Local legends you probably don’t know, affordable housing, and the bee-fly

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22 March 2023

Jenny and Terry, the BV podcast team, have three exclusive interviews for you this week. Jenny chatted local history with Roger Guttridge, Terry discussed affordable housing developments and wildlife writer Jane Adams is back talking to Jenny! Just click the play button below to listen.

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Roger Guttridge recalls three local legends: a minister who upset early women’s libbers, Marnhull’s bull-baiting habit and the legendary toad doctor of Pulham
Planning permission was awarded to the Dorset-headquartered AJC Group for a collection of 13 open market homes and eight affordable dwellings (40 per cent) in Hazelbury Bryan. However, the company has an ambition to change the face of social housing, and AJC Group worked with developers Abri to provide 100 per cent affordable housing across the scheme. David Cracklen, director of AJC Group, spoke to Terry about the development.
Wildlife writer Jane Adams is looking forward to her own personal sign of spring – what she says is her Mary Quant of the insect world, the bee-fly. Jane also has a book out this month! Nature’s Wonders: Moments That Mark The Seasons, is published in conjunction with National Trust. You can see the BV review in Book Corner on the website , and Jenny chats to Jane about the book.

Safer Internet Day at Charlton Horethorne Primary School

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Pupils from Charlton Horethorne Primary have been busy this week with a variety of activities for Safer Internet Day. The children produced a video which was chosen from hundreds of entries across the country to be featured in Childnet’s live broadcast from BT Tower! You can watch it online here.
The children opened their own ‘internet cafe’ for the day, to talk about the importance of online safety and what to do if they encounter a problem online.
They also made some fantastic internet themed cakes!

Bongos and cow bells at Whitesheet Primary

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22 March 2023

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On Thursdays we are very lucky to have Mr Morgan, a specialist music teacher, come and visit us here at Whitesheet Primary for enrichment.
On the first Thursday, we learnt about different types of beats and counts. We decided whether we wanted to stamp, clap, click our fingers or whistle to the beat. After a lot of practice trying to hit the right beat, we created a rhythm with all of us playing something. We accompanied the chorus of Bad Habits by Ed Sheeran (most of us enjoyed the song but we all enjoyed our percussion section!).
On his next visit, Mr Morgan introduced instruments like bongos, shakers, tambourines and cow bells. We really enjoyed playing the different instruments even though it sometimes became very noisy! We were taught about different musical notes and we read the music to play the rhythms together. We are looking forward to what we will learn next.
By Hollie and Rene aged 10

Cleaner | Milton Abbey School

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22 March 2023

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Permanent – All Year Round

Co-educational boarding and day school for ages 13-18

Milton Abbey School seeks a competent cleaner to join our Housekeeping Team. The role will be 30hours a week Monday to Friday 9am – 3pm with the requirement to work some Saturday mornings throughout the year on a rota basis.

The successful candidate must have good health and fitness is essential as the work is of a physical nature.

You will be part of a friendly and supportive team, and training will be available. Staff also benefit from free parking, free daily lunch and annual leave.

Further details may be obtained from our website or by emailing [email protected]. Applications must be submitted on the School’s application form. The closing date for applications is 7^th April 2023.

Milton Abbey School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The appointment will be the subject of an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Additionally, please be aware that Milton Abbey School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. To avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

Please note that our school is a no smoking site.www.miltonabbey.co.uk Registered Charity No 306318

Exam Assistant | Milton Abbey school

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21 March 2023

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Variable Hours £10.42ph

Milton Abbey School seeks a flexible and competent Exam Assistant to work within our Examinations Team. This will be zero hours, term time only, varied role within our award-winning Academic Department. Working days will be Monday to Friday to fit with the termly examinations schedule.

The successful candidate must hold a reasonable IT level and the ability to organise paperwork for this important role.

You will be part of a friendly and supportive team, and training will be available to enhance skills. Staff also benefit from free parking, free daily lunch and the opportunity to work on our historic and beautiful school site.

Further details may be obtained from our website or from HR on 01258 882182 or email [email protected]. Applications must be submitted on the school’s application form. The closing date for applications is Thursday 6^th April 2023

Milton Abbey School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The appointment will be the subject of an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Additionally, please be aware that Milton Abbey School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. To avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

Please note that our school is a no smoking site.

www.miltonabbey.co.uk Registered Charity No 306318

We’re shortlisted – NMA2023’s Regional Publication of the Year!

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21 March 2023

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On the top of winning Digital Magazine of the Year last month – which was a total surprise, as we hadn’t entered anything – we did write an award entry (obviously in our usual highly-organised style; we slid it in under the wire at five minutes to midnight on deadline day …) for a national industry award.

This afternoon we casually went to see if the shortlist is out, as we’ve not heard anything, and saw it had actually already been published. Unsurprised that we’d not been notified about it, as we obviously weren’t on it, we scrolled down to see who had made the cut for the regional publication of the year in the News and Magazine Awards 2023…

That’s…. Us.
The BV.
RIGHT THERE IN THE SHORTLIST!

We’re honestly giddy at the thought.

If you click through and scroll the full shortlist, it contains the likes of the Mail, the Guardian, Times, Telegraph, Grazia, Country Living, Hello Magazine … and now The BV!

*falls on floor*

The shortlist for the regional publication award includes just three titles, and we’re the only purely-digital entry there: we’re up against the Western Mail and the Nottingham Post, BOTH of which are incredibly successful, longstanding local newspapers. But just to be on that list with them! Giddy at the thought, we are!

And listen, we have a one in three chance, right?

Our tiny team works so hard from BV HQ to inform and educate our audience with accuracy and integrity, but also to never lose that little bit of personality which makes us uniquely ‘Dorset’. To be recognised among such talented and respected titles on a national scale is both humbling and inspiring. And of course it’s never just a personal achievement – it can only be a reflection of the entire team’s efforts to deliver impactful and relevant stories and features, as we also try to entertain and uplift.

The winners will be announced at a glitzy ceremony in May in London. We’ll keep you posted…

(Psssst – LOOK! That’s USSSSSS!)

Science & DT Technician | Milton Abbey School

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21 March 2023

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25 hours a week – £11 ph

Milton Abbey School seeks an organised and competent technician to work within our Science and DT (Design Technology) Departments. This will be 25 hours a week (term time only), varied role within our award-winning Academic Team. Working days will be Monday to Friday.

The successful candidate must have a broad understanding of health & safety, with a reasonable IT level and the ability to organise this important dual role.

You will be part of a friendly and supportive team, and training will be available to enhance skills. Staff also benefit from free parking, free daily lunch and the opportunity to work on our historic and beautiful school site.

Further details may be obtained from our website or from HR on 01258 882182 or email [email protected]. Applications must be submitted on the school’s application form. The closing date for applications is Thursday 6^th April 2023

Milton Abbey School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The appointment will be the subject of an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Additionally, please be aware that Milton Abbey School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. To avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

Please note that our school is a no smoking site.

www.miltonabbey.co.uk Registered Charity No 306318

BOOK CORNER by Wayne Winstone, of Winstone’s book shop in Sherborne

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21 March 2023

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I am writing this in February and it still feels cold enough to enjoy a good fire – and of course some good reading matter to keep us happy until the Spring thaw. I have selected two books this month, both are perfect distractions from the cold weather. Wayne

Teller of the Unexpected:
The Life of Roald Dahl
Mathew Dennison (£20)

Given all the press coverage around sensitivity readers “improving the text” of the great children’s writer Roald Dahl I thought readers maybe curious about the man himself.
Roald Dahl was one of the world’s greatest storytellers. He conceived his vocation as one as intrepid as that of any explorer and, in his writing for children, he was able to tap into a child’s viewpoint throughout his life.
He crafted tales that were exotic in scenario, frequently invested with a moral, and filled with vibrant characters that endure in public imagination to the present day. In this brand-new biography, Matthew Dennison re-evaluates the received narrative surrounding Dahl – that of school sporting hero, daredevil pilot, and wartime spy-turned-author – and examines surviving primary resources as well as Dahl’s extensive literary output to tell the story of a man who identified as a rule-breaker, an iconoclast and a romantic, both insider and outsider, hero and child’s friend.

Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus (£10)

Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing.
But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality. Forced to resign, she reluctantly signs on as the host of a cooking show, Supper at Six. But her revolutionary approach to cooking, fuelled by scientific and rational commentary, grabs the attention of a nation. Soon, a legion of overlooked housewives find themselves daring to change the status quo. One molecule at a time
‘The most charming, life-enhancing novel I’ve read in ages. Strongly recommend’ India Knight

(I would also mention that it’s not actually about chemistry! This book was my absolute favourite read of 2022, I strongly recommend it too – Ed)

Head Of Marketing And Communications | Lewis Manning

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21 March 2023

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Make an impact. Have a rewarding role. Join a great team.

Our wonderful Marketing and Communications Manager is moving on after 4 years with us, to pursue another passion with a complete career change, so an opportunity has arisen for someone with exceptional marketing, design and communications skills and experience to head up the team.
Full Time, based in Poole, with occasional travel to our other sites
Salary circa £36k
Plus excellent staff benefits
Flexible working opportunities

What our current Marketing and Communications Manager says about the role, ‘the work is fast paced – it’s a great team with excellent leadership – I feel like we are making a real difference/positive impact in people’s lives – I feel valued and have loved working for Lewis-Manning Hospice Care’

Having grown awareness of the important work that Lewis-Manning Hospice Care does in the local Dorset community, developed our brand, delivered a number of impactful campaigns and fundraising initiatives, we are looking for someone to develop and build upon what has already been achieved. Would you like to join us and raise awareness of our charity’s growing services and impact, increase the number of people supporting us through volunteering and donations so that we can help even more people in your community?

If you have at least 5 years’ experience in a marketing or similar role, an in-depth knowledge of traditional and digital marketing, design and communications we would love to hear from you. You will also have a keen eye for detail, excellent written and verbal communication skills and, above all, be a strong, positive team player committed to the aims and values of Lewis-Manning Hospice Care.

Responsible for managing the Marketing Executive, external PR, design and technical web support, you will be reporting directly to the Chief Executive with strong links to the senior management team.

Clare Gallie, our CEO says, ‘our vision is for every adult in East Dorset and Purbeck with a life-limiting illness to have choice in how and where they receive their care. Marketing and communication plays a key role in delivering that vision, by ensuring that our local population knows where to come to access exceptional care and how to support us in getting there.’

To apply please click below to complete a job application and see our detailed job description by clicking here. Please also provide your CV with a covering letter.

Click this link – https://bit.ly/BVLMmarketing

Closing date 11am Friday 24th March
First Interview Wednesday 29th March
Second interview morning of Friday 31st March