With the Barrington Centre firmly on the road to success following its shock closure and rescue within a week by its local community and major local charity Prama, Saturday’s fundraising concert proved Ferndown’s determination to keep the heart of its community beating.
NEWS FEED Centre Stage students raise money for local music charity Centre Stage School of Dance and Performing Arts has so far raised £486 for its chosen charity after holding three fundraising events in support of Coda Music Trust. Centre Stage DDMIX Dancers in wigs, with Phil Hallett (Coda Music Trust CEO, 4th from left…
Bournemouth football players Jack Wilshere and Benik Afobe marked World Cancer Day (4 February) by showing support for the Dorset Cancer Care Foundation as well as signing their shirts and donating them to be auctioned.
Verwood Concert Brass is delighted to see some of the money raised by the band at carolling events in the run up to Christmas helped buy an all-terrain wheelchair for 10-year-old Katie, who is a member of the band’s new starter group.
A Bournemouth hotel has challenged five students to organise a charity Masquerade Ball.
NEWS FEED Safe space opens to offer people employment and self-employment support A new centre has just been opened in Pokesdown by Mayor of Bournemouth Cllr Eddie Coope, for people with barriers to work including disability, long-term unemployment and single parents. The centre, on the main Christchurch Road, offers training and support to improve confidence…
Television and radio presenter Valerie Singleton, best known for presenting the Blue Peter series in the 1960s, is backing the Surviving Winter Appeal which raises donations from unwanted winter fuel allowances to help local older people in fuel poverty.
The Barrington Centre opened this morning following the overwhelming support and generous donations from the Ferndown community.
To mark World Cancer Day 2107, those with cancer along with friends and family have shared their experiences of The Grove Hotel in Bournemouth, which exclusively caters for their needs.
Inspired by her cousin in Nottingham and one of her mother’s friends, eight-year-old Niamh Bowers from Fordingbridge has sacrificed her long, golden tresses for the Little Princess Trust.
