Community money - invested by the community

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.

Radstock Town Football Club Changing For The Better!

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At our very first Dragons’ Den, back in 2014, the attending residents of Radstock and Westfield voted to support the Radstock Town Football Club in their quest to build new changing room facilities. They were awarded £500, which has gone some way to help get them started, as you can see from the picture. They are
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Westfield Fun Day A Sugar Smart Success

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Hundreds of people were introduced to the Sugar Smart campaign by Rob, our very own human banana! Making up the friendly bunch were Sarah and her side-split Emma. It was great fun and tons of people played the popular human fruit machine and won a goody bag supplied by Radco, with water, fruit and a
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Radstock and Westfield are leading the Sugar Smart way in B&NES! Launched at Roundabout Radstock

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We are honoured to have been nominated the lead community for the B&NES Sugar Smart Campaign! We launched it in Radstock at the Roundabout Radstock event and will be working with Virgin Care and B&NES to promote sugar awareness in the community. Check out the Sugar Smart website for more information on what it’s all
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Big Local Dragons’ Den Winner Jim ‘Forrest Gump’ Makes The Papers!

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Local residents voted to grant Jim Plunkett-Cole £500 at the Radstock and Westfield Dragons’ Den event in 2016. He was due to set off on a huge run, following in the footsteps of (the fictional) Forrest Gump across the USA. His project idea was to carry out live video chats with classes at our local
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Somer Valley Walking Festival Report

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The Somer Valley Walking Festival were successful applicants to our Big Fund pot in 2016. With the grant from us and match funding from others they were able to organise two guided walks in our area and link in with a talk about the Somer valley at Radstock Museum. This is their report: Please tell
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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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Tons of fun at Seeds of Change – Pumpkin Project – DNA arts Roundabout Radstock

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Had a ton of fun at our           Seeds of Change stall at Roundabout Radstock on Saturday! We shared our spot with the hilarious Cultural Ambassador for Radstock. He was instrumental in ensuring people pledged their allegiance to the Republic of Radstock. We helped to sow the seeds of change by
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Take part in Radstock’s pumpkin planting project

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We’re partnering with DNA arts to get the community planting pumpkins this summer. The pumpkin planting project invites everyone to grow their own in time for a project in October half-term where DNA arts will be hosting free pumpkin carving, cooking and re-planting workshops with local artists and chefs! Take part and join a community
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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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