Wish re-rebranded
Bournemouth-based national charity Round Table Children’s Wish has undergone a rebrand – and after ten years its clown has retired.
Read more
Author: Dorset View
You are here:
Archives
Categories
LATEST NEWS
Fashionable Gardening on the charity catwalk at Haskins
A special evening to fundraise for the Alzheimer’s Society has been announced which will be organised and hosted by the Haskins Garden Centre at Longham, Ferndown on Wednesday 26 March as part of the centres’ 20th anniversary celebrations. Models will parade the latest new ranges of indoor and outdoor clothing on the catwalk and many…
Silver Fairtrade Award for Poole Grammar School
Poole Grammar School was awarded the Silver Award for Best Fairtrade Food Outlet in the Fairtrade Business Awards held in Bristol.
School pupils go behind the scenes at recycling firm
Pupils from a Poole school saw for themselves how their garden waste is turned into top quality compost when they visited a Dorset organics recycling firm.
Dorset Wildlife Trust looks on the bright side
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is delighted to launch the new red squirrel membership campaign, complete with illustrations and words by Rachel Bright, creator of the multimillion-selling gift and card brand, ‘The Bright Side’.
Polytunnel cover and BBQ from Rotary
The Rotary Club of Bournemouth North presented volunteers at Cherry Tree Nursery with a cheque for £600 to pay for a new cover for the polytunnel (seen in the background of the photograph). The tunnel cover was lost in the strong winds during the winter, and the replacement cover was very badly needed. The Rotary Club…
£800 tax cut says Lib Dem MP Annette Brooke
An £800 income tax cut for people in Mid Dorset and North Poole is the real budget boost, Annette Brooke MP said yesterday. The budget revealed plans to increase the personal allowance from April 2015 and put an extra £100 back in taxpayers’ pockets. Lib Dems have already delivered on a £700 tax cut for…
It’s all about the girls!
The ladies of the Oakmedians rugby club: inclusive of mothers, aunts, sisters, partners and indeed their very own ladies team were treated to a slap up meal and a game of rugby when the 1st XV team played Blandford RFC on 8 March at Meyrick Park. They were celebrating International Woman’s Day with their own…
Raffled painting raises £750 for East Dorset Council Chairman’s charities
The Chairman of East Dorset District Council, Cllr Malcolm Birr, has visited the winner of his year-long raffle to present them with their prize, having drawn the winning ticket at his gala dinner. Glenys Hazlehurst, who lives in Ashley Heath, won a framed oil painting of Wimborne Minster. The painting was specially provided by local…
Young Christchurch chefs battle it out for Food Festival title
Four young chefs from Christchurch restaurants have gone to head to head in the Christchurch Food & Wine Festival’s annual Professional Young Chef of the Year competition sponsored by Chef’s Mate. The four – Ryan Carpenter from The Captains Club Hotel, Harry Fry from Splinters Restaurant, Jimmy Pang from The Nelson Tavern and Jordan Garland-Wood…