Category: Dorset Charity

Do what you love, love what you do

From childhood birds’ nest collections to interpretation boards and book covers (via life-size rhinos and Gromit), Maria Burns shares with Edwina Baines how her...

Turning ‘no-one likes olives’ into a business supplying Fortnum & Mason (via Take That)

Giles Henschel, the award-winning ‘oliveer’, who came to his national artisan brand by way of school expulsion, the Army, being deported from Libya with...

Why should we create a business culture of volunteering?

The benefits of a volunteering policy are far wider than simply ‘giving back’ and ESG work, says Ian Girling, CEO of Dorset Chamber Hello and...

Mittens across the ocean

A unique heritage project is reviving historic connections between North Dorset and Newfoundland - and has already led to a couple of a remarkable...

Letters to the BV Editor April 2022

We find ourselves in such troubling times of late. What is - for want of a better word - fascinating to me are the...

Bryanston’s Annual Charities Weekend raisesa staggering £55,000 for charity and aid.

Children add personal messages of hope as aid trucks depart for Ukraine following record fundraising drive by Bryanston pupils. Bryanston School’s annual Charities Weekend was...

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Laminitis, acorns and the final-final foal has landed

The drought’s broken, the foals are growing, and this year weaning is later – the final weeks of summer have brought a fresh focus...

Planning Your Trip to the Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show: Where to Stay and What to See

There is something uniquely British about voluntarily spending a significant portion of your August weekend standing in a field in Motcombe, surrounded by pristine...