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Local golfers get in the swing for cancer unit charity
A charity golf day at Orchardleigh Golf and Country Club near Frome has raised more than £4,000 for the Bath Cancer Unit Support Group (BCUSG). 20 teams of mainly local…
Grants aren’t taken for granted
OVER the last year Frome Town Council (FTC) has distributed a massive £84,000 to fantastic local community groups across the town. The town council reports, “The grants have created…
‘Tough Mamas’ raise over £2,000 for Frome Birth Talk
A GROUP of six local mums have raised over £2,000 for Frome Birth Talk (FBT), which provides counselling, groups and wellbeing activities for pregnant and new parents. The ‘Tough…
Fair Frome still need your laptops!
LOCAL charity Fair Frome which runs the local food bank, furniture bank, Food at Five weekly community meals, Holiday Hunger and other projects designed to help those in acute financial…
Supermarket boost for local groups
FROME Open Storytellers has received a grant for £650 from local supermarket, Asda, to help with the cost of musical instruments. Asda Community Colleague, Jackie Bryant, reports, “Big well done to…
Frome Town Rotary donation to Shared Earth Learning
FROME Town Rotary have donated £1,000 to Shared Earth Leaning. Shared Earth supports children, young people and adults to access outdoor learning or a calm space in nature to cope…
The Firefly Appeal – sponsor a Firefly at Dorothy House in celebration of a loved one
DOROTHY House have just launched a new appeal, ‘The Firefly Appeal’, to raise funds in a unique way. “This is your opportunity to be part of something truly unique,” says…
Former teacher opens her garden for charity
A FORMER supply teacher from Frome has raised £550 for charity with her open gardens event. Lynda Lucas – who having worked in many of Frome’s schools is a familiar…
£3,000 Rotary donation to Air Ambulance
THE Rotary Club of Frome has donated £3,000 to the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance which was handed over at the club’s charity shop in Frome town centre. The Air…
WHY host pop-up café at Rook Lane for Frome Festival
LOCAL charity We Hear You (WHY) is hosting a ‘pop-up’ café until 11th July at Rook Lane as part of Frome Festival 2021. LOCAL charity We Hear You (WHY) is…
The procession will go on! Carnival volunteers to walk nine procession routes for next year’s event![]()
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Members of Frome Street Carnival’s committee will be walking all nine carnival routes in the ‘Wessex Carnival Circuit’ to raise money for next year’s street procession. Committee members are aiming to raise £1,000 by walking the nine routes, which includes Frome, Mere, Shaftesbury, Gillingham, Wincanton, Castle Cary, Salisbury, Trowbridge and Warminster.![]()
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To donate, please visit the website: www.gofundme.com/f/frome-carnival-2022![]()
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