Verwood’s mayoral Scout and Guide receive sashes
Verwood mayor’s Scout and Guide have been presented with their sashes.
Verwood mayor’s Scout and Guide have been presented with their sashes.
Bereaved children’s charity MOSAIC has benefited by £1,000 after Verwood Rotary president John Wadge chose to support it during his year in office.
Alice in Wonderland on horseback was the way in which Green Cottage RDA (Riding for the Disabled Association) celebrated the Queen’s 90th birthday on 7 July.
The Verwood Solar Farm Fund Group handed over £2,500 to Hillside Community First School on 23 June, which will help fund a covered walkway on the premises.
A 65-year-old club that was founded on a defunct tennis court on the village recreation ground in 1962, and whose homely clubhouse is an old agricultural building thought to have been a chicken shed, is celebrating a new sponsorship deal.
Dorset Heavy Horse Farm Park was chosen to appear in the new Cbeebies series of ‘Down on the Farm’ and enjoyed a visit from the film crew, along with JLS star JB Gill who presents the children’s show.
Moors Valley Country Park and Forest, near Ringwood will launch a new children’s challenge on 28 May.
A re-vitalised Verwood carnival committee has ensured that this year’s Verwood Carnival on 30 May will be even better than last year.
Cllr Mrs Sandra Grove the outgoing mayor of Verwood and her consort Clive Grove were guests of the Verwood Probus Club at a black tie dinner dance celebrating 25 years since the club was formed in 1991.
Councillor Mrs Susan Shaw is Verwood’s new mayor elect and her deputy is Councillor Mrs Lindsey Dedden.