Healthwatch Dorset have published a new report about maternity services in Dorset, called Baby Steps.
Healthwatch Dorset spoke to over 100 local women and their families to find out what it's really like when you have a baby in Dorset. They organised two events in Boscombe, ran a facebook survey and...
With Prom season fast approaching, Dorset parents will need to get ready to fork out for bespoke dresses, shoes, accessories, jewellery, evening bags, hair, nails, make-up, spray tan, limo cars and professionally taken photographs. In fact, if you have a daughter, you can expect to pay up to an incredible...
Dorset Police, Devon & Cornwall Police and their Police and Crime Commissioners, are educating people under the age of 18 about the consequences of sexting. Sexting is the term used for the sending or receiving of sexual, naked or semi-naked images or videos which can be taken by...
Biff's homework for the weekend is to make a model of the Taj Mahal out of the recyclable items her family have used in the last week. The homework must be handed in on Monday morning. Biff is not planning to mention this homework to her parents until approximately...
For all you parents out there...whilst on her way home from her college meal in Dorchester last night my youngest was approached by a couple in a car who really didn't want to give up getting her into the car... so much so the woman got out and started...
Hearing that you’re HIV positive is perhaps one of the most daunting challenges you’ll ever face, it is a life-changing event that will likely affect everything you do for years to come. In Australia 68% of 27,000 HIV cases involve sexual contact between males; it is an issue that...
Emma Hamilton Cole, Head of Family Law at Williams Thompson Solicitors LLP, is encouraging separating couples to consider mediation to save money when resolving disputes. Generally completed within a considerable shorter timeframe, mediation costs separating couples on average 10 times less than Court proceedings, which can potentially go on...
Ralphie Ellard was born two years ago with severe cerebral palsy and the condition affects his speech, muscle reactions, ability to walk and his ability to eat normally. Every day is a struggle for Ralphie and his Mum, Sian Ellard said “Ralphie suffered a seizure in May and we...
Dorset Mind is thrilled to announce that BBC Children in Need have awarded them a grant of £8,966 to fund befriending services for young people. Dorset Mind’s Befriending Coordinator Claire Bridges said, “Over the next year, funding will enable us to train volunteers to provide one-to-one practical and emotional...
Dorset Police are supporting national Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day on Saturday 18 March and are reminding the people of Dorset to look out for signs.Child sexual exploitation (CSE) is a form of child abuse that involves the manipulation or coercion of young people to engage in sexual activity...
