A number of skydiving opportunities have been arranged over the Wiltshire countryside in 2013 by local disability charity, Diverse Abilities Plus.
Anyone can take part in this once in a lifetime opportunity to do something daring, and raise money for the charity.
The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation has received a cheque for £2,424.43, presented by General Manager Simon Morris on behalf of staff and customers at the Ferndown Haskins Garden Centre. The money was following 12 months of fundraising events and wishing well donations.
Boys at Harewood College in Bournemouth, which last year achieved its best ever GCSE results with 51% gaining at least five A* to C grades including English and Maths, is recognising students who are achieving great successes through an Olympic award scheme.
Every time a student excels they are given an Olympic ring. When they get all five rings they are awarded a special trophy: Blue is excellence; black is friendship and respect; red is inspiration; yellow is equality; and green is determination and courage.
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The number of thefts from vehicles across Dorset has increased by 12.3% from April 2012 to 27 January 2013. This is an increase of 355 offences.
Between 1 and 27 January there have been 13 reported break-ins to cars parked at beauty spot locations across Dorset – including rural car parks in Cerne Abbas, Bridport, Blandford, Wimborne and Wareham.
The WWF (formerly World Wildlife Fund) is launching an innovative new mobile network tomorrow, 31 January 2013.
For the first time, people in the UK with a passion for the environment and wildlife can generate funds for conservation every time they use their mobile phone. And it won’t cost them a penny extra.
Amanda and Hannah Arkell, local business women and owners of the children’s boutiques, Belle Enfants, are very proud to have been chosen as finalists in the National Footwear awards in not one but two categories: Best Independent Children’s Shoe Shop and Best New Independent Children’s Shoe Shop.
The Christchurch and East Dorset Partnership has made an announcement about its accommodation needs following speculation about its future plans.
Having looked at four possible options, an officer working group has identified that the best one would be to have the majority of staff located in the current civic offices in Christchurch with a smaller civic hub to be built in Wimborne, and to dispose of the existing offices at Furzehill.
To mark Dignity Action Day, ‘Dignity Champions’ at Dorset HealthCare have arranged for Dignity Trees to be placed at sites across the county – including Alderney Hospital in Poole, the Diabetes Department at Dorchester Hospital and the Forston Clinic near Dorchester. The Dignity Trees are platforms for staff and the public to share their opinions, by writing comments on leaves and attaching them to the Dignity Tree.
