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Super swimming in Weston-super-Mare
Frome Swimming Club took part in an open meet recently, hosted by Severnside Tritons and Hutton Moor, Weston-super-Mare. “Some super swimming was witnessed, with all Frome swimmers achieving at least one personal best time and many coming away with medals too,” said Joanne Langley from the clu...
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Frome Park Men maintain their good form
Frome Park Men A team beat Weston, Bath B at home in the County League, winning on two rinks, both by the same score of 26-10 to claim 10 points to the visitors picking up just 2 points. The A team are still unbeaten and remain in top spot in East 1. The B team […] The post Frome Park Men mainta...
Historic promotion for Frome Netball Club
Frome Netball Club has secured a historic promotion to Regional League 3 for the first time in the club’s 75-year history. They sealed their promotion via the play-offs on Sunday 7th June which saw five teams competing for two available places, with matches played in short formats of ten minutes e...
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Frome Partner Towns Column – Discover Pieve di Soligo
Welcome to the third in a series of articles introducing Frome’s four partner towns, formerly known as twin towns. These partnerships offer opportunities to share sport, art, culture and more and make lifelong friends. This week it’s the turn of our newest partner, Pieve di Soligo in northern ...
Annual cake sale raises funds for MS centre
A Frome fundraiser has raised more than £1,000 for a local MS therapy centre at her annual cake sale. Katherine Marsh raised £1,232.87 when she opened her home for a cake sale and raffle in aid of the Wessex MS Therapy Centre in Warminster last month. Funds raised at Katherine’s event will go di...
Health information events at Frome Medical Practice
Two health information events are being held at Frome Medical Practice this month, aimed at supporting patients on key health topics. The first event, a Pelvic Health Talk, is offered as part of the Women’s Health Hub at the practice and takes place on Tuesday 23rd June from 6pm to 7pm. Organisers...
Service for new parents now accepting self-referrals
A service in Frome supporting expectant and new parents under 25 is now accepting self-referrals for families in the town and surrounding villages. Frome Baby Link provides free, one-to-one guidance for young parents who are pregnant or have children aged 0 to 3. It aims to ensure equal access to ea...
Young people’s grants programme ends with celebration
Young members of a new grant-making panel have celebrated the first round of grants and met some of the organisations that received funding. Members of Young Opinions Unite (YOU), a new grant-making panel formed by Frome Town Council in partnership with local young people, gathered at the Assem...
Mayors Column
I would like to start my first Frome Times column by thanking all of you who congratulated me, whether in person or online, on becoming Mayor of Frome. It seems my last attempt at this role in 2019 has stayed in some people’s memories and I promise to try and make an even better job […] The po...
New volunteering project launches in Frome
People looking to get involved in their community and make a difference are being invited to visit a new volunteering support hub at The Good Heart in Frome. ‘Get Involved Frome’ is a new pilot project from Spark Somerset, developed as part of its Volunteering for Health initiative that aims to ...
Agreement secures future of football and community at Badgers Hill
A two-year lease for Badgers Hill stadium and clubhouse has been agreed between Frome Town AFC and Frome Town Council. This agreement facilitates vital improvement works at the site, settles rent arrears and other debts and ensures league champions Frome Town AFC can compete in the forthcoming sea...
Exhibition showcases historic Frome postcards
An exhibition of historic Frome postcards is on display at the town hall, featuring images dating back to 1904. The exhibition has been launched by local resident Lockhart Murdoch, who has collected 80 postcards from Frome and surrounding areas. He said, “I have gathered a whole collection of post...
Frome’s young musicians take over town centre
Young musicians took to the streets in the town for the annual Frome Busks on Saturday 13th June. The pop-up music event saw musicians work their way around seven stages at Frome Library, Black Swan Arts, Stony Street, Cheap Street, Westway, the Cheese and Grain and Boyle Cross. Hosted by Frome Coll...
New hub combines DIY store and Share Shop
Two community projects focused on saving money, reducing waste and sharing resources are coming together in Frome with the opening of a new DIY store and the return of the Share Shop. Both initiatives are being run by local non-profit organisation Edventure and will operate from The Welsh Mill on Pa...
Friends cycle to Rome in once-in-a-lifetime charity adventure
A 1,300-mile journey from Frome to Rome is under way after two friends turned a casual pub idea into a six-week cycling challenge across three countries. Frome resident Anton Grais set off with friend Joel Rooprai on 17th May and the duo will cycle for six weeks across three countries, crossing ru...
Cat charity marks 10 years as care unit appeal launched
A cat welfare charity in Frome that has helped more than 2,500 cats over the past decade is fundraising to build a new intensive care unit. Cats in Distress, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, now helps more than 400 cats a year and is currently caring for 57 cats, offering medical...
Community investment tops £250,000 in Saxonvale share offer
More than a quarter of a million pounds has been raised through the Mayday Saxonvale Community Share Offer less than a week after it opened to the public. Over 260 people have now invested over £256,000 in the campaign to bring Saxonvale, a 12-acre regeneration site in the centre of Frome, into c...
250 new homes planned near popular Somerset forest walk
The site will includes a community orchard
Much-loved daughter, 17, among this week's Somerset funeral notices
Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one
Somerset village raises £30k in one week to fight 125 homes on 'green wedge'
'To see our community unite so powerfully is nothing short of incredible'