AS part of our 170th anniversary celebrations, the County Gazette has launched a Community Fund to give a platform to the exceptional voluntary work which goes on throughout our community. We have been asking organisations to write in and tell us why they need fundraising support. We are featuring one group each week in the County Gazette, and this week its the turn of Norton Fitzwarren Pre-School.

Norton Fitzwarren Pre-School THIS is a small charity, committee-run pre-school that has just moved from the pavilion site in the village to an unused classroom in Norton Fitzwarren Primary School.

As it is a non-profit making organisation, it does not have extra funds to purchase large items.

But due to the move the group is in need of additional storage units and would like to purchase new equipment for the children to enjoy.

Anyone who would like to make a donation can send them by post to J.Walker, Blackdown View, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, TA2 6TB or contact Joanne Walker, the chair of Norton Fitzwarren Pre-school Committee, on 01823-289102.

To apply, e-mail communityfund@countygazette.co.uk or write to Community Fund, Somerset County Gazette, St James Street, Taunton TA1 1JR. Include 150 words about the cause and its fundraising need/s, with details of how readers can make donations.

ö The Albemarle Centre ö The New Build Appeal, St Margaret's Hospice ö ESCAPE Support Group providing activities for disabled children and their families ö Mindline Somerset ö SAB C Somerset Association for the Blind ö Taunton Well Woman Centre ö Home-Start Taunton Deane ö Somerset Wildlife Trust ö 1st Wellington Scout Group ö East Somerset Railway ö Kingsmead School Society ö Chedzoy Pre-School ö HELP C Holiday Endeavour for Lone Parents ö St John Ambulance Taunton Combined Adult Division ö Somerset Cancer Care ö Victim Support Somerset ö The Open Door C Taunton's homeless charity ö North Town Primary School (new sensory room planned for special needs children) ö Norton Fitzwarren Village Hall Chair Appeal ö Norton Fitzwarren Pre-School ö Moon Bear Rescue (Quantocks based) ö Somerset Prostate Cancer Support Association ö Reminiscence Learning ö Conquest Centre ö Taunton Sea Cadets ö Pawlett Village Playgroup ö Taunton Vale Disability Club ö Wellington St John Ambulance ö Selworthy School ö BIBIC, Pawlett ö Carer Support Programme (CSP) helping parents who bring up/care for disabled children in the county ö Labrador Rescue Trust in Somerset ö Hemyock Pre-School ö Huish Woods Scout Camp Site C also the centenary year of Scouting ö Buckland St Mary Pre-School ö Taunton Beekeepers ö Holy Cross Church, Hillfarrance ö Taunton & District Mencap ö Taunton Womens Refuge ö Staplegrove Scout Group ö SASBAH Somerset Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus ö Taunton Deane Association for Neighbourhood Care ö Taunton Opportunity Playgroup ö Ruishton Ladies C knitting ö Helens Rabbit and Guinea Pig Boarding and Rescue ö Taunton Citizens Advice Bureau ö Macmillan Cancer Support ö Railway Runabouts