Category: Dorset

As part of their GCSE assessment, nine Year 10 students at Ringwood School took part in a cookery project jointly run by the school and the Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust.

Volunteers, friends and staff of Cherry Tree Nursery all thoroughly enjoyed their annual Christmas party at Kinson Community Centre recently.  The event was made particularly special by the generous donation of four boxes of high quality, hand-made crackers by Celebration Crackers of Ferndown. Cherry Tree is a project of the registered charity, SWOP, set up…

A mother and son from Bristol have received custodial sentences for the supply of drugs into HMP Guys Marsh. The pair each pleaded guilty on 10 December at Dorchester Crown Court to five offences relating to the supply and possession with intent to supply of class A, B and C drugs. Sharon Kennedy (43) was…

A club for local businessmen has donated £1,000 to a Bournemouth charity that makes wishes come true for children with life-threatening illnesses.
The BC Club held a fundraiser and donated the sum to Round Table Children’s Wish (RTCW), a national charity.

Homeless people in Bournemouth will be able to enjoy a Christmas feast thanks to the generous goodwill of local school students.
Boys at Harewood College have created dozens of hampers, filled with food and drink, which they donated to the St Paul’s hostel in Bournemouth in time for Christmas Day.

David Thompson, a keen golfer and MS sufferer from Bournemouth, has recently taken part in the Golf Trust Disabled Open, held at The Shire London golf course, and came first in his handicap group after a six year absence from the sport. David’s surprising return to form on the golf course is in a great part due to a unique all-terrain buggy for disabled golfers. Developed by mobility experts Ottobock, the Paragolfer lifts users from a sitting to a standing position enabling an upright posture for unrestricted shoulder movement, essential for a golf swing.

You chance to win £1,000 when shopping locally is getting nearer.
This brand new initiative has been devised by mags4dorset to encourage people to shop locally. It starts on 1 January 2014.