Category: Dorset

A number of Ferndown Upper School (FUS) students celebrated being awarded John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) bursaries and scholarships this morning (8 February).

A new piece of equipment has been added to the funding wish list for Bournemouth Hospital Charity’s March for Men. The intra-operative BK ultrasound machine will benefit patients with urological cancer and costs £20,000.

Moors Valley Country Park and Forest, near Ringwood is offering wide-ranging choice of events and activities for people with disabilities to enjoy on Saturday 12 March. Already highly regarded for its access for all policy, the park is hosting this special day as part of the national initiative, Disabled Access Day. The initiative encourages disabled…

Parley Golf Centre is inviting golfers to have a shot in the dark by playing in a tournament after the sun goes down.

Entries to the Purbeck Marathon 2016 and the shorter Purbeck 16 are now being accepted. The race date is Sunday 18 September with both races starting on the downs overlooking Swanage Pier and finishing on Sandpit Field in Swanage. Billed as ‘More than Just a Marathon,’ runners completing the classic marathon distance of 26 miles…

East Dorset’s Moors Valley Country Park and Forest added a further accolade to its recent tally of awards when it took a Silver Award in the Large Attraction of the Year category of the South West Tourism Awards. The awards were announced at Exeter Cathedral on 4 February.

Over 500 patients at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital each year are given essential clothes to go home from hospital in by Bournemouth Hospital Charity’s Appeal Shop.