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  Marathon des Sables Update Four days completed now of Emily, Andy and Mitz’s Sahara Desert challenge! Their challenges have included some very tough climbs and descents in scorching temperatures and sand storms! Yesterday’s challenge was the toughest yet though – 85.2 km non-stop, some of which was completed in the hours of darkness. Our […]

Fair Frome Furniture Bank are always looking for white goods, such as electric cookers, under-counter fridges, fridge freezers, washing machines and domestic small electrical items, such as microwaves, table-top ovens, bedside table lamps, kettles, etc. In fact, anything you would need to set up home! Please be aware that these do need to be in […]

Fair Frome Annual Report 2016 – 17

Join us for a fundraising quiz night this Saturday 3 March at the Frome Football Club.  It costs £10 a team to enter and teams can be up to 6 people.  More info on 07795528999. Emily, Maritsa and Andy will be running 251 km in the Marathon des Sables in April, the toughest foot race […]

Fair Frome to Expand Furniture Bank Working with Somerset Waste Partnership and Frome Town Council, Fair Frome have successfully bid for a new grant from The Distributor Take-Back Service (DTS). Fair Frome provides services for people in acute need in Frome and already runs the Food Bank and Furniture Bank in the town. Both the […]

Fair Frome’s first Christmas Quiz was devised by local quiz master Paul Hewitt.  We are indebted to him for his time and energy spent in compiling and marking the quiz for the charity’s benefit.  The proceeds of £98 will go towards our projects working with people in need. Our prize sponsors were Cooper Hall, Merlin […]

New Year, New Opportunity! Electricians wanted! Fair Frome is starting a new WEEE sponsored project this month, working and is looking for people who can spare a few hours a week repairing fridges, washing machines, cookers and small electrical items in Frome. Items will be donated for the furniture bank, which delivers items free of […]

Thanks to Paul Hewitt, we have a paper prize Christmas Quiz to sell at £1 to raise money for Fair Frome – promises hours of fun for the family over Christmas (who wanted to play Monopoly anyway!?)  It comprises 8 cryptic rounds and a tie breaker and there are some fab prizes for the lucky […]

Free Community Lunch For All   A free Fair Frome community lunch will take place on Sunday 19 November at 12.00 – 2.00 pm at Frome Football Club in Frome. A group of friends, some of whom are Fair Frome volunteers, are sponsoring and organising a delicious hot lunch for the community – everyone is […]

Trustee Vacancies at Fair Frome   Fair Frome is a local charity which provides services for people in acute need and to promote community cohesion. We also speak out against inequality. To this end we run the local Food Bank, the Furniture Bank, organise Community Dining and other events. We have also campaigned for the […]