BIG LOCAL

NEWS FROM RADSTOCK & WESTFIELD BIG LOCAL

Small fund for community groups.

The wonderful Tyning Together is a community group that is making amazing things happen locally! It’s inspiring to learn about their commitment to the environment and towards building on the strong sense of community in the Tyning area. They’ve been taking plenty of action recently and we’re really pleased we can support them on their journey. We’ve contributed funds towards a sunflower competition, as well as a seed swap and litter picking equipment. We look forward to some great photos later in the year when they’ve turned their front gardens yellow!

School capital fund.

We set up the School Capital Fund so that schools could access money to improve their outdoor learning and play equipment and get their pupils exercising in the fresh air as much as possible. With a number of schools in the process of finalising their applications we’re excited that 2021 will be a good year for improving the health of children and young people.

Trinity Church School invited us to the great unveiling of their giant climbing equipment and fire-pit gazebo. The children were deliriously happy and so were we to be honest, because it looks incredible, and professionally made by a local firm too! We look forward to supporting Trinity again; maybe we’ll see them at our next Dragons’ Den event.

Investing in resilience.

Since the world went topsy-turvy over a year ago, we have had to adapt our investment plan. It should be obvious from the above that we’re focusing our energies towards creating opportunities for healthy living. Our community is blessed with beautiful countryside with woods, cycle paths and waterways to explore, and we want to help you make the most of our area’s natural resources. Very soon a Curiositree project will start at St Mary’s Primary School during the week and another separate project during weekends, taking children on a creative journey in nature for a few months. We anticipate the project will find evidence that this kind of experience has a beneficial impact on their mental health - this evidence will help make a case for including it in social prescribing and could bring more funds into the area for more projects of this kind in the future.

You can read all about the projects and how to get involved on our website: radstockwestfield.org.uk WE CAN’T EXIST WITHOUT THE GENEROSITY OF VOLUNTEERS - PLEASE HELP US DO EVEN MORE!