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The Living Wage for Dorset campaign is concerned at the growing number of people who are working for little more than the National Minimum Wage. This has an effect on both the county’s economy and individual households. Contrary to some claims, low pay doesn’t create employment, but only reduces...
I sometimes wonder at the lack of imagination shown by many of our politicians on key issues, and the ensuing willingness to accept the status quo. Or perhaps it’s that they like the status quo or are afraid of the consequences of challenging it, and therefore ‘dumb down’ their...
Following on from this issue which was surprisngly raised in last Sunday's Observer, I suggest getting groups together around Dorset to discuss our problems which are ignored and completely misunderstood by the country especially the south east corner. The south west generally continues to suffer inflated house prices and...
A new campaign against disability-related harassment, designed by local students at Bournemouth and Poole College is being launched across Dorset. The campaign called ‘Speak Out’ aims to give disabled people the confidence to come forward and report bullying or harassment whilst ensuring there is the support and advice that...
The launch of Dorset Police’s Equality Champions took place on Wednesday 9 January 2013. The launch was attended by partners, stakeholders and community members. The purpose of the launch was to introduce the concept of Equality Champions, raise awareness and to meet the Champions. The event was opened by...
Martin Lewis, of moneysavingexpert.com fame, started an e-petition to the British government: “Make financial education a compulsory part of the school curriculum”. To see the petition, now closed, click >>HERE<<. The petition successfully exceeded the 100,000 needed to be considered for debate in Parliament. The higher the number of...
Raheel Mohammed is the founder and director of Maslaha and has recently been profiled as one of Britain’s 50 New Radicals in The Observer newspaper for pioneering creative change to some of society’s most difficult issues. He has created award-winning resources which tackle inequalities in Muslim communities in areas...
Recently, journalist Steven Volk was surprised to discover that leading skeptical psychologist Richard Wiseman has admitted that the evidence for telepathy is so good that "by the standards of any other area of science, is proven." Mr Volk goes on to write, "Even more incredibly, as I report...
In this podcast Francis Sealey of GlobalNet21 looks at how the 21st century world has made the sense of community more complex and how the digital age can both add to that complexity as well as provide new ways of facilitating cohesion and co existence. Francis Sealey was...
