Today, 10 October, is World Mental Health Day and Rethink Mental Illness has brought a Red London Bus to Sainsbury’s Ferndown Car Park, with information about its East Dorset Carer Support Service and other Rethink Services. The bus is there until 4pm. Go along to get information and have the opportunity for a 1-1 chat…
Dorset Prostate Cancer Support Organisation (PCaSO) are inviting men to attend a free PSA testing session at the Memorial Hall, Verwood on Saturday, 1st November between 9.30am and 5pm. The test is given using a finger prick with a result in 15 minutes using the Mediwatch Bioscan. This does not diagnose prostate cancer but can…
Bournemouth’s economy could suffer a £100 million per year hit and around 2,000 jobs could be at risk should the Navitus Bay wind farm go ahead. In a Local Impact Report submitted this week, Bournemouth Borough Council details the significant detrimental impact the proposed wind farm would have on the local economy. Evidence shows that…
The Regent in Christchurch has just had a new grand piano donated to it by one of its founding members, Janet Townend of Mudeford. Janet has been a volunteer at the centre since 1982 and is a member of the board of directors. This is one of the largest single donations ever to made at…
The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has signed a five-step ‘Sustainable Fish Cities’ pledge to work towards buying, serving and promoting sustainable seafood to both staff and patients.
Changes that will give Dorset families higher priority in securing a place at their catchment junior school have been agreed by a national adjudicator. The Office of the Schools’ Adjudicator has given Dorset County Council the go-ahead to amend its over-subscription criteria, giving priority to children living within a junior school’s catchment area who attend…
Wimborne Minster Churchyard has won a Dorset Wildlife Trust Living Churchyard Scheme award. Margaret Turner receiving the silver award on behalf of the the Minster team, from the Bishop of Salisbury, the Right Rev’d Nicholas Holtam. The Living Churchyard Scheme is run by the Dorset Wildlife Trust and the prizegivimg was held at the Trust’s…
Landscape photographer Mark Simpson will be presenting an illustrated talk about his photographs at Moors Valley Country Park and Forest, near Ringwood on Friday 10 October from 7pm.
A special gala dinner hosted by Poole Rotary at the Miramar Hotel Bournemouth with a World War II commemorative theme, raised £1,500 for Lewis-Manning Hospice.
A small committee led by past president Peter Brooks got into the Forties Era with flags, reprints of posters and Ration Books and other memorabilia decorating the room and tables, while many guests dressed in period uniforms to make a very nostalgic and fun-filled event.
Hampshire’s fire chiefs have welcomed a multi-million pound boost for firefighter welfare causes. The Fire Fighters Charity will receive up to £1 million of funding from the Government to enhance their existing services to fire service staff. The charity will also be handed a further £1 million to enable them to offer their services to…
