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Ateliers Francais
Contact: Cecile Denham
Tel: 01373 471692
A’ level & GCSE students. Flexible classes arranged for adults and younger children. Please call for details.

Brokerswood Holiday Club 
Lisa Cooke
Tel: 01373 830119
Arts, Crafts and Woodland Walks

Carymoor Environmental Trust, Castle Cary 
Frances Stuart
Tel:  01963 350143
After school club and holiday activites, environmental education
http://www.carymoor.org.uk/

Frome Caving Group
Age: 18+
An active club regularly caving on Mendip. We also run trips to South Wales, Yorkshire and other areas. Local caving usually takes place on Monday evenings. We meet at the Mendip Inn at Guerney Slade on the first Monday of the month at 8.30pm to arrange our programme for the next month. All welcome.
www.caving.uk.com

Frome Charisma Twirlers
Meet: Saturday 12.30pm-5.30pm, Sunday 6pm-9pm
Age: Various
Frome Youth and Community Centre, Vallis Road.
Contact: Marcia Hutton
Tel: 01373 465842
www.charismatwirlers.co.uk

Frome Fascination Twirlers 
Tracey Brewer 01373 451884 and Tanya Stevens 01373 463242
email:  tanyastevens123@btinternet.co,

Meet at Oakfield School

 

Frome Chess Club
Contact: Gerald Udell
Tel: 01373 461796
Meet: Tuesday Juniors 6.30pm-7.30pm
Seniors 7.30pm onwards
At: Frome Rugby Club. One of the
longest running clubs in the area!
www.somersetchess.org

Frome & District Embroiderers
Christchurch Hall, Park Road, Frome
Meet: 2nd Saturday in the month 10am-3.30pm
Young Embroiderers
Contact: Margaret Howard
Tel: 01225 764691
Meet: Christchurch Hall, Frome

Frome Film & Video Club
Meet: Frome Canoe Club, Market Yard, Frome
A club to encourage people to make films and video as a recreational hobby.
Produce the five-minute festival.
Good disabled access
Contact: Philip Marshman
Tel: 01225 764752
www.philmar.demon.co.uk

Frome Radio Controlled Car Club
Meet: Summer Friday 6.30pm racing starts 7pm
Winter Sunday 1.30pm racing starts 2pm
At: Frome Youth & Community Centre, Vallis Road.
email: chairman@frome-rccc.co.uk
www.frome-rccc.co.uk

Frome Wessex Camera Club
We meet at 7.45pm on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month, September to May at Beckington Village Hall, Near Frome
We run a programme of Lectures, Competitions, Digital Instruction evenings for beginners (using Photoshop Elements) and more advanced workers (using Photoshop CS), Portrait Sessions, and Battles against other Camera Clubs in the area.
www.wessexcameraclub.org.uk

Frome Healthy Living
A directory providing information on the wide range of healthy living options in the Frome area.  Visit their website http://www.fromehealthyliving.co.uk.

Merlin Book Club 
7pm-9pm Wed once a month
Merlin Foyer
Tel: 01373 465949
www.merlintheatre.co.uk

Packhorse Book Group
Meet: 2nd Thursday in every month, 8pm at members houses.
Please call first.
Contact: Bob Morris
Tel: 01373 464487

Poetry & Prose Cafés
Garden Café, Stony Street
Age 16+
Take place alternately on the first Monday of each month from 7.30pm

Wassail Games Club
This is a board games club that meets every week at the The Frome Rugby Club down Gypsy Lane on a Thursday evening at 7pm. We play all sorts of board games from European games like Settlers and Carcassonne to more traditional games.
Everyone over the age of 16 is welcome and it is free!
Contact and more details via our website.
http://sites.google.com/site/wassailgamesclub/

Stitch ‘n’ Bitch
A drop in group for knitters & sewers based on the worldwide phenomenon Stich ‘n’ Bitch.
The group meet on Tuesdays 6pm-9pm (except Christmas Day & New Years Day!)
Join the wool revolution, make friends, share knowledge and become a member of the Frome Knitterati!
All abilities including beginners welcome.
Cost: £3 suggested donation to Youth, Community & Refurbishment.
No need to book just turn up at the Merlin foyer…
Further info: 01373 465949
www.merlintheatre.co.uk

Sustainable Frome
Sustainable Frome is a group of individuals and an Alliance of organisations, all interested in ways in which we can ensure that future generations can thrive in Frome. It’s about climate change and global warming, about campaigning to make sure green issues are addressed, about healthier food and cycling and all things similar…
We meet every first Thursday of every month at the Masonic Hall at 7pm (to share food) then for some activity.
The website www.sustainablefrome.org.uk links to a discussion forum.
A good group of youngsters from the college Eco Group come to meetings.

http://www.transitionfrome.org.uk

F.R.O.G.S
Frome Recreation and Open Ground Supporters is an independent public body. It was established in July 2005 and aims to provide opportunities for community members to improve and promote the use of, awareness of and care of frome’s green areas in order to make them welcoming, well used, safe and enjoyable environments for all now and in the future. We hope that anyone with an interest in any of Frome’s open spaces will take the opportunity to join FROGS.
We meet every 6 weeks.
Call 0775 3454231 for more details.

Somerset Wildlife Trust
Tonedale Mill, Tonedale, Wellington
www.somersetwildlife.org
Tel: 01823 652400
email:
enquiries@somersetwildlife.org
Varied activities. Also available wildlife talks to youth groups (small fee required)

The American Museum in Britain
Claverton Manor, Bath  BA2 7BD
www.americanmuseum.org/
Tel  01225 460503
email: 
info@americanmuseum.org
The American Museum in Britain is home to a unique collection, in a breathtaking setting.  There is something for everyone to enjoy at the only museum of Americana outside the United States.

 

 

 


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