Lions help with safety awareness
Several members of Wimborne and Ferndown Lions Club were treated to a tour of the Streetwise safety centre in Elliott Road
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Safe Scoot in Ferndown
Ferndown Central PACT panel, in conjunction with Neighbourhood Watch are holding a Safe Scooter event at the Barrington Centre, Penny’s Walk, Ferndown on Saturday 31 May from 10am-3pm The day will include education on scooter use and multi agency information stands in the main hall. It will also include a free cream tea for all…
Zoo time for Beaucroft pupils
At visit to Marwell Zoo by Brownsea Class from Beaucroft Foundation School was a great success. The pupils enjoyed a ride on the Land Train, had lunch with their friends and were excited to be able to get up close to the animals. Among their favourites were the elephants and lions. Children from Brownsea Class…
Boost for Heatherlands toddlers
Wimborne and Ferndown Lions Club has contributed £250 for extra equipment at the Soft Play Group at Heatherlands Community Centre. The pieces, called Atlas steps, slide, wave and wedge will supplement the centre’s range of climbing and clambering toys.
D-Day Veterans visit Swanage Railway
Five brave D-Day veterans from Swanage – who took part in the largest and most daring maritime invasion in history back in 1944 – have been recognised by volunteers on the town’s award-winning steam railway.
Swanage Railway volunteers help raise over £4,000 towards new lifeboat house
Kind-hearted Swanage Railway volunteers have helped to raise more than £4,000 towards a new lifeboat house for the seaside town – following a fund-raising push at the heritage line’s successful ninth annual Diesel Gala and Dorset Beer Festival.
Comedy night capers
A successful Comedy Night held recently at the Conservative Club in Ringwood, in aid of the charities for Fanfare for Spring, more than doubled the cash collected for the spring event.
Navitus Bay Wind Farm information event – 13 June
The cable trench could be coming near you! It’s 22 miles long and up to 213 feet wide. Its construction will be a major civil engineering project taking five years to complete. Landfall is between Barton and Milford. The excavation runs through the New Forest National Park, under the River Avon and into Dorset via…
Something for everyone at Christchurch Music and Arts Festival
Would you expect the David Rees-Williams Jazz Trio or the BackBeat Percussion Quartet to be performing in Christchurch’s ancient Priory Church? Probably not, but these are just two of the musical delights included in the Priory’s week-long Music and Arts Festival which begins on 15 June. This is the first Festival on this scale staged…
Sensory Garden at Langside School Open
Children, parents and staff at Langside School, an independent, non-maintained, special day school run by Dorset charity Diverse Abilities Plus, celebrated the official opening of a brand new sensory garden this week thanks to the hard work of volunteers. The sensory garden has been a six month project to rejuvenate the outside area at the…