Dorset on your Desktop.
Giving Communities & Businesses across Dorset a shop window on the internet.
Please make a selection from menus and information below!
To add a listing to the Directories, please go to the Community or Business Directory and REGISTER!
Your registration details will ONLY work in the ONE Directory - To use the other Directory, you will have to register again!
|
|
|
|
Purbeck Sports Centre in Wareham became a “Gym for Heroes” in July. Seven of its regular gym members took part in three-hour and 12-hour non-stop endurance challenges in the gym, raising £1,200 for Help for Heroes, the charity which raises money to support wounded members of the Armed Forces. Aaron Ticehurst, Duty Manager at the Sports...
Read More »
Dorset County Hospital has received top scores from national assessors for excellence in patient care and facilities. The annual PEAT (Patient Environment Action Teams) inspection for 2011 rated DCH as ‘excellent’ in all three areas – environment, food and privacy and dignity. The hospital’s Director of Nursing and Quality Alison Tong paid tribute to...
Read More »
Dorset Police has launched a campaign that reminds drinkers to take simple steps to ensure they stay safe on a night out in town centres like Bournemouth and Weymouth. The campaign aims to prevent alcohol-related rapes and sexual assaults by encouraging people to reduce their chances of becoming a victim of crime by ensuring they...
Read More »
On June 7th 2011, seven students and three team leaders set off for Rousse in Bulgaria. During their 10 day trip they volunteered at two orphanages; The Pink House and Hope Orphanage. Each volunteer had to fundraise £1081 to enable them to go on the trip, organised by the Students’ Union at Bournemouth University...
Read More »
Three local charities are better off to the tune of more than £5,000 each thanks to fundraising by Cllr Nick Geary during his year as Mayor of Christchurch. Cllr Geary’s nominated charities for the year were Christchurch Activities for Young People (CAYP), First Opportunities and Portfield School. As more than £16,500 was raised, each...
Read More »
People in Dorset are being asked to have their say on the future strategy for extracting sand, gravel, building stone and other minerals across the county. The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole Minerals Core Strategy aims to ensure that adequate and steady supplies of minerals are secured efficiently and in environmentally acceptable ways to meet...
Read More »
A beach football tournament that took place on Sunday, 10 July 2011, saw Dorset Police and its partners engage with youngsters from Poole as well as hosting Poole’s first international game. Approximately 350 people attended the Football Focus (focus on communities using sport) beach football event on Sandbanks beach. A total of 20 five-a-side...
Read More »
This weekend sees the 5th Cancer Research UK Relay For Life Event in Ferndown, East Dorset. (inDORSET are there organising the music) Relay For Life is a 24 hour event (starting noon Saturday 16th July – ending noon Sunday 17th July) where teams of friends and family come together to take it in turn...
Read More »
Detectives investigating the death of a Poole chef have charged a man with murder. 21-year-old Jake Brand, of Bournemouth, has been charged with the murder of 42-year-old Glyn Helliwell. He will appear before Bournemouth Magistrates tomorrow, Friday, 15 July 2011. At 12.45am on Wednesday, 6 July 2011, officers received a report that a man...
Read More »
Judges from the South & South East in Bloom competition have visited Christchurch and praised the commitment of the volunteers who work with the Council to keep the Borough looking its best. The judges, Andrew Babicz and Jim Buttress, spent a morning visiting a whole range of sites, including Mudeford Quay, Steamer Point, Highcliffe...
Read More »
