Young People Learn First Aid
After a successful application to our Youth Fund, a number of young people learnt first aid, supported by Youth Connect.
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.
The Plastic Fish Starts Long Journey at The Somer Valley Arts Festival (in Radstock)
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
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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Fruit Project Makes the Mendip Times!
Grateful thanks to the Mendip Times for reporting on the launch of our Fruit Project!
Fruit Tree Project Up and Running
Our first fruit tree collaboration was with Radstock Town Council, creating a community orchard in the Church Street Recreation Ground (behind the library car park). In the coming years, the community will be able to benefit from these plums, pears and apple trees – to sit in tranquillity, to learn about fruit trees and to
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For the Love of Running!
Jim Gump spent 10 months running across the US, visiting schools along the way to inspire children to enjoy running and being active. Local residents voted for him to receive a grant at our fifth Dragons’ Den in order to get that excitement and inspiration back home and to schools in our area. We’re really
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SWAN driving Radstock and Westfield residents forward
SWAN Transport were one of the winners of the 5th Radstock and Westfield Big Local Dragons’ Den, receiving £500 towards providing transport for local residents who are older, frail or disabled on low incomes. They told us that Swan “was first set up by a social worker 32 years ago who recognised the need for
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Exploring our wonderful heritage
Local residents present at the 5th Radstock & Westfield Big Local Dragons’ Den, chose to grant the Somer Valley Walking Festival £500 towards bringing interesting and engaging walks to our community. Councillor Jon Bull has been in touch to let us know how the festival went: “All the events ( opening talk, short walks ,
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The Potting Shed promotes growing in the community
Greenlinks @ The Potting Shed is an allotment project where people who have been feeling low, struggled with poor mental health or feel they need their ‘emotional batteries charging’ perhaps after a long illness or bereavement can come to garden for leisure and pleasure in pleasant surroundings. People are encouraged and supported to develop and
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Family Fossil Hunt Digs up the Past
The Radstock & Westfield Big Local are pleased to have been able to play a part in helping Radstock Museum bring fossil hunting to local residents. At the fifth Dragons’ Den, held at Victoria Hall, the Radstock Museum successfully pitched for £500 towards preparing the site. With another £500 match funding from Simon Carpenter they
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