Frome Children’s Festival organisers, local charity Purple Elephant Family Support, are delighted to announce that this all-town-welcome family event will be happening again this summer. Kicking off the school holidays, on Sunday 27th July, and running from inside The Cheese and Grain, out in the Market carpark, along Welshmill Woods and into Welshmill Park, the […]
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Purple Elephant Family Support’s new youth club, run in partnership Young Somerset, has already been declared a success by both the young people who use it and adults alike. They are now looking for volunteers to support the club. Opened in October, for 8-13 year olds, and now officially named as The Key Club, this […]
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Purple Elephant Family Support is proud to say that family feedback has made it clear that its very busy year has made a real difference to local people’s lives. In this year alone, thanks to its National Lottery grant, we opened Frome’s new Youth Club, at the Key Centre, to cater for up to 20 […]
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In a new partnership between Frome charity, Purple Elephant, and youth and community support charity, Young Somerset, Purple Elephant is delighted to announce the successful opening of a new Youth Club for 8-13 year olds who live in Frome and adjoining villages. Based at The Key Centre, the club’s sessions, which started in November, are […]
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Local charity Purple Elephant is reaching out to the people of Frome and Somerset to help create a happy Christmas and special memories for families who will struggle to provide treats for their children at, what should be, such a special time of year. With a reported 1,000+ children in Frome alone on free school […]
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Frome charity, Purple Elephant, is looking for runners, and would-be runners, experienced or complete beginners, to join ‘The Bath Half’ and raise money for its year-round child and family services. The Purple Elephant team is offering paid-for places, running (or walking if you prefer) to raise money on Sunday 16 March 2025. Having raised almost […]
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Purple Elephant is waving goodbye to a busy summer as it plans for an exciting autumn, with plenty of offerings to ensure both children and adults get to enjoy time playing and learning together. The charity offered a wealth of activities over the summer holidays, to local families who are both referred and self-referred, and […]
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Purple Elephant, is handing out a big ‘thank you’ and a huge ‘well done’ to the TEN Somerset runners who took part in the Bath Half on 14 March to raise money in support of Frome and area families. As Purple Elephant charity worker Rebecca Harrison told us “It was so exciting to be there […]
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Saturday 30th March 2024 11am-2pm in Nunney £5 per child All money raised goes to Purple Elephant Family Support charity Can you follow the clues around Nunney to find your egg? To book your place please contact rebeccapurpleelephant@gmail.com For more information about Purple Elephant please visit www.purpleelephant.org.uk
‘Run the Bath Half and raise money for Purple Elephant – paid places still available!’ We have a team of runners taking part in the Bath Half on 17th March. If you’re already signed up independently to run, you can still raise money for Purple Elephant and we welcome you to join our team. If you’d […]
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