In 2013 the Air Cadet Junior Leaders raised a fantastic £17K for the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation, a tough target for this year’s course, but Course XV absolutely smashed it raising more than £22,500! The sixty three Junior Leaders organised a whole range of fundraising activities. There were many tough physical challenges, with stretcher…
Ferndown town centre retailers have dressed their shops with purple displays and used purple balloons to create a river of purple through the town to show their support for Cancer Research UK, and to promote the launch of the 7th Bournemouth & East Dorset Relay For Life. One of the Relay For Life volunteer organisers,…
John Brathertone from Fordingbridge is one of six lucky teens who won a place on this year’s MDL Sail Training Awards are now back on dry land, after setting sail from MDL’s Ocean Village Marina on 16 April for six days at sea. The MDL-sponsored awards, which have been running for over 20 years, offer…
Chairman of the Heatherlands Centre, John Hanrahan wrote to thank Ferndown Town Council for a grant of £150 which was presented on 1 May to the Soft Play Group based in the centre. John helps run the Soft Play Group and said the grant would go a long way towards buying new soft play equipment.
Bournemouth is calling all elite cyclists, casual leisure riders and peddle power enthusiasts, the Wheels Night Ride taking place on Monday 26 May from 6.30pm, is set to be a celebration of cycling. Part of the Bournemouth Wheels Festival, which takes place along the seafront, East Overcliff, town centre and the Lower Gardens from 24 to…
The National Motor Museum, Beaulieu is celebrating a successful challenge to break the World Record for the Longest Line of Toy Cars. Volunteers took ten hours to lay the staggering line of 24,189 toy cars which snaked 1.91km around the motor museum and the picturesque grounds outside. While holidaymakers were stuck in Bank Holiday traffic, the…
When it comes to the feel good factor, you’ll find it hard to beat ‘Dreamboats and Petticoats’, which is at Bournemouth Pavilion until Saturday 10 May.
There’s no better way to say it than with flowers, which is exactly why Colehill Floral Arrangement Club members used beautiful little bunches to spread some love around the area on Friday 2 May, National Flower Arranging Day. It was part of NAFAS (The National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies) Emerald Anniversary celebrations with the…
Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole is calling on parents across her constituency to check for warning signs of possible heart problems in babies and follow life-saving guidance from the UK’s leading children’s heart charity.
Annette is supporting ‘Think HEART’, a campaign by the Children’s Heart Federation to increase the early diagnosis of children’s heart conditions.
An octogenarian stroke patient has presented Royal Bournemouth Hospital staff with a painting of the Dorset coast in gratitude for the treatment and support she received while in their care.
Southbourne resident Mary Smallman, 88, suffered a mini stroke two months ago and temporarily lost her speech. She was treated in the hospital’s Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) clinic, which specialises in picking up the warning signs for strokes and looks at active ways to prevent them happening in the future.
