West Howe, as part of Go Green Bournemouth, wants to to strengthen the community against the effects of climate change, says Soo Chapman, South East Dorset Green Party’s press officer. Residents, local businesses, housing providers and community organisations want to share resources and energy generation, to make behaviour and buildings more...
Dorset Wildlife Trust is holding a Reptile Ramble event in Corfe Mullen as the rare heathland animals wake up for spring. Families are welcomed to join Dorset Wildlife Trust for a morning of snake and lizard activities including a guided trail across Upton Heath – a nature reserve special for...
Come on down and brighten up your day, pick up a paintbrush and engage in some good, free, creative fun. Get your face painted, get arty and have a great time. Come and play! Find us in the gazebo, opposite the balloon, in the Bournemouth Lower Gardens on...
New signs are helping people discover the rare wildlife of Dorset’s most easterly heathland reserve this spring, thanks to Bournemouth Airport. Some of the rarest wildlife in Britain features on the new information boards around Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Sopley Common reserve, which have been funded by the Bournemouth Airport Community...
Purbeck is going wild about gardening this spring with Dorset Wildlife Trust. You can find out all about wildlife friendly gardening at The Purbeck Wildlife Gardening Weekend on 13th and 14th April at garden centres around the Isle of Purbeck plus a host of gardening activities for adults and children...
In a statement to the press the South East Dorset Green Party press officer Soo Chapman said that while the Green Party welcomes the UK Government’s promise to spend 0.7% of national income in overseas aid, the Chancellor has proved himself hopelessly our of touch with the realities facing...
Those of us of the rank of mere mortal and below struggle with a freezing cold spring and worry about how we are going to pay the heating bills. On top of this we are getting more and more concerned over the ongoing attacks on our families by the public...
Dorset Wildlife Trust is launching a series of Sunday Strolls in west Dorset this spring. Starting in April and running through until the end of September, the walks will be based around the Kingcombe Centre and surrounding Kingcombe Meadows Reserve, a beautiful ancient landscape spanning the full width of...
Bournemouth and Poole Anti Cuts Coalition (BPACC) activists descended on Bournemouth and Poole College today in a further protest as part of the nationwide protests against workfare scheduled for this week. Activists allege that the collegehas a close business association with Working Links who are a major private contractor...
On this day, the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, we are privileged to have an interview with and an auto biographical contribution from Peter Kennard, world renowned for his photomontages. He has also very kindly given us access to 36 images from his collection depicting war in general but Afghanistan...
