A new food distribution centre has opened in Weymouth to help support the most vulnerable members of the community and anyone in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Located at St Edmund’s Church on Lanehouse Rocks Road, the foodbank has been set up to serve local people in Wyke, Lanehouse and Westham who may need extra help...
Weymouth Town Council will celebrate the official switching on of the town’s Christmas lights on Wednesday 2 December with a virtual event. Weymouth will be lit up with festive lights and decorations, ready to welcome back shoppers as non-essential shops in the town are able to reopen from Wednesday 2 December. The virtual switch on will...
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Dorset Council has submitted its bid for the Government’s Bus Back Better £3 billion fund to revitalise the nation’s bus services.
In March the Government launched Bus Back Better, a new National Bus Strategy for England with aims to rejuvenate local bus services by making them:
More attractive for passengersMore affordableEasier...
Acts Fast are delighted to share with us that they have just been awarded the National Lottery Community Fund to keep supporting lives who have been impacted by child sexual abuse. It might not be an easy topic of conversation, but supporting families effected by child sexual abuse is often chronically under invested and often widely misunderstood in...
When I first reported on child poverty in Britain, I was struck by the faces of children I spoke to, especially the eyes. They were different: watchful, fearful.In Hackney, in 1975, I filmed Irene Brunsden's family. Irene told me she gave her two-year-old a plate of cornflakes. "She doesn't...
Dorset Council declared a climate and ecological emergency in May 2019. Sincethen they have been gathering facts and writing a strategy and action plan. The Strategy and Action plan are now out for public consultation until 20th January 2021.
Dorset Action with a range of partner organisations have come together to hold online People’s Assemblies to help people have...
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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...
We are holding a raffle with Weyfish to help raise money for the Weymouth Carnival 2021. Tickets will be available to buy every day, outside Weyfish from Friday 4th December until Saturday 19th of December when the prize winner will be drawn.
The Carnival team will be out and...
