Superior, a leading manufacturer based in Dorset, supported ‘Wear It Pink’ at the end of October to raise valuable funds for Breast Cancer Now. Superior staff wore something pink on Friday October 20 during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The manufacturing team raised a total of £723 for the charity...
8th May sees the start of Mental Health Awareness Week 2017, and a group of Weymouth guys are marking it with Pizza, Pies & Cider! Weymouth Gay Group is meeting up in The Stable, Weymouth, on Monday 15th May as a special ‘thank-you’ to Richard Cooper the chain’s co-founder. Richard...
Weymouth Town Bridge will turn red on the evening of Wednesday, 22 February to ‘shine a light’ on a devastating brain condition. Both Dorset County Council – which owns the bridge – and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council are lending their support to World Encephalitis Day to raise awareness...
The local NHS patients’ forum, the Weymouth & Portland Health Network, says it believes the South West Ambulance Service “is not currently capable of undertaking more and longer journeys as the Clinical Service Review advocates.” In a letter to Tim Goodson, Chief Officer of Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group, they...
Since moving to larger premises in early 2015, the St Jude’s Care team have been going from strength to strength by growing their workforce, expanding services and investing in new equipment and vehicles. St Jude’s Care previously occupied offices at Oxford Court but decided that moving to new premises...
Hello, Treatment for people with non-life-threatening injuries and urgent medical problems in Weymouth and Portland is changing this summer, with the introduction of a new service at Weymouth Community Hospital. We have contacted you because your organisation/group plays a key role in the local community, and we would greatly...
Following on from the very disturbing public health data regarding Weymouth & Portland Deprivation is killing local people it has now been found by Public Health England that alcohol (symptomatic of deprivation...) is also killing large numbers of local people. Women come in 5th and men 8th in Weymouth &...
According to Public Health England things are not too rosy in Weymouth & Portland. As the summary below reveals things are pretty dreadful for some. This was further highlighted by Dr Jon Orrell in his article in Dorset Eye over the weekend in which he stated that the lack of...
One of Dorchester’s most famous identical twins is hitting the road and training hard for this year's Virgin Money London Marathon on 24th April 2016. Paul Ackerman, who runs Dorchester based Bathroom Inspirations with his identical twin bother Patrick Ackerman is running the Virgin Money London Marathon in memory of...
Dorset County Hospital’s Kingfisher ward was full of Christmas Spirit when they took delivery of a very special Christmas present from Trinity Street Christmas Trees on Saturday 5th December. A beautiful Nordman fir with lights, reindeer and a snowman. Pete Hyde the owner, founder of Trinity Street Christmas Trees...