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Super School Campus is first of its kind

Three schools in Bournemouth have joined forces to create the town’s first super campus of education – providing learning for all ages. Elmrise Primary, Oakmead Technology College and the LeAF Studio have officially come together to create the Learning and Achievement Federation. Highly rated Little Oaks nursery is also a member, making the federation a…

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Funding opportunity for Dorset charities

Charities and community groups based in Dorset (excluding Bournemouth and Poole) can now apply for a grant of up to the value of £7,500 from Dorset County Communities Fund, managed by Dorset Community Foundation.  The third funding round is now open and will close at 1pm on 15 March 2013. The fund has been set…

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Sylvie Craig-Swainson, Activity Organiser, prepares to plant the rose marking Dignity Action Day

Care home marks Dignity Action Day by planting rose

Residents and staff at a Poole care home celebrated Dignity Action Day by planting a commemorative rose.
Colten Care’s Canford Chase in Branksome Park joined hundreds of homes across the UK to mark the special day.
Held annually, Dignity Action Day is an opportunity for health, social care workers and members of the public to uphold people’s rights to dignity.
It aims to ensure people who use care services are treated as individuals and given choice, control and a sense of purpose in their daily lives.
Sylvie Craig-Swainson, Canford Chase’s Activity Organiser, said the residential and nursing care home always made a particular point of marking the day.

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Celia Sawyer at Bournemouth International Airport with a Pilatus PC-12

No plain planes for Channel 4’s Celia

Celia Sawyer, star of Channel 4’s ‘Four Rooms’ is to provide an exclusive interior design service for the would be owners of new or pre-owned aircraft distributed by the Bournemouth International Airport based, UK Pilatus Centre.
The Centre acts as sales distributor for the award winning PC-12 aircraft in the UK, Spain, Channel Islands and the Isle Of Man and has, to date, sold 40 new $4.6 million PC-12s to cash-rich, time-poor customers who make the most of the aircraft’s cost efficient convenience, and versatility, offered by its long non-stop range and ability to land at both small airfields as well as international airports.

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2515 Ringwood and Fordingbridge Air Training Corps

Squadrons celebrate together

Four Squadrons including 2515 Ringwood and Fordingbridge Air Training Corps joined together to march through Fordingbridge on Sunday, 3 February, 2013, to the Methodist Church where there was a service of celebration for the founding of the Air Cadets.

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This is the one that they want

Fans of the hit film Grease are invited to a special viewing of the classic movie at Christchurch’s Regent Centre – to raise money for charity. Men can slick back their hair and ladies can sew themselves into tight leather trousers for the event just before Valentine’s Day – on February 12. The Christchurch Round Table…

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Bid To Save Wild Landscapes

Dorset Wildlife Trust and its partners are celebrating a funding boost of £85,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an ambitious project to create Dorset’s first urban living landscape. Conservationists and the community are joining forces to launch Wildlink, linking people and wildlife across the whole east Dorset conurbation. Wildlink is a major Living…

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Green Fayre and Nest Box event

Dorset Wildlife Trust is getting ready for spring with its Green Fayre and Nest Box event in Verwood this month. The free family event, in aid of Verwood’s Wildlife Sensory Garden, takes place just in time for the start of the bird nesting season and includes nest box building to help you welcome birds in…

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Fantastic Five Gain Bursaries

Five teenagers from Ferndown Jitsu Club have been granted bursaries of £250 each from the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation. Sensei Liam Read, Jordan Lee, Connor Riley and brothers Joe and Matt Trussell, who all go to Ferndown Upper School, will now be able to attend the Jitsu Foundation Ju-Jitsu International Competition that will be…

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