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Big Local’s New Tiered Seating!

Posted on 5 May 201619 March 2020 by Rob Wicke

We are the proud owners of the new tiered seating in Victoria Hall, purchased in partnership with Sue Hill Dance Ltd. This is another example of how Big Local is helping to enhance the Radstock and Westfield area, making it a better place to live, visit and enjoy. This seating will help create a professional
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Good news for our Big Local area as the Big Fund starts to make a difference

Posted on 25 January 201625 January 2016 by Rob Wicke

The Big Fund supports projects across the communities of Radstock and Westfield, which includes Clandown, Tyning, Writhlington and Haydon. If you have a project idea that fits one or more of our five themes of People, Place, Business, Life-long Learning, Mobility and you would like to develop it then please get in touch. We are
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Westhill Social Club investigate becoming a charity

Posted on 30 October 20153 October 2019 by Rob Wicke

At our second Dragons’ Den event, in January 2015, residents of Radstock and Westfield voted to provide funding to Westhill Social Club (now Westfield Sports and Community Centre) to investigate the possibility of becoming a charity, in the hopes that they could access funding pots to ensure their survival.

Dragons’ Den 20th Nov 2015

Posted on 27 October 20153 October 2019 by Rob Wicke

A date has been set for our third Radstock and Westfield Big Local Dragons’ Den evening, join us and please pass on the good news to your friends, neighbours and colleague’s. The Dragons’ Den pot is designed to enable individuals and organisations to receive money to carry out projects that will benefit the Radstock and
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St Nicholas Church Wins in Stile

Posted on 11 October 201511 October 2016 by Rob Wicke

Radstock and Westfield Big Local are pleased to have provided funding to St Nicholas Church in Radstock for a stile. This was voted for by the people of Radstock and Westfield in the Dragons’ Den event in March 2014. Doesn’t it look great! Shown off by our management committee member Ed Joseph.

New Big Local Community Signs

Posted on 2 October 201520 January 2016 by Rob Wicke

We are very pleased that Bath and North East Somerset Council have contributed the Local Trust – Big Local Community signs now positioned under the welcome signs to Clandown, Haydon, Radstock, Writhlington and Westfield. Thank you B&NES!

Radstock Museum Displays Good Knowledge

Posted on 9 September 20151 November 2016 by Rob Wicke

This is a report from the Radstock Museum on how they spent the funding from our Dragons’ Den 2 event, and how the community benefited: Following the success of the grant application for funding of display boards for its Lanes, Boats and Trains Exhibition, Radstock Museum went ahead and printed the display boards which
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Painting fingers!

Posted on 30 June 201520 January 2016 by Rob Wicke

We are very proud that our two community workers, Sarah and Rob, volunteered their time to help improve the local area. Working alongside Dave Dixon, a Council Officer from B&NES, and local resident Nettie Williams, they battled the heat to paint the fingerposts at Clandown and nr Wellow. Don’t they look lovely!!!

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

Posted on 11 June 201511 October 2016 by Rob Wicke

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!

Posted on 11 June 201511 June 2015 by Rob Wicke

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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