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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Lessons from a yearling

Meet Squish, the yearling giving Tamsin Doar a masterclass in patience, groundwork and prosecco-powered perseverance – one leg at a time While The Sass Queen...

Dorset founder launches Autipocket

A Dorset-based entrepreneur has launched a new digital platform aimed at helping businesses better support neurodivergent employees – with a focus on reducing burnout...

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