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…
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT) Fine Foundation Chesil Beach Centre will be holding its annual festive Christmas Bazaar on Sunday 29 November from 10am – 4pm to raise money for local wildlife.
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…
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…
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.
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,…
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…
The declining UK hedgehog population was highlighted at a special Wild About Gardens event at Knoll Gardens near Wimborne as part of a Knoll Gardens Foundation initiative to explain how we can all share our gardens with wildlife. Visitors were able to handle hedgehogs and learn about these prickly creatures from Dorset Wildlife Trust officers,…
New Forest Healthy Walk Leaders enjoyed a walk at Godshill under a beautiful autumnal canopy, also having fun on a rope swing.
Family-owned pet store chain PamPurredPets have introduced weighing scales, similar to those used by vets, so that customers can monitor free of charge the weight of their pets as part of a free ‘fit club’. Alan Williams, a car technician from Parkstone and his son Josh 13, were amongst the first to use the free…
