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  • Outdoor Fire Safety with Karen Towner from the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    Fire safety story, craft and dressing up activities. Booking advised through the library to guarantee your space. Shaftesbury Library Friday 14 April 11:00am - 12:00 noon For further information please contact Shaftesbury Library on 01747 852 256. Children under 8 must be accompanied by a parent or carer.

    Free
  • Sherborne Travel Writing Festival

    Powell Theatre, Abbey Road, Sherborne

    While our horizons have drawn in, travel writers have continued to reach out, rediscovering and reinterpreting the world for a new age. The Sherborne Travel Writing Festival, curated by Rory MacLean, will be the first travel literature festival to be held in the UK in recent years. At its heart is the idea – and […]

    £10
  • Winterborne Stickland Sports and Community Club Open Day

    Winterborne Stickland Sports and Community Club Winterborne Stickland

    Come along to Winterborne Stickland Sports and Community Club for a chance to experience some of the sporting opportunities and socialising that our Club has to offer! There’s a chance to try out croquet, tennis - taster sessions given by experienced players, free of charge! Lots on for children to try out and do. We’d […]

    Free
  • Choral Evensong for Easter

    St Peter's Church Dorchester 26 High East Street, Dorchester

    You are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 22nd April at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music for Easter includes: Parry ‘My soul, there is a country’, Sumsion ‘Preces & Responses’, Howells ‘Gloucester Service’ and Stanford ‘Ye choirs of new Jerusalem’. Graham Scott is at the organ […]

    Free
  • CHARD MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION

    Chard Guildhall 14 Fore St, Chard

    CHARD MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION 2023 NUMEROUS LAYOUTS IN SEVERAL GAUGES CLUB STAND, HOT AND COLD REFRESHMENTS, DISABLED ACCESS

    £5
  • Auction of Promises and Items

    martinstown village hall St Martins Field, Martinstown, Dorchester

    Join us for a fun evening with unique promises and items up for bid, at our exciting auction event in aid of the Family Counselling Trust Dorset! We have gathered an impressive collection of items that will be up for auction, including exclusive experiences, one-of-a-kind artwork, and luxury items. Whether you're looking for something special […]

    £10.00
  • Wimborne Community Centre Artisan Makers Market

    Wimborne Community Centre 41 - 44 King Street, Wimborne

    Wimborne Community Centre Artisan Makers Market is held 8 months of the year on a Saturday from 10 am - 3 pm. We have a cafe serving refreshments and selling artisan breads. We welcome an array of local, talented makers who create many handmade products for you to see and buy. Entry is free and […]

    Free
  • Auction of Promises and Items

    martinstown village hall St Martins Field, Martinstown, Dorchester

    Join us for a fun evening with unique promises and items up for bid, at our exciting auction event in aid of the Family Counselling Trust Dorset! We have gathered an impressive collection of items that will be up for auction, including exclusive experiences, one-of-a-kind artwork, and luxury items. Whether you're looking for something special […]

    £10.00
  • Sturminster Choral Society Spring Concert

    St Mary's Church, Sturminster Newton Church Lane, Sturminster Newton

    For their first event of the year the Sturminster Choral Society have great pleasure in performing a full and varied evening of music consisting of Feel The Spirit by John Rutter, The Angel’s Farewell, a movement taken from The Dream of Gerontius by Edward Elgar and arrangements of Shenandoah, Stranger in Paradise and Vocalise by […]

    Free
  • Robert Young Themed Walk Around Sturminster Newton

    Sturminster Newton Museum Old Market Cross, Sturminster Newton

    Robert Young (1811-1908) served as Parish Constable in Stur during Victorian times. His chronicles give an insight into the superstitions, squalor, sanitation and sermonising in the town and how things changed during his lifetime. Young witnessed the celebrations for victory at Waterloo, a man beaten to death in a bare-knuckle fight and the coming of […]

    £5
  • Coronation Coach Craft

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    Celebrate Charles III's coronation by making your own Royal Coach! Children's craft activity. Shaftesbury Library Saturday 6 May11:00am - 12:00 noon. Drop in session, no booking required. For further information please call : 01747 852256

    Free
  • Mental Health Awareness Week

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    Mental Health Awareness Week. Are you or anyone you care about feeling anxious about the cost of living crisis or have any other worries and concerns regarding mental health? Come and meet Emma Roper, Rural Coordinator, Mind Dorset for an informal drop in advice and guidance session. Shaftesbury Library Monday 15 May 10:00am - 12:00 […]

    Free