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Sept 2020 Advert in Journal

Posted on 10 September 202010 December 2020 by Rob Wicke

Small Stuff Baby Bank helping families most at need

Posted on 10 August 202012 August 2020 by Rob Wicke

We’re delighted to have provided support to Rachel Steeper and Small Stuff Baby Bank so that they can upscale the great work they’ve been doing in the community – They help new families who are in need, with all kinds of baby related supplies such as nappies, formula, wipes and cotton wool, nappy rash cream,
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Food Parcels Bring Relief to Families in Radstock and Westfield

Posted on 1 August 202012 August 2020 by Rob Wicke

report first appeared in Radstock Nub News The Radstock & Westfield Big Local community group have been taking action to help people respond to the challenges that Covid19 has created for our community. As well as setting up and running a food delivery project ourselves, we’ve funded Sporting Family Change to deliver weekly food parcels
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Hot Square Meal Project – Final Report

Posted on 1 July 20201 July 2020 by Rob Wicke

Hot Square Meal Project – Report On Weds 25th March our worker sent round an email asking how we could invest some of our money as a way to help out the community in this difficult time. Within a few hours we had come up with a project idea to provide hot square meals to
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Square hot meal project reaches 50 meals in under a week!

Posted on 20 April 202020 April 2020 by Rob Wicke

In response to the coronavirus lockdown we quickly came up with a project that provided people in need with a regular hot square meal. We were able to call on some local supporters who joined as volunteers and found a local business in Riverbank Cafe that we could purchase meals from. We’re working with Compassionate
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Running For Belief

Posted on 12 December 201912 December 2019 by Rob Wicke

John Reynolds is a man on a mission. He wants to help children and their parents to improve their confidence, especially around health and wellbeing. John is an enthusiastic runner and has committed a lot of his time towards a very popular local running club that he set up called Westfield TT… now he’s taking
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Community Orchard Justgiving

Posted on 19 June 201919 June 2019 by Rob Wicke

We are sad to say that the newly planted community orchard in the Church Street Recreation Ground we helped to fund was recently vandalised. Radstock In Bloom are fundraising to replace the broken trees and to improve access to the space by putting in steps. If you can make a donation, please go to their
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Meet Our New Locally Trusted Organisation

Posted on 21 February 20192 October 2019 by Rob Wicke

We are very pleased to announce that the BANES Carers’ Centre have generously taken on the responsibility of our Locally Trusted Organisation for Finance (LTO). This is an important position in the Big Local programme because it involves holding our money, performing due diligence on any payment to make sure it is in accordance
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Boxing Club Floored By Dragons’ Den Win!

Posted on 8 January 20192 October 2019 by Rob Wicke

The Norton Radstock Amateur Boxing Club were amongst the winners of our Dragons’ Den 6, held by the community, for the community in April 2018. They gave a good pitch, asking for support towards re-flooring the club which would help them to make it a better and safer place for it’s users. They recently got
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Launch of Plan 2 – 2019 to 2022

Posted on 7 January 20197 January 2019 by Rob Wicke

We were recently given the good news that our community investment plan for 2019 to 2022 (Plan 2) has been endorsed by our funders (Local Trust), with a proviso that we can access the community kitchen funds should our business plan demonstrate need and value. The beginning of the new plan is great because we can
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