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Category: Resilience

The community and community organisations are taking control of their future by building strength and making good plans. We are helping to facilitate this – sharing information about resources and providing funds via the Dragons’ Den.

Report from Radstock Museum – Dragons’ Den 3 Winner

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Dragons’ Den 3 – Winners Report: Jos Binns from the Radstock Museum reports on their winning bid to paint their tearoom: Big Local asks – How has the funding improved our community? Within the Museum the main benefit of the grant has been that we have been able to improve the décor within the tearoom
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Big Local’s New Tiered Seating!

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We are the proud owners of the new tiered seating in Victoria Hall, purchased in partnership with Sue Hill Dance Ltd. This is another example of how Big Local is helping to enhance the Radstock and Westfield area, making it a better place to live, visit and enjoy. This seating will help create a professional
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Big Local provides project management training for community leaders

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Photo courtesy of Dom Chambers, SVFM. Radstock and Westfield Big Local are very pleased to have provided funding to bring professional project management training to the community. Leaders from Radstock Museum, Victoria Hall, Somer Valley FM, DNAarts, The Town Team, Radstock Town Council and others came together to learn the key essentials of project management
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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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Dial&Smile – Our Community Reporter investigates

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Our Community Reporter, Rob Wicke, has been working with Somer Valley FM to create a series of radio interviews (called packages in radio parlance) about the people and groups that have benefited from Radstock and Westfield Big Local funding. Rob’s first entry is this – A chat with the friendly and engaging Dial&Smile’s founder. She won
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Free Business Workshops Delivered

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  The Big Local Radstock and Westfield team organised two free business workshops for people from Radstock and Westfield, delivered by professional business advisor, Geoff Bartlett. This was in conjunction with UnLtd funding and held at Radstock Working Men’s Club. The feedback was positive and we are considering further ways to support business people in the area.
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