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Category: Health and Wellbeing

Residents want to access services and information that enables them to take charge of their health and wellbeing. We have so much going on in our community – from sports teams to support groups, coffee mornings to free outdoor gyms – that we want to help promote these and invest in providing more options.

Caring for carers during the pandemic

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We are pleased to have been in a good position to support the community during the Covid lockdowns. One of the projects we supported was the Carers’ Centre’s Activity Pack and Check In for the carers. This entailed setting up a hot-desk and calling all the carers in our community, offering them a variety of
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Felt and Food for Writhlington Pantry

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Radstock & Westfield Big Local are pleased to have been able to support the Writhlington Pantry with a small grant, in order to continue the good work they are doing, providing free food to residents that need it. Resident Zoe Cornick, who put in the application, said “The fantastic donation from Big Local has helped
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Hot Square Meal Project 2

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We are pleased to be able to offer a weekly hot square meal to any Radstock/Westfield resident who is on the Department of Health ‘clinically vulnerable’ list and are either: unable to get a hot meal / at risk of deteriorating mental health. If this is you or someone you know, please call the Community
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Care calls for carers

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As part of our Covid response we have made sure that local carers are getting as much support as possible. We funded the Carers’ Centre to provide supportive calls, letters and activity packs to around 200 carers. Here is some great feedback: ‘It’s been a struggle to say the least – very hard. We feel
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