Poppy petals launch appeal
Dorset’s Poppy Appeal was launched at the Barrington in Ferndown on 29 October following a parade in Penny’s Walk led by the Bournemouth Youth Marching Band.
Dorset’s Poppy Appeal was launched at the Barrington in Ferndown on 29 October following a parade in Penny’s Walk led by the Bournemouth Youth Marching Band.
In support of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal, a Dorset Police car has been specially decorated with red poppies.
An urgent campaign to raise money has been launched by Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) to allow its winter hedgerow maintenance work to continue in the county.
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The release of a ‘Poppy Explosion’ of 2016 poppy petals from the roof of the Barrington Theatre will launch Dorset’s Poppy Appeal, which will be opened by the county chairman of the Royal British Legion.
Darryl Tidd has been appointed as the new director of the local grant-giving charity, Talbot Village Trust.
Broadstone Middle School has presented a cheque to Diverse Abilities, Dorset’s disability charity, for £1821.66 towards its Lilypad Appeal to refurbish its children’s respite home.
Diverse Abilities, Dorset’s disability charity, has thanked Barclays HR Operations department which fundraised and purchased a summer house, then built and painted it for one of the charity’s supported living properties.
The top floor of a multi-storey car park has been turned in the Secret Roof Garden by a group of young teenagers led by a Bournemouth-based charity organisation BCHA.