The Dorset Charity pages of the digital Blackmore Vale magazine, are produced thanks to a partnership with Ward Goodman, providing space to allow us to highlight excellent local Dorset charities and their work.
Ward Goodman is a Dorset accountant who specialises in the charity, community and not for profit sector, delivering a comprehensive range of services to registered charities, community groups and not for profit organisations. The team are trained specifically to carry out charity accounting, auditing and reporting and to communicate effectively with Trustees, management and volunteers.
Since the launch of its first programme in March 1990, Artsreach has been committed to working with volunteers across Dorset to overcome the barriers of rural isolation by providing communities with access to professional arts events. Dorset’s touring arts charity Artsreach have brought professional live theatre, music, dance, circus, family shows and more to the […]
SKY DIVERS RAISE £12,860 FOR THE CHARITY, STARS DORSET Eighteen sky divers took to the skies at Go Sky Dive in Salisbury on Friday 23rd July and raised a whopping £12,860 for local charity Sexual Trauma and Recovery Services (STARS Dorset). The brave group of sky divers, the most the charity has ever had supporting them, consisted […]
It’s almost a year since the first rural food pantry in England opened in Sturminster Newton. Back then, a lot of people were surprised at the numbers of people needing support. That hasn’t gone away, but there are several stories to celebrate from Vale Pantry, demonstrating how it is making a big difference to people’s […]
A NEW fund to help grass roots groups tackling poverty and isolation to improve health and wellbeing is being launched by Dorset Community Foundation and BCP Council. The Living Legacy Fund is targeting the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area and has been boosted with a £50,000 injection from the council. The fund, which is now […]
Dorset Community Foundation have been providing support and grants to grass roots groups throughout Dorset during the pandemic. They have released a report into their response to the coronavirus crisis. The report opens with a summary from Jeremy Mills, Chair of Dorset Community Foundation. These last 12 months have, without doubt, been a time of […]
HEALTH AND VEG FOR ALL When a police car drove up to the Big Yellow Bus Garden Project (BYBG), alongside the North Dorset Trailway between Blandford and Sturminster Newton, project co-ordinator Paul Williams panicked. It was lockdown. His community space was allowed to be open but could he find his letter of authority? The uniformed […]
I’m Nick Zambellas, from Leigh originally and currently living between London and Dorset. Myself and four friends, led by my Australian friend Nick Honey, will be rowing non-stop between Ibiza and Barcelona around 27 July (depending on the weather window) in a race against an Irish team. The race itself will take around three and a half […]
THE love and care of a great aunt has inspired retired finance worker Stephen Uden to set up a fund that aims to help disadvantaged young people reach their potential. He and his wife Ingrid set up The Gladys Watson Fund with Dorset Community Foundation three years ago and it has already awarded more than […]
New research sheds light on the extent to which village halls and community buildings have been affected by three successive national lockdowns. Much has changed since England’s 10,000+ village halls were surveyed at the beginning of 2020 by national charity, Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE). Whilst 3 in 20 halls supported Covid-19 relief […]