All About Frome, 25th April, 2017

Chris Stringer, Environmental Officer at Frome Town Council

reported on the participatory budgeting vote on Victoria Park

Kate Hellard from the Frome Town Council talked about

the success of the council’s crowd funded campaign

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Alison Murdoch from Fair Housing for Frome

discussed housing issues in the town ahead

of a public meeting on 29 April at Rook Lane chapel

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Helen Ottaway, retiring chairman of Frome FM

and Di Pointon, Marketing Manager at Frome FM

explained recent changes at the station and

highlighted advertising and sponsorship opportunities

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Want to help out at Frome FM?

Daytime receptionists needed urgently:

apply through www.volunteerfrome.org

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FromeFM wishes to thank Falcon Panel Products for their very kind donation of chipboard panelling to our community group. The thick board will be used for the walls and should ensure a solid surface to screw into and help with soundproofing.

The chipboard was delivered by local couriers Gent Transport who delivered the materials for free.

We are still looking for more help in our studio rebuild though. If you are a local building or trade supplier please get in touch. We still require plasterboard sheeting, insulation roll and skirting board.

Please contact matt@nullfrome.fm if you are able to help.

More about Falcon Panel Products

Founded in 1986, Falcon Panel Products is a leading UK wood based panel products importer, distributor and solutions specialist.

With a commitment to the environment, Falcon Panel Products ensures all of its timber products are from well managed sustainable sources and that all their suppliers continue with good environmental supply chain management.

www.falconpp.co.uk

More about Gent Transport

Established in 1974 by John Gent, Gent Transport and Warehousing started as an express delivery company with a single escort van. Due to John’s work ethic and passion for success, the company flourished resulting in Gent Transport and Warehousing moving into household removals, furniture deliveries and storage. In the 1980’s, Gent transport and Warehousing moved its operation to a 10,000 sq ft warehouse in Yate, opposite our current premises, when it was decided to expand into palletised storage and distribution. From here the business thrived and within 5 years Gent Transport and Warehousing had outgrown this site and it was obvious they needed more space to cope with the increasing workload. In 1992 Gent Transport and Warehousing moved across the road to their current premises (65,000 sq ft), which has facilitated their expansion to the company they are today.

With daily deliveries throughout the UK and Europe, Gent Transport and Warehousing have come a long way since those early furniture deliveries and are now ideally positioned to cover all your distribution and storage requirements.

www.genttransport.co.uk

Three new shows start this week on Frome FM.

Wescott’s World is the first of a new bi-weekly lunchtime show from 1200-1300. It’s presented by food and drink expert, hotel staff and management trainer, vintage car enthusiast and Frome resident, Jeremy Westcott. Jeremy first encountered Frome FM as the winner of a charity auction prize to be interviewed on Frome FM by Alex Hawkins, producer of the ‘Homely Remedies’ show. He quickly became seduced by the magic of radio and now has his own take on local and national (and soon international) issues in the entertainment, leisure and motor industries.

Alternating with Wescott’s World every other Wednesday will be Mackett – Geoffrey Mackett looks in depth at some of the community and other organisations and businesses and occasionally controversial issues in the town. With many years in the Royal Navy behind him and several years as an emergency planner with Somerset County Council, Geoffrey, who also presents a world music show on Frome fm, has a depth of experience that is bound to lead to an engaging and interesting listener experience!

And on Fridays, Steve Barton – known to Frome FM listeners over the last few years as ‘Chemical Steve’ (a reference to his previous career as a pharmacist) presents a three hour morning show from 1000-1300. It’s a mix of slightly off-piste music, poetry, and other miscellany with a round up of the weekend events news from 1200-1300.

We wish them all the best and please send in your comments to studio@nullfrome.fm or tweet @fromefm.

Thanks to everyone who came to the Open Studio on Saturday! A great buzz and lots of donations to the “Brick in the Wall” campaign to buy materials for the studio dividing walls.

We still need more, so if you’re feeling generous, please let us know and we’ll put your money in the pot and give you a brick (or more – at £1 each) in the wall. Your donation will be displayed on the wall (when it’s built) forever! Or if you know a builder’s merchant with a warm heart – ask him to contact Rupert on 07913 742401.

And finally – thanks to Nicola Alden at Bojangles Dance Studio for letting us have some space at The Old Police Station during the winter. The cell was a great interim studio!

Now we look forward to a growing list of members, community groups and individuals coming into the studio and spreading the news about Frome, playing some great tunes and helping to bring the community together.

VACANCIES: New members, Friends of Frome FM, Volunteer receptionists, studio managers, sponsors and advertisers.

CONTACT US
Office (Open part-time): 01373 475570
email: hello@nullfrome.fm

FromeFM wishes to thank Rehau Unlimited Polymer Solutions for their very kind donation of their COMPACT Data trunking and cable tidy systems to our community group. The cabling system will be extremely valuable to us so that we can ensure the studio space is wheelchair accessible and child-friendly without loose wiring trailing across the floors.

We are still looking for more help in our studio rebuild though. If you are a local building or trade supplier please get in touch. We still require plasterboard sheeting, OBS chipboard, rockwool insulation and two fire doors.

Please contact matt@nullfrome.fm if you are able to help.

More about REHAU

REHAU delivers “Unlimited Polymer Solutions” and is the premium worldwide brand for polymer-based innovations and systems in building solutions, automotive and industry. The company generates continuous growth through its expertise and innovative capabilities in materials development, systems design and surface technology.

As a leading supplier of polymer-based solutions to construction, REHAU systematically addresses sustainable design priorities by enhancing comfort and convenience, reducing energy costs, creating healthy and safe environments, and conserving finite resources. REHAU’s products and systems for the window and door, heating and plumbing, and pipe markets complement each other in integrated solutions that optimise performance.

REHAU offers cable trunking products such as data trunking, including aluminium trunking, pvc trunking and steel trunking. Quiet unobtrusive aesthetics, fast easy installation and the ability to meet the latest standards and regulations are all incorporated into their cable trunking systems.

Rehau COMPACT Data Trunking is manufactured in the UK and maximises cable spacing, with up to 30% more cable capacity than other similar sized trunking systems.

Wednesday 29th March 6-8pm Frome FM

A special live broadcast to launch the new Frome website,

VOLUNTEER FROME

a site that matches your organisation’s need for volunteers with local people wanting to help or helps people who want to give their time to find the right volunteer placement.

Listen in to the broadcast which coincides with the website going live.

www.volunteerfrome.org

and hear from some of Frome’s biggest users of volunteers to see where you might fit in – or if you’re looking for volunteers, how you can find the right people.

A special edition of All About Frome – the Frome FM show for volunteering. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 1200.