Dorset Council and key partners are working to together to make sure residents can get help to continue to live independently in their homes.
Volunteers from Age UK North South & West Dorset make calls to vulnerable people and, with consent, can refer them to the Dorset Council’s reablement services.
The council has...
Extinction Rebellion activists put their heads in the sand near Boscombe Pier this morning in a symbolic protest aimed at government inaction on the climate crisis. The action featured smartly dressed rebels, labelled as cabinet members and Dorset MPs. This was followed by a procession to the offices...
Today, 25 June, the Climate Change Committee are releasing a report that states the Government is failing to meet its 2050 zero carbon target, a target that is already dangerously too late.
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is an independent, statutory body established under the Climate Change Act 2008. Its...
June 22nd, the day after Father’s Day, marks the fourth annual International Father’s Mental Health Day (IFMHD). It was found in June 2016 by Mark Williams (UK) and Dr Daniel Singley (USA). Since then, it has grown into a multi-national event, raising awareness about fathers’ mental health. The US...
Boscombe food bank in Havilland road has seen a record usage of its service since it started and the Government is being blamed for the higher levels.
Since the Corona Virus lockdown started numbers of people using the charity have risen from 541 to 1093 in just one month. What’s more the figures include over 300 children going without food.
The Food bank, local Councillors and...
We first brought this to the attention of readers weeks ago but now it has become much more disturbing.
"They Didn't Care That Elderly People Would Die"
Nadia Whittome MP was Sacked as a Care Worker for Speaking Out
This is the Truth They Don’t Want You to Hear
Jason Cridland
One of our church members Doug Barnett (81) is going to do "A Round Dorset Walk" - 181 miles with the author of the book of the same name (Steve Crockford!). The walk will take place during August (6th - 28th) and the purpose is to raise funds for...
Local dementia care home, Waypoints Verwood, was selected as only one of two care homes in Dorset to ease hospital winter pressures in a new pilot scheme run by the local authorities. The local authorities allocated 5 beds from Waypoints Verwood to cater for patients needing somewhere to stay...
The family of a woman who died in a fatal collision in Christchurch has named and paid tribute to her.
Joy Norman, 82 and of Christchurch, died following a road traffic collision on Somerford Road at around 3.15pm on Monday 18 March 2019. The incident happened as she was walking...
A Bournemouth retiree has used much of his life savings to create a New Security Device after reliving childhood horrors of a terrifying break-in at home more than half a century ago.
Gordon Forrester recalled how as a 10-year-old he protected his mother as someone broke down their front door...
