Patrick Ellis, 44, has been appointed as the council’s new assistant chief executive, and will take up the post in January. He will help to implement the wide-ranging ‘Forward Together’ change programme and re-shape how the council delivers services. Patrick is currently head of business improvement at West Sussex County Council, where he has had…
Over 40 staff at the Haskins Garden Centres have become Dementia Friends after attending sessions presented by Ruth Crosland, a volunteer Dementia Friends champion from the Alzheimer’s Society.
Dorset Police are offering reassurance to residents in Bournemouth following three incidents in which three people sustained knife injuries. On Monday 8 September, Dorset Police responded to two incidents in the Springbourne and Pokesdown areas of Bournemouth. At 1.32am officers attended a domestic related incident in Seabourne Road and located a 55-year-old man with stab…
The Mayor of Dorchester, Peter Mann, has announced his support for growing the first ‘grass free lawn’ in Dorchester’s Borough Gardens as the subject of the 2014/15 Mayoral Appeal.
In a project supported by Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT), Dorchester Town Council, The Heritage Lottery Fund, and the Gardens Group, both wildlife and people are set to benefit from a lawn grown from a variety of different flowering plants, rather than grass. Members of the local community are being invited to collect their free seeds, compost and trays to grow plants at home, which will be included in the grass free lawn at Dorchester Borough Gardens next year.
Celebrating 20 years of democracy in South Africa, Inala presents choral legends Ladysmith Black Mambazo in a unique artistic collaboration with multi award-winning choreographer Mark Baldwin at Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts on Thursday, 2 October. Created by a team that includes the talents of current and former members of the Royal Ballet and…
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is holding a Wild About Wimborne event at the Minster Green in Wimborne on Saturday, 20 September from 10.30am – 3.30pm.
This Saturday (13 September) Wimborne fire crews will be holding their first community safety day at Waitrose in the town, between 10am and 2pm, providing a fun and informative event for all the family. Residents have the opportunity to meet their local fire crews and see some of the methods they use to save lives…
Knit and Natter sessions organised by Dorset’s Douch Family Funeral Directors for Preemies UK have become so popular that more groups are joining in. The funeral directors are the local co-ordinators for the not-for-profit organisation that aims to keep neonatal intensive care units across the country supplied with ‘tiny togs for tiny tots’. Knitters at…
Autism Wessex is asking for the community to vote for the charity in the Lloyds Bank Community Fund award. Autism Wessex has been selected as one of the causes to benefit from the Community Fund after being nominated earlier this year. There are 4 local causes in each area and each will be awarded funding.…
1,500 young people and their parents took part in 15 fun-filled community art, craft and sport days in four different locations in East Dorset over the school summer holidays.
The events were targeted at local communities at Leigh Park Community Centre and Allendale Community Centre in Wimborne, Heatherlands Community Centre in Ferndown and Three Legged Cross First School.
