Category: Dorset Charity

Complex rules around gifting to charity could leave an unexpected tax bill

In 2022, almost 37,000 estates included a gift to charity. Gifting to charity is a well known strategy for minimising an Inheritance Tax bill,...

Deepest Wiltshire books support important local charities with more than £30,000

Three Wiltshire charities have received a total of £11,000 – proceeds of the sale of Deepest Wiltshire, the second in the Deepest Books series...

Family support charity launches Cost-of-Living Crisis Appeal

Home-Start Wessex is standing alongside local families with a new appeal launched this month. In a recent survey by Home-Start UK, 74 per cent...

Mosaic supporting bereaved children and young people

Mosaic are a Dorset based charity supporting bereaved children and young people, their families and the professionals working with them. Founded in 2007, Mosaic was...

The end of an era and a final splash for Abbey Swimming Club

It is with great sadness that the Abbey Swimming Club has had to permanently close after more than 30 years as a community swimming...

Diverse Abilities is on the hunt for volunteers

Diverse Abilities, is looking for volunteers for the coming year to help with ongoing projects and a series of community events throughout the year....

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Her Majesty the Queen and her love for racehorses

Lucy Procter looks back at The Queen’s lifelong love of horseracing, and her success in the breeding yard https://youtu.be/HZ5fkUCwv9I In September the Thoroughbred racing and breeding...

A cruel father found guilty in 1905

Southern Times and Dorset County Herald - Saturday 07January 1905Charles Stay, a tramp, was charged with wilfully exposing three children, Charles, 16, Elizabeth, 11...

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