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All About Frome – December 14th 2021

Posted on December 16, 2021

IN THIS EDITION

Our main feature is about refugees and their resettlement experience in the UK. Frome has seen several families from Syria pass through in the last few years and there are many more families out there from other countries looking for help to integrate into British society. We look at the plight of the refugee and the protocols for settling them into a world which is culturally very different from the one they fled.

In the studio, Dinah Bardgett, who worked on a scheme resettling vulnerable people in Somerset and Jason Hart from Bath University, who has spent 25 years on research with refugees in the Middle East and South Asia, and also helped support the Frome refugees.

Later, Julia meets Sue Merrills, Shop Manager at Oxfam, Frome and

Sue Willis from Purple Elephant on Christmas help for families.

If you or your organisation would like to be featured on All About Frome, email hello@nullfrome.fm and we’ll be in touch.

All About Frome – November 16th 2021

Posted on November 16, 2021

Annabelle McFadyen talks about COP26

and climate change activism

extinctionrebellionfrome@nullgmail.com

Cllr Richard Akroyd talks about a screening

of new George Monbiot Film Rivercide

at Frome Town Hall at 1800 hrs on 19^th November

How did our rivers end up like this and what can we do about it? – Frome Town Council

The screening is followed by a (virtual) appearance from Franny Armstrong, director of the film, and a panel discussion featuring guests from

Wessex Water, Bristol Avon Rivers Trust, the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West

and representatives from local farming and fishing communities.

then

Simon Keyes from Friends of the River Frome calls for volunteers

for a new river monitoring scheme called Riverwatch

Celebrating, protecting and improving the Somerset River Frome (friendsoftheriverfrome.co.uk)

Christopher Curtis shows us the new board game, Prometheus,

he invented while he was a maths teacher at Frome College

prometheusconcept.com

PROMETHEUS COMPETITION – organised by Christopher Curtis, inventor:

The names of entrants who can name the wife of Prometheus

will be entered into a draw to win a copy of the game.

To enter the Prometheus competition. Contact Christopher at info.prometheusconcept@nullgmail.com with your answer and phone number or email address.

Housing Hub debates the Selwood Garden Community project

Posted on November 10, 2021

In this month’s episode of Housing Hub on Frome FM we hand the microphone over to the key players on each side of the Selwood Garden Community debate and let them ask each other about their vision for housing in Frome.

Proposals for a large housing development on the edge of Frome known as Selwood Garden Community have been the source of much heated discussion for many months. Campaigners working to stop the development have highlighted various concerns including loss of open land and damage to wildlife habitat as well as increased traffic and lack of infrastructure in the town. Those who are in favour point to the need for more housing in a town where demand is high and to the element of social housing included in the plans. At Fair Housing for Frome we wanted to try to get to the heart of the conversation so we’re making it the subject of our November episode of Housing Hub, our monthly talk-radio programme.

The show goes out on Frome FM at 3pm on Monday 15^th November and again at 3pm on Friday 19th November. It features in conversation, Mark Brierly, one of the architects of the Selwood Garden Community masterplan and Lollie Melton, an environmentalist from the ‘Stop Selwood Garden Community’ campaign group. Jo Berry, an experienced Restorative Justice facilitator and involved in a new restorative conversation group in Frome, keeps the conversation on track. Jo, who is the founder of Building Bridges for Peace, demonstrates how people with opposite and passionate views on a subject can start to listen to each other and look for common ground. Do not miss this chance to hear the fascinating conversation from the people most closely involved with SGC, one of Frome’s most talked about housing topics.

The episode will also be available on catch-up shortly after the broadcast.

Latest News

Posted on October 23, 2021

Press Release

Effective immediately

The directors of FromeFM have announced that the radio station has temporarily ceased transmissions on 96.6fm. The online service at www.frome.fm/listennow will continue as normal.

The license to transmit on FM has been suspended due to an administrative error beyond our control and we hope this will be resolved as soon as possible.

Programme-makers, please continue to make and send in your programmes. They will go out online but not on FM for the time being. Programmes transmitted to date will continue to be available on Mixcloud,

FromeFM apologises to its listeners and the members and volunteers and is doing everything possible to get back on the airwaves.

For further information, please contact hello@nullfrome.fm and we will get back to you.

23^rd October, 2021

All About Frome – October 5th 2021

Posted on October 5, 2021

All About Frome Special, October 6th

Local help available for people affected by the

Universal credit cut and end to evictions moratorium

In the studio:

Bob Ashford from Fair Frome

fairfrome.org

01373 488578

Phil Gray, debt coach with Christians Against Poverty

capdebthelp.org

philgray@nullcapuk.org

0800 328 0006

07496 526089

Steve Tanner from Fair Housing for Frome

info@nullfairhousingforfrome.org.uk

01373 800360

Mendip Housing 0300 303 8588

On Zoom :

Iona Fitzgerald from Citizens Advice Mendip

Somerset Advice Line 0808 2787842

Freephone Mon-Fri 10-4

Email advice and referrals : citizensadvicemendip.org.uk

A statement from Mike Nichols, DWP Bristol

dwp.gov.uk

0747 1029235

And extracts from an interview with David Warburton MP

david.warburtonmp@nullparliament.uk

020 72195229

Full interview with David Warburton

www.frome.fm/programmes/talk/all-about-frome-podcasts

If you have a programme idea or you

or your group would like to take part in the All About Frome programme, contact us at hello@nullfrome.fm

New Music Show – Sacred Sound Journey, presented by Ian Marshall

Posted on September 14, 2021

Join new FromeFM member Ian on his Sacred Sound Journey as he explores the realms of the mystical and exotic. Showcasing music and tone that brings us into resonance with a depth beyond ourselves. It could be wild ecstatic dance or a soulful awakening choir, a trance inducing devotional mantra or a piece bringing us to deep meditational stillness. We will experience wild African drums, Indian classical music, and plenty more in between.

Ian has always been a music lover and over the last 10 years or so he has developed an interest in the more healing qualities that sound has to offer, beginning with devotional singing or Kirtan and moving into working with gongs and other instruments that work to calm the nervous system, clear blockages and bring peace.

Expect chats with local gong makers and players, kirtan singers, ecstatic dance facilitators, drummers and vedic chanters as they share their experiences of connecting with sound vibration in a different way.

Sacred Sound Journey airs at 7pm Wednesday September 22nd and then every fourth Wednesday thereon. Repeats on some Tuesdays and Sundays; check schedule for details.