Air ambulance bowled over with donation
Ferndown Bowls Club has raised a sum of £200 for the president’s charity of the year, the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance.
Ferndown Bowls Club has raised a sum of £200 for the president’s charity of the year, the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance.
Three staff members from Diverse Abilities have cycled from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise funds for the Poole-based charity they work for.
The theft of a catalytic converter from a charity’s specially adapted vehicle used for transporting multiple sclerosis sufferers to their day centre has been called “a despicable and cruel act.”
Abacus, the Ferndown and Andover based vehicle hire specialist, is offering to donate a minibus from its hire fleet to a deserving regional charity.
Carolyn Emsley, the wife of Macmillan Caring Locally chairman Michael Emsley, has braved a sponsored skydive, raising £6,000 for Christchurch Hospital.
Teams battled it out at Canford School, near Wimborne, for Diverse Abilities’ Totally Wiped out charity’s fun-raising challenge.
Bournemouth Freemason John Donoghue has cycled 1,060 miles across Europe and raised £3,000 for charity Lifelites.
National Lottery funding has been awarded for project on St Catherine’s Hill titled “History of the Hill, Christchurch remembered”.
Vivienne Arkell from Wimborne has reached her goal destination after an 86 day, 1200 miles on foot, walk from Land’s End to John O’Groats.
Opened by the Mayor of Ferndown, Cllr Mrs Cathy Lugg, the Ferndown Fete on the Field attracted over 2,000 people and raised £4,000 for local charities.