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Local Ferndown businesswoman Jo Gracie will be walking 10,000 steps a day with her dog Ted to support vital research that will help beat cancer.

In recent months a Dorset animal charity has seen a huge increase in calls for help with rehoming rabbits and guinea pigs.

The local children’s hospice says £30 million for additional short breaks for families with disabled children is a good start, but not enough.

The High Sheriff of Dorset presented two awards to The Water Lily Project, a Christian charity based in Christchurch.

With the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation being the charity of the year for two years, £3119 has been raised by Dudsbury Golf Club.

Thanks to a grant of £5,000 from Talbot Village Trust, Parkstone Grammar School pupils can now participate in trampolining.

Instead of birthday gifts, three pupils from Year 5 asked for donations to Oakhaven Hospice in Lymington.

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance was the charity of the year for Douch Family Funeral Directors, who raised nearly £7,000.

Businesses in Dorset and Hampshire are invited to the event at The Minstead Trust’s Hanger Farm Arts Centre in Lyndhurst.

Local women in deprived areas of Dorset are being encouraged to take part in a project to provide them with job prospects.