoroughly
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Hang It Project

The project involved 31 Year 6 pupils from St Nicholas and St Mary’s School Writhlington and the Victoria Hall Radstock.  The project reached less children than originally envisaged because the schools decided to target the project at Year 6 and numbers were low in this year group. However, Welton Primary School also joined the project
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