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Locals invited to spend money! Radstock and Westfield Big Local helping you to help the community!

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  In what’s gearing up to be another exciting event, Radstock and Westfield residents are invited to come to our Dragons’ Den this Saturday, 4.30pm at the Radstock Victoria Hall. We’re ready to give away thousands of pounds to make our area an even better place to live. If you’re a resident you can help
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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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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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Another success from Big Local’s Dragons’ Den – Confessions of the Youth Theatre Company

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Jaydean Dawkins and her team of young performers gave a rousing pitch at our Dragons’ Den 3 and were roundly applauded by the audience of local residents. They were one of the 11 successful applicants and we’re pleased to hear from Jaydean that the grant was spent well. She said “Confessions of the Youth Theatre
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