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.
Last month saw the 9th Annual Dorset Charities Conference held by Ward Goodman. As with many events in the past 18 months this became a virtual affair, but that did not stop over 100 charities from being represented as the delegates watched and listened to experts and professionals within the charity sector from Dorset and […]
Purbeck Youth & Community Foundation took over running the Wareham Youth & Community Centre in 2016 setting up the Charity to run Wareham Youth Club, provide services for Young People and to see the Centre was used for community benefit. The Charity now runs clubs in Wareham, Wool and Corfe and has Outreach in Swanage […]
Friends of Stour Connect are pleased to announce the re-opening of our community projects in line with the Government roadmap For the past 12 months or so, our concentration has been on the Covid 19 Action Group, where we played a major role, and whilst we are still assisting with food parcels, collection of prescriptions, […]
The Coronavirus pandemic has had a major impact on the Swanage Railway and, like many businesses; it was forced to suspend all of its services a year ago when the first lockdown came into effect.Following Government requirements to keep the public safe, we were subsequently able to operate some services during the peak of last […]
Citizens Advice in Dorset has continued to provide free help and support to Dorset residents throughout the pandemic. With offices located in Bridport, Central Dorset, East Dorset and Purbeck , volunteers quickly adapted to no longer offering face to face appointments, to providing phone and digital advice. Since the start of lockdown on 23rd March […]
The Bus Stop Club is a local charity located in the Turbary Resource Centre, at the edge of Ferndown. They are a befriending charity, seeking to support parents and families from the East Dorset area and beyond. Their small core staff team are very blessed to have a number of loyal volunteers who work alongside […]
Shine is the only UK charity that support adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s who have experienced a cancer diagnosis. There is never a good time to have cancer, but we know that younger adults face different issues than their older or younger counterparts – Work. Fertility. Finance. Insurance. Sex. Dating. Mental health. Every […]
Not surprisingly, almost half of the UK’s population have felt anxious or worried recently, which increases to 64% in people with pre-existing mental health conditions. Loneliness and isolation of lockdown has largely contributed to this and local charity Dorset Mind believe that they have a range of support that can help people through this challenging […]
Tenth anniversary Surviving Winter campaign aims to keep elderly warm. THOUSANDS of people will have received their government Winter Fuel Payment of up to £200 before Christmas and the Dorset Community Foundation is asking those who feel they don’t need it to help save lives. The charity is marking the tenth anniversary of its Surviving […]