Maggie Roberts, from Poole, was the lucky winner of Diverse Abilities Plus ‘Waitrose Trolley Dash’ raffle in Wimborne and got three minutes to run around the store picking up as many items as possible.
A team of consultants from the Royal Bournemouth Hospital will be growing moustaches during November to raise money and awareness of men’s health issues.
Over 50 Morebus drivers and support staff are to grow moustaches during November to raise awareness and fundraise for the Movember appeal which supports prostate and testicular cancer and mental health charities.
Tobias Ellwood MP is working alongside a number of other MPs to try to tackle the concerning targeting of the most vulnerable in society. The Bournemouth East MP is looking to collect evidence of scam mail and has put a box in their office above the Conservative Club in Haviland Road Boscombe and is calling…
A popular section of the South West Coast Path, close to The Smuggler’s Inn at Osmington Mills in Dorset has been improved with the help of sponsorship from Badger Ales and the South West Coast Path Association. The project is one of 120 improvement projects that are taking place in 2013 along the 630 miles…
Local football legend Steve Fletcher will be making a special guest appearance at a sports and entertainment evening in aid of Coping with CHAOS, part of Dorset disability charity Diverse Abilities Plus, on Saturday 23 November at the Horse and Jockey pub in Bournemouth. Fletcher will be on hand to sign autographs and answer questions…
Dorset Police and its partners are encouraging victims of domestic abuse to come forward and seek help from specialist organisations and networks. Domestic abuse can be reported directly to the police or through various partner agencies who offer guidance and support. It is important that victims don’t suffer in silence; the cycle of abuse and…
Haskins Garden Centre at Ferndown has made thousands of Unwins poppy seeds available for schools and organisations who wish to plant the seeds next spring, ideally in bright areas of earth, to support the commemoration of the First World War Centenary next year. The war is estimated to have claimed over 16 million lives across…
Ferndown’s Deputy Mayor, Cllr Steve Lugg, launched this year’s Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal at the town’s Garden of Remembrance on Friday 25 October.
Almost 40 charities and organisations have answered Wimborne in Bloom’s call to come together for a Grand Charities Fair on Saturday 9 November between 10am- 3pm in the Allendale Centre, Hanham Road, Wimborne Minster. Each Charity/Organisation has been allocated a 6 ft table and an entrance charge of 20p is being made which goes to…