Category: Dorset

Thousands of people descended on Bournemouth over the Bank Holiday weekend to witness the first ever Wheels Festival.

Quirky millinery will feature in an Art Exhibition at The Hayloft Gallery, 14 Wick Lane, Christchurch from 11-31 July. Painters Susan Knights and Linda Patterson have invited hat-maker Pip Muddell, to join them alongside Ann Davison who creates jewellery using natural stones and textile artist Brenda Weeks at their annual summer exhibition. Both Susan’s loose…

Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is encouraging children to spend some time outside to experience and learn about wildlife this May half term.
The Kingcombe Centre is hosting an Art Weeks exhibition of 12 artists, and there are lots of events for families.

Darren Wheeler, wood turner and sculptor from Dorset is supporting the regional charity Autism Wessex by collecting donations during Dorset Arts Week 2014.

Skipper and defender Scott Arnold along with striker Matt Kemble have joined the raft of players committing to Wimborne Town ahead of 2014/15 campaign, a move welcomed by manager Steve Cuss.

In the 60s, he designed and printed postcard cartoons to be sold in aid of the RNLI. In the 80s, he paddled round the Isle of Wight in an inflatable canoe for the RNLI. He also climbed up Cadair Idris (as a competition) to raise funds for the Wessex Scanner Appeal in Salisbury’s Odstock Hospital.…

The West Country’s largest independent supermarket, Dike & Son in Stalbridge, is the main event sponsor of this year’s Stock Gaylard Oak Fair. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, this celebration of oak, timber and countryside, will bring together a mixture of rural crafts, conservation projects and local food producers.

Get out the bunting for the sixth annual Big Lunch! This community spirited event takes place next Sunday, 1 June.

Around four million people throughout the UK are expected to take part in this year’s event, a simple idea from the Eden Project to encourage people to get together with their neighbours and to create stronger links in the community.