Category: Dorset Charity

Give a hen a home!

Ex-commercial hens are being given a happy retirement by local volunteer Haidy – do you have room for some girls? Rachael Rowe reports Haidy Mansfield...

Blandford Freemasons supporting NOCS

https://youtu.be/MOWmMBjxDo0 Thanks to donations from the annual lodge of instruction dinner of The Lodge of Honour and Friendship, Blandford-based charity ‘New Opportunities for Community and...

Annual Hatch House event raises £20,000 for Salisbury hospice

The Open Garden at Hatch House has this year raised in excess of £20,000 for Salisbury Hospice.The annual event, held on Saturday the 10th...

Blandford’s Baroque B’Stards

A recent clean of William B’Stard’s portrait revealed an intriguing detail, says Rupert Hardy, chairman of North Dorset CPRE The brothers, William and John B’Stard...

Philanthropist and environmentalist Edward Hoare takes on the Random 19

Edward Hoare is a philanthropist and environmentalist and direct descendant of Sir Richard Hoare, who founded Hoare's Bank in 1672.  C. Hoare & Co. is...

Letters to the BV Editor October 2022

On Patricia MillerWhat a fantastic ‘Dorset Island Discs’ this month (‘The NHS has lost its way’, Sep 22)! The column is always an enjoyable...

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The breeding season winds down

Doug and Lucy reflect on the enormous joy of an ‘I made that!’ moment - even as they teach foals to pick up their...

Are Dorset’s rural roads quietly destroying your suspension?

Driving a Dorset B-road in winter is not a gentle experience it is a series of jolts, dips, and sudden drops that your suspension...

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