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Category: Dragons’ Den

The Radstock & Westfield Big Local run a grant giving event, called Dragons’ Den. This is where individuals and organisations who have an idea of how to make our area an even better place to live, pitch to the audience of local residents who then decide what projects they want to see happen in the community. Each winner is awarded £500 to bring their idea to life.

Here are a number of reports from the winners.

Funding for WAGS put to good use

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Westfield Allotments and Gardening Society (WAGS) pitched at our Dragons’ Den 3 and were awarded £500 towards their Gardening For Children project – to create raised beds to encourage children to grow vegetables, fruit and flowers and develop an interest in allotment gardening for the future. They’ve been in touch to let us know how they
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Dragons’ Den Success – SWALLOW members enjoy their Zumba classes!

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“Zumba helps me to express myself” “Zumba is the best, I feel supported and safe in the group” “The class is a great way for me to exercise and have fun” – Lovely quotes from SWALLOW members.   One of our Dragons’ Den 3 winners was SWALLOW charity who won £500 to provide Zumba classes to
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Another success from Big Local’s Dragons’ Den – Confessions of the Youth Theatre Company

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Jaydean Dawkins and her team of young performers gave a rousing pitch at our Dragons’ Den 3 and were roundly applauded by the audience of local residents. They were one of the 11 successful applicants and we’re pleased to hear from Jaydean that the grant was spent well. She said “Confessions of the Youth Theatre
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CoppaFeel event a success in Radstock!

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We are very proud to have funded the CoppaFeel event in our area! They were awarded the funding by the residents of Radstock and Westfield at our 3rd Dragons’ Den. ARTICLE FROM MNR JOURNAL SOMERSET 23.4.16 http://www.mnrjournal-somerset.co.uk/article.cfm?id=101012&headline=Successful Two mothers with young chidren from the same class at Longvernal School, Midsomer Norton, who were diagnosed with breast
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Radstock and Westfield Big Local’s Dragons’ Den 3 a big success!!!

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Radstock and Westfield Big Local’s Dragons’ Den 3 a big success!!! Source: Somerset Guardian, November 29, 2015: Ten community groups, charities and causes have shared £5,000 thanks to the Big Local Radstock and Westfield Dragons’ Den event. Seventeen groups put forward their pitch ideas asking for up to £500 before local residents were given the
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Dragons’ Den 20th Nov 2015

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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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Holiday Play Scheme for Radstock and Westfield

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Radstock and Westfield Big Local are proud to have funded The Community Bus to deliver holiday play schemes in our area. We asked Mel Clarke how they got on: How has the funding helped our local community? This project addressed social inclusion by bringing children together for play and to make friends. Social deprivation is
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