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Boost for Fair Frome’s Holiday Hunger Project

May 7, 2019
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A cheque for £1,000 has been presented to Fair Frome from Asda, for the charity’s Holiday Hunger Project. Sue, Carole and  Jonathan from Fair Frome received the cheque from Jackie Bryant of Asda Frome. 

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Organisers say, “Grief can feel overwhelming, isolating and unpredictable - but you don’t have to navigate it alone. Our Bereavement Help Point group offers a gentle, understanding space to meet others who are also grieving, share experiences at your own pace, and find comfort in compassionate company.” 

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Running classes for adults since 2011, Frome Community Education is 15 years old.

It was back in December 2010 that Malcolm Lloyd walked into Lidl and saw Sue Klepper. “How’s it going?” said Malcolm. “Terrible,” said Sue, “we’re thinking of running our own classes.” “That’s a good idea,” said Malcolm. And thus, Frome Community Education was born!

Joined by Margaret Binney, Sandy Usher, David Chandler and, later, by Mandy Crook, FCE produced its first brochure of classes for adults starting in September 2011, so that’s 15 years of bringing learning for fun to the good people of Frome.

Help was received from around the town. Kirsty Campbell, Jenny Dale and Mel Jones helped with various tasks while Butler & Tanner printed the brochure, Frome Town Council and Frome Lottery offered grants and the Cheese & Grain agreed to do the enrolments. 

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The event will consist of a simple bridge demo session where four people will be playing the game, along with lots of information about bridge and its history. It will run from 9.45am to 2pm.

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Known affectionately as ‘Mick’, he was among numerous Just Stop Oil activists who climbed gantries on the M25 in November 2022 to demand an end to new fossil fuel projects.

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