Seventeen year old Tom Winchester from Bridgwater is gearing up for his final charity event as he aims to hit his £5,000 fundraising target for Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC). Tom’s ‘Written in the Stars’ charity concert, featuring a live band, West End performers and a drag queen, will be held on Friday 1 September, 7:30pm at Bridgwater Town Hall. It is the finale of a fundraising journey that began last year to celebrate Tom’s 10 year anniversary of recovering from a life-threatening brain tumour. Full story: Read more
Master the art of colour mixing using the three primary colours
The Chandos Society of Artists is organising a workshop led by local artist Camilla Clark. The workshop covers the secrets and techniques of colour mixing for artists using just three colours, Lemon Yellow, Alizarine Crimson and Phthalo Blue. Full story: Read more
Royal Honours for award winning Somerset College!
Hot on the heels of their success at the Association of Colleges’ National Beacon Awards, staff at Bridgwater College are celebrating again after being awarded a highly prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in the 2015-16 round. The Prizes, established in 1993, are awarded every two years to universities and colleges whose work is judged to show excellence, innovation, impact and benefit – not only for the institution itself, but for communities locally, regionally and nationally. Full story: Read more