If you had been training for Diverse Abilities’ Dorset Neon Run – set for 26 April – and had been disappointed when it was postponed until 12 September, don’t despair, as it will now be taking place virtually over the Bank Holiday weekend of Saturday 23, Sunday 24, and Monday 25 May.
One of the favourite dates in the local calendar each year is the presentation of equipment to disabled children from the Peter Alliss Invitational Charity.
Two Ferndown brothers aged 7 and 8 have not only taken up the 2.6 challenge to save the UK’s charities, but also smashed their fundraising target in the first 12 days.
Diverse Abilities, like so many other charities in Dorset, has had to come up with alternative ways to raise funds following the cancellation of a raft of its fundraising events due to government guidelines.
The temporary closure of businesses has been particularly hard for garden centres, and much mourned by local people who at this time of the year would be buying plants for their gardens.
The governments in all four nations of the UK have been called upon by Adoption UK to provide additional funding and resources to help schools support those children who will struggle most, when educational settings re-open, post Covid-19 lockdown.
Rising Voices Wessex, community choirs for people affected by cancer, has been awarded a five-year grant from the National Lottery Community fund.
The Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner, Martyn Underhill, has launched a new funding scheme to support charities affected by the Covid-19 health crisis.
The public can now donate by text to the Swanage Railway’s £360,000 ‘Save Our Service’ appeal which has so far raised £136,168 to help the award-winning heritage line survive in the wake of the economic effects of coronavirus.
Everyone is invited to tune into Coda Music Trust’s ‘Gramaphone Hour’ on Friday 1 May at 7pm.
