Month: November 2015

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Twynham students taught cookery for life

A group of eight Year 10 students from Twynham School in Christchurch are being taught new skills thanks to a course organised by Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust and funded by Dorset Community Foundation. The students are participating in a ‘Cookery for Life Skills’ course taking place over seven weeks with a series of two-hour…

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Young sisters help women celebrate life

Megan and Leah Hastings were special guest speakers at Lewis-Manning Hospice’s third annual Celebrating Women Lunch which raised nearly £5,000 during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The sisters, aged 9 and 10 respectively, gave a short talk before the lunch about their Mum, Nikki, who died from cancer last year aged 40. Nikki was a patient…

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Help improve access in the New Forest

A new member is being sought for the New Forest Access Forum, which gives advice on improving access for walking, horse riding, cycling and other outside recreation in and around the New Forest. The Access Forum is an independent advisory body made up of volunteers with experience of issues affecting public access to the countryside…

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The Great Dorset Arts and Craft Weekend

Leading arts and crafts exhibitors from across Dorset will be showcasing their work at Upton Country Park on 21 and 22 November. From 10am – 4pm, visitors to Upton House will be able to browse many stalls of handmade and locally crafted work. There’s something for everyone with Christmas treats and gifts available. Renowned children’s…

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Santa Ahoy on Poole Quay

Santa will be taking to the waves for a special visit to Poole Quay on Sunday 29 November. Supported by the RNLI, Santa will be arriving by decorated Lifeboat at 10am, before boarding Poole Land Train for a short trip up and down Poole Quay accompanied by Dorset Youth Marching Band, Zumba Snowmen and some…

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Light up the Prom raises thousands for patients

Over £5,000 was raised for two local charities when hundreds of people helped make Bournemouth seafront sparkle at the start of October half term. Tea lights were turned on to remember loved ones at Bournemouth Hospital Charity and Macmillan Caring Locally’s joint Light up the Prom event held at Bournemouth seafront.

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Reindeer fair at Steamer Point Christchurch

A Reindeer Fair will be held at Steamer Point Nature Reserve, Christchurch on Sunday 6 December from 10am to 1pm. The Fair has become an annual event with festive craft stalls and a pop-up café. Little wooden Christmas reindeers made from natural produce at the reserve, which have proved such a success in previous years,…

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Yellows in line for top awards

Bournemouth-based Yellow Buses has been shortlisted for two prestigious national awards. The Yellows’ Gallery Bus is in the ‘Innovation’ category of the UK Bus Awards and Mike Saul is listed in the ‘Unsung Hero’ category. The Gallery Bus is decorated with the pictures of ‘artists in residence’ who spent a year travelling on the fleet…

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