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Monday, May 20, 2024
National Day of Action for Palestine Dorset Solidarity Vigil for Gaza Saturday 4 November, 12.00 pm Town Pump, South Street, Dorchester Ceasefire Now  Stop the Attacks on Gaza  End Israeli Apartheid On Saturday 4 November, as part of the National Day of Action for Palestine, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Dorset Stop the War Coalition are...

Halloween at Tumbledown 

This October half-term, Tumbledown will be hosting a Halloween event for children on Thursday 26th October between 10am and 1pm.   Get ready to dive into the Halloween spirit with a variety of engaging and creative activities, from picking a pumpkin to carve, autumn leaf animal collage making and leaf...
If you are walking through Dorchester Borough Gardens, you may spot ribbons tied to the bandstand. Our Forget-Me-Not Group is giving bereaved families the opportunity to come together during #BabyLossAwarenessWeek (9-15 October). Families are invited to display the names of babies being remembered on ribbons and tie them to the bandstand until...
Have you ever wondered about some of the weird and wonderful place names in Dorset? How does a name like ‘Sixpenny Handley’ or ‘Ryme Intrinseca’ come about and what can the name tell us about the history of a place? An event at the Dorset History Centre will reveal all!...
Not long now until Dorchester hosts it’s “Streets Alive!” event, celebrating International Car-Free Day in Acland Road car park on Friday 22nd September 2023. There will be a festival with stalls, music, activities, and demonstrations in the car park from 12pm to 5pm. Local school children will be taking...
Dorchester is to host a “Streets Alive!” event celebrating International Car-Free Day in the Acland Road car park on 22 September 2023. There will be a festival with stalls, music, activities, and demonstrations in the car park in the afternoon from 12.00-17.00. We will be promoting healthy living and eating, as...
The upcoming weekend in Britain is set to be impacted by the first named storm of the season, Storm Antoni. Forecasters are warning of "unseasonably" strong winds that could pose a danger to life. The storm is expected to bring gusts of up to 65mph along the coastlines and...
Two Met Office yellow weather warnings predict heavy downpours and strong winds to hit parts of the UK. The alerts cover the entire south coast of England, most of Wales, the Midlands, and portions of the North on Wednesday. From 4 am to 6 pm, a wind warning is in...
Portland residents will join trade unions, churches and community groups on a unity demonstration on Saturday 8 July with the slogans: “No to the Prison Barge, Refugees Welcome, Say No to Racism and Division”. The demonstration will assemble at 11am at Portland Port where the Bibby Stockholm barge - proposed to house over 500 refugees - is expected to arrive...
Local and national organisations are uniting to show their opposition to Armed Forces Day, due to be held in Falmouth on 24th June. Groups involved include Campaign Against Arms Trade, the Peace Pledge Union, ForcesWatch, Demilitarise Education, Cornwall Resists and local and national Quaker organisations. All groups say that...