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Running the Dorset coast for radiotherapy unit

Charity, Dorset, Health & LifestyleJuly 3, 2020

Phillipa Rolle will be donning her sports gear tomorrow, Saturday 4 July, to run the Dorset boundary in aid of Poole Hospital’s radiotherapy unit, hoping to raise £2,150.

Dorset Community Foundation awards half a million pounds

Charity, DorsetJuly 2, 2020

In just 10 weeks, Dorset Community Foundation has awarded half a million pounds in 188 grants to local groups and charities addressing needs caused by the coronavirus emergency.

Julia’s House to open 9 more charity shops

Bournemouth, Business, Charity, Christchurch, Dorchester, Dorset, Poole, Weymouth, WimborneJuly 1, 2020

This month sees the re-opening of all the Julia’s House charity shops.

Over 1,000 cats re-homed by Cats Protection during lockdown

Charity, DorsetJuly 1, 2020

Matchmaking cats to potential adopters is the first new-normal process to roll out nationwide as Cats Protection marks more than 1,000 successful adoptions during lockdown.

Citizens Advice ready for coronavirus recovery phase

Charity, DorsetJune 29, 2020

With lockdown easing, Citizens Advice throughout Dorset have put special measures in place to help local residents begin to get back to normal.

Skater Josh wins new award

Charity, Dorset, SportJune 29, 2020

A Ferndown teenager has become the first winner of a new award funded by Wimborne Rotary in a partnership with the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF).

New foundation will support pandemic affected projects

Business, Charity, DorsetJune 26, 2020

Community projects, which have been hardest hit by Covid-19 in its first year, are to be supported by the new Wessex Water Foundation.

Poole boy’s ‘Channel swim’ will support Forest Holme

Charity, Dorset, PooleJune 22, 2020

A 10-year-old boy from Poole is making a splash for charity by replicating swimming the English Channel to help raise money for Forest Holme Hospice.

Bonnie, a 10-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier cross, had been given her favourite fish as a teatime treat, but when her owner put the discarded tin in the recycling bin, Bonnie saw her chance for an extra helping and got her tongue stuck in the can.