Category: Dorset community news

A whirlwind tour of all that’s coming up in Sturminster Newton this month

Pauline Batstone shares her monthly round up of what’s happening among the town’s collection of community enterprises and events Calling all photographers – from keen...

Where has all the water come from?

From closed roads to poonamis, we know North Dorset’s flooding is getting worse – Rachael Rowe asks what’s causing it (apart from more rain) The...

Shaftesbury aid worker Eddy severely injured by kamikaze drone in Ukraine

Edward Scott has survived a drone attack while delivering humanitarian aid in Ukraine, where he has been volunteering since October 2022. Sometimes, the war in...

NORDCAT Community Transport to close after 23 Years

NORDCAT (North Dorset Community Accessible Transport), the Sturminster Newton-based charity that has provided transport services to elderly and isolated residents for over two decades,...

Mouldy tenants?

A local expert from Citizen’s Advice provides timely tips on consumer issues. Q: ‘Damp and mould has built up in our home over the winter....

Struggling Millstream asks for help

Millstream Theatre has, for more than a decade, been a beacon of creativity and inclusion for adults with learning disabilities and neurodivergent conditions. Based...

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Steering lives, not just horses, at RAC Saddle Club

At Bovington Saddle Club, yard manager Steph Buchanan has spent three decades quietly transforming lives – not just of horses, but of people too Anyone...

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...