Category: Dorset community news

Yeovil Hospital to Open State-of-the-Art Breast Cancer Unit After Community-Led Fundraising Effort

On Monday, October 7th, Yeovil Hospital will welcome patients to its new, purpose-built breast cancer facility, The Maple Unit. This momentous opening marks the...

Will I lose my Winter Fuel Payment?

A local expert from Citizen’s Advice provides timely tips on consumer issues. Q: ‘Every winter I get the Winter Fuel Payment – but my daughter...

Twilight Walk raises £20,734 lighting up the prom

In May, hundreds of people from across Dorset lit up Bournemouth Pier Approach for the annual Twilight Walk, raising an impressive £20,735 in support...

More than £25,000 raised by Hatch House Open Garden

Hatch House hosted its annual Open Garden event in support of Salisbury Hospice Charity on Saturday 31st August, raising more than £25,000 to help...

Supporting Dorset’s future farmers

Fifteen students from across rural Dorset have been awarded vital grants to help them pursue rural careers through the Gillingham & Shaftesbury Agricultural Society’s...

Follow the yellow brick road … to Shaftesbury

An upcoming Pantomime promises to take audiences to an alternative land that lays somewhere over the rainbow …The Wonderful Wizard of Oz pantomime is...

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Fewer builders and big internationals

Finally we are starting to see fewer and fewer builders on the yard and it’s looking fantastic! Everything now has its place or near...

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...