Macmillan Unit volunteers team receive royal award
Christchurch Hospital’s Macmillan Unit is one of just 40 organisations to be awarded the HRH Princess Royal’s Training Award.
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16-year-old singer’s charity event and single release raises £1,000 for Women’s Refuge
A 16 year-old Bournemouth and Poole College student delivered a cheque for £1,000 last week to BCHA following a successful fundraising launch event for her charity CD single release.
Grant-giving trust awards Bournemouth War Memorial Homes £100,000 grant for disabled veterans’ bungalows
Bournemouth War Memorial Homes (BWMH) has received a £100,000 grant from Talbot Village Trust (TVT) towards the construction of five two-bedroom bungalows suitable for disabled veterans.
Big-hearted German cycles Dorset to visit mentor at care home
A big-hearted German businessman cycled 1,400km in a week to arrive at a Dorset dementia care home and thank the mentor who inspired him as a young student as well as raise more than £2,000 for Parkinson’s UK.
Venture Antarctica
A couple and their friend are embarking on the last of Seven Summits, Visson Massif in Antarctica, in memory of John Thornton.
Celebrities and Dorset Businesses #sayYEStoSEN
A host of celebrities and 150 local businesses have shown their support of the #sayYEStoSEN campaign launched by South West Regional Assessment Centre (SWRAC) in Dorset.
Stars of the future help rock up £7,000 for charity at Bournemouth awards ceremony
The Rock Star Awards have announced this year’s winners and raised over £7,000 for the Bournemouth Hospital Charity whilst bringing talented youths under the age of 26 to the attention of local employers.
Unique restoration project by Swanage Railway Trust takes a step forward thanks to generous donor
A unique Victorian steam locomotive that escaped the scrapman’s torch is to take an important step forward towards possible restoration to full working order – thanks to a generous donor.
Charity Awards to thank inspirational local people
Diverse Abilities recently held its annual Thank You Awards in Poole to acknowledge inspirational people connected to the Dorset charity.
Guy Ritchie suit to be auctioned silently to raise funds for Julia’s House
Film director Guy Ritchie, his wife Jacqui and actor Martin Clunes have donated items of clothing to support the Dorset and Wiltshire children’s hospice charity, Julia’s House, and the items will be displayed at the charity’s new shop in Salisbury.