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Community steps up to the mark to provide food for vulnerable people
During the coronavirus pandemic a huge amount of work has been going on in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole areas to ensure that people don’t go hungry.
Take part in 11 activities to help bereaved families
Sadly so many worthwhile causes are being affected by the coronavirus pandemic, with fundraising events cancelled.
Exercise for mental health by completing the 999 Run
If you’ve been enjoying your daily exercise during lockdown, it would be good to think your efforts could also raise funds to support the mental health of emergency services workers.
Council leaders call for travel restrictions
Both the leader of Dorset Council and the leader of the BCP Council have condemned the irresponsible behaviour of people at the county’s beaches over the recent weekend.
Enjoy a safe and healthy barbecue
Disposable barbecues are illegal on heathland. You should only light fires or barbecues in designated areas or in your own garden.
Public Health Dorset encourages residents to use Test and Trace system
The new NHS Test and Trace system launched on Thursday 28 May across England, and Public Health Dorset is encouraging any residents with symptoms of coronavirus to use the service.
Local people support Wimborne’s hospital
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Friends of Victoria Hospital Wimborne have postponed the annual general meeting which was to have been held on Thursday 16 July at the Community Learning and Resource Centre in Wimborne.
Huge community support for local hospitals
The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals and Poole Hospital’s NHS Heroes campaign has received donations amounting to £259,701 since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Emergency hotel care scheme closes
Two Dorset hotels – The Best Western Hotel Rembrandt on Dorchester Road in Weymouth and the Grange Hotel at Oborne, near Sherborne – which offered accommodation for people not affected by coronavirus and who were medically fit to leave hospital, are no longer required.