Month: May 2014

ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent star and freestyle motocross (FMX) extraordinaire, Dan Whitby of Norfolk, is set to become the first ever rider to jump Bournemouth’s historic pier as part of town’s new Wheels Festival taking place on 24-26 May 2014, 10am-10pm. The UK’s biggest FREE family wheels-themed event will be a Festival of firsts. Not…

Poole’s beaches continue to keep the Blue Flags flying high with four awards as this year’s winners are announced.

The Ark’s resident penguin, Tux, is braving new heights and taking on the Diverse Abilities Plus ‘Harbourview 110ft Abseil’, overlooking Poole Harbour, on Sunday 8 June. Tux is encouraging more local people to join him and take part to raise vital funds for the services the Dorset charity runs supporting over 600 children and adults…

Diverse Abilities Plus has launched its first ‘Thank You Awards’ to acknowledge the inspirational people who are connected to the Dorset-based charity that supports children and adults with profound learning and physical disabilities in the county. The Thank You Awards took place at Barnabas, the charity’s adult opportunities service in Poole with special guests – children’s TV presenter Chris…

A beautiful rare fern will be amongst the many unusual plants available at East Dorset’s first specialist plant fair on 24 May. Called the Upside-down Fern as the fronds look as though they are growing upside down, the evergreen Arachniodes standishii thrives in containers and can survive even the worst winters as it is hardy…

A new vehicle for the Osborne Centre in West Parley costing £32,000 was handed over by Red Kite last week

The first memorial plaque has been placed on a bench at Ferrett Green in Verwood.

Creativity comes from within, but how do we unlock it? Well, local multi-disciplinary artist Hazel Evans, who is currently Artist in Residence at Lighthouse, will be hoping to set free people’s creativity through her Creative Freedom Workshop as part of ‘Time of your Life!’, Lewis-Manning Hospice’s residential course to help women re-balance their lives. Hazel,…

Loneliness can be a major problem as people get older and to help address this, the Dorset Partnership For Older People Project (POPP) set up a Lunch Club in Verwood to be run by volunteers.

The outgoing Chairman of East Dorset District Council, Cllr Malcolm Birr raised £7,500 for his two charities during his year of office. It is being split equally between Marie Curie Cancer Care and Home-Start South East Dorset.