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.
Dorset Police and partners are supporting the annual International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on 6 February 2016. Female Genital Mutilation is illegal in the UK, is child abuse and is an extremely harmful practice with devastating health consequences for girls and women. It is sometimes known as circumcision, ‘sunna’ or…
Jackie Phillipson and Richard Blunderfield entertained guests at a stylish exclusive launch party held at The Gate House, Deans Court in Wimborne.
Police investigating an incident of alcohol bilking at a Poole hotel are appealing for witnesses. At 4.40pm on Tuesday 26 January, a man and woman arrived at the Harbour Heights Hotel in a silver Toyota taxi and entered the bar area. During their stay, the couple ordered a large quantity of alcoholic drinks and set…
Borough of Poole has joined the growing number of employers committing to end the stigma and discrimination against people with experience of mental health problems by signing a pledge with Time to Change, which is a campaign run by the charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness.
Bournemouth Hospital Charity is offering one lucky person the chance to spend May half term at the beach with a base to keep their things. The use of a Bournemouth beach hut for the half term week is the Easter raffle top prize with Easter hampers and cuddly toys also up for grabs. Having a…
