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WAGS DD7 winnings help create new allotment site

Posted on 18 September 20191 September 2020 by Rob Wicke

The land behind the garages at Larch Court until April in 2019 was a patch of unused waste ground, it has now been turned into allotments for the local people surrounding the area, and it’s bringing people together for a common cause.

Community Orchard Justgiving

Posted on 19 June 201919 June 2019 by Rob Wicke

We are sad to say that the newly planted community orchard in the Church Street Recreation Ground we helped to fund was recently vandalised. Radstock In Bloom are fundraising to replace the broken trees and to improve access to the space by putting in steps. If you can make a donation, please go to their
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Community Kitchen Survey

Posted on 3 April 201926 July 2019 by Rob Wicke

SURVEY NOW CLOSED. The feedback received will help us to make a decision on the options for investing in a community training kitchen. If you are a resident of Radstock or Westfield (inc. Tyning, Haydon, Clandown, Writhlington) we really need your help! Please can you take a few minutes to complete this survey – and
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Boxing Club Floored By Dragons’ Den Win!

Posted on 8 January 20192 October 2019 by Rob Wicke

The Norton Radstock Amateur Boxing Club were amongst the winners of our Dragons’ Den 6, held by the community, for the community in April 2018. They gave a good pitch, asking for support towards re-flooring the club which would help them to make it a better and safer place for it’s users. They recently got
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Starry Starry Tree

Posted on 8 November 2018 by Rob Wicke

We’re very pleased to have contributed to the community spirit in Westfield by supporting the Westfield Parish Council’s lights switch on, by running a free gift stall and also providing the star for the tree. Here’s what the Westfield Parish Council had to say about the event they run for the community: The Christmas lights
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Clock Tower Chimes Again… But Only When Told!!!

Posted on 25 September 201819 March 2020 by Rob Wicke

Well done to Radstock Museum for raising the funds to restore the iconic clock tower so that the clock face functions and the bells chime. We’re pleased to have been able to contribute to the process, providing funding towards engineering that ensure the chimes only go off during sociable hours! Somerset Coalfield Life raised their
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Walking Festival in Radstock & Westfield

Posted on 25 September 20182 October 2019 by Rob Wicke

The Somer Valley Walking Festival gave a great pitch to the voting public at Dragons’ Den 5 and were awarded funds towards promoting the festival to our community. They wrote in to let us know how it went: All the events ( opening talk, short walks , longer walks and family walk and art walk)
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Urgent Child Safety Solution

Posted on 25 September 201819 March 2020 by Rob Wicke

Well done to Writhlington Village Hall for finding a solution to the increasingly worrying parking issue around St Mary’s Primary School which was causing a lot of risk to the children as they were dropped off / collected. The village hall wanted to open it’s car park to the parents but it needed a proper
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The Plastic Fish Starts Long Journey at The Somer Valley Arts Festival (in Radstock)

Posted on 26 June 201822 February 2022 by Rob Wicke

One of ten winners at the 2018 Big Local Dragons’ Den event, local resident Christopher Lewis-Smith, working with Bath Avon River Trust and a number of local schools, used the funds to build a giant fish from plastic collected from the river running through Radstock. The final touches were applied to it at The Somer
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Outdoor Gym Up and Running

Posted on 18 May 20183 October 2019 by Rob Wicke

We have worked with Radstock Town Council to ensure that the outdoor community gym they installed in Southfields Park has the equipment that people want. We carried out a consultation with people who use the park and would use the equipment to find out which exercise machines they wanted. Have a look at this map
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