NHS workers are to hold a further protest in Dorchester on Saturday (17 October) to draw attention to their claims for pay justice.
After being clapped by ministers during the first wave of the COVID pandemic, health workers have been refused a pay rise - unlike their counterparts in both...
Emergency services personnel and members of the public who experienced stress and other issues during the pandemic are to benefit from free mental health workshops.Â
The interactive sessions will be delivered online by Dorset Mind from 14-19th September. These will be funded by a Safer Dorset Fund Covid-19 grant, provided by the Office...
The COVID-19 crisis reveals much about injustice in our society. Among all the statistics, one is especially striking ...... although just 14 per cent of people in the UK are of Black and Ethnic Minority heritage, and 20 per cent of NHS employees are Black and Ethnic Minority staff, 65 per cent...
The Roma Flag will be flying over County Hall this weekend and on Monday in commemoration of the deaths of the 23,000 Roma and Sinti murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Of the men, women and children collected up and sent to the concentration camp 20,000 were murdered and the...
Black Lives Matter - WeymouthWednesday 29 July at 6pm
Take a Knee in solidarity with George Floyd and all victims of racist violence
Outside Debenham's, New Bond Street, Town Centre
See the Dorset Eye:
https://dorseteye.com/latest-news-from-stand-up-to-racism-dorset/
Bridport - Take a KneeWednesday 29 July at 6pm Bucky Doo Square
Bournemouth - Take a KneeWednesday 5 August at...
More solidarity events in Dorset:
Black Lives Matter - Take A Knee
Please join these acts of solidarity with George Floyd and all victims of racist violence. New events:
Bournemouth: Wednesday 22 July, 5.45pm Bournemouth Town HallWeymouth: Wednesday 29 July, 6pm outside Debenham's
Events continue:
Dorchester: Wednesday 22 July, 6pmTown Pump, Cornhill, South StreetBridport: Wednesday...
From Wednesday 1 July, Dorset Council’s scheme that allows key workers to park for free in Council-run car parks will be coming to an end.
Near the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and subsequent lockdown, Dorset Council took the decision to suspend parking charges in its car parks across the county.
These...
CALL-OUT FROM BRIDPORT
Thousands of people have demonstrated across Dorset in support of Black Lives Matter. Please support Saturday's event in Bridport:
SATURDAY 13 JUNE, 12 noon, assemble at Mountfield, Millennium Gardens, Bridport. Access from Downes Street, off East Street (car park nearby).
Please bring placards, banners - and your voices.
Please take care...
Dorset Arts Festival, an outdoor three-day festival showcasing the best artists and makers in Dorset, is set for its debut at Sculpture by the Lakes from July 3 - July 5, with the organisers promising a safe and enjoyable experience.
Whilst a number of large scale events across Dorset have...
With white supremacy on the rise the UK public are in the main responding superbly. Of course there will always be the minority in which hate and ignorance play a dominant part in their lives but until they learn to love and understand cruelty and how it impacts on...
