Category: Dorset community news

Thriving Stur: free school uniforms, artisans and a family festival

Pauline Batstone shares her monthly round up of what’s happening among the town’s collection of community enterprises and events Introducing the Artists…1855, Stur’s artisans bank...

3 days, 12 cyclists,215 Miles … and £11,000 for Teddy20!

In an extraordinary display of determination and solidarity, 12 adventurous cyclists took to the roads in June, covering 215 miles across France, Belgium, and...

Watch the Eagle soar

The BV’s astrophotographer Rob Nolan is back – and counting the days to those long winter nights Well, what can we say about the British...

Historic 1834 Map of Sherborne Finds New Home

A sprawling map of Sherborne, meticulously illustrated and dating back to 1834, has found a new home at the Dorset History Centre, thanks to...

Okeford Benefice welcomes its new priest

A new priest-in-charge, the Rev Andrew Gubbins, has been installed to serve the Okeford Benefice in the Blackmore Vale – comprising Child Okeford with...

Slide into Walnut Road playground; it’s open again!

The much-loved children’s playground in Walnut Road Mere has now open, thanks to the improvements made by Mere Town Council. The council received a...

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A therapeutic partnership

An equine therapy centre in Blandford is creating transformative connections for those most in need of healing – Sally Cooper reports It’s a return trip...

How Dorset Villages Are Keeping Traditional Pub Games Alive

Across the Blackmore Vale's village pubs skittle alleys are being swept clean, dartboards rehung, and cribbage cards shuffled again on Tuesday evenings. Far from...