Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is holding its first ‘art workshop’ at its Urban Wildlife Centre in Corfe Mullen this summer, using inspiration from nearby nature reserve, Upton Heath. The workshops will be led by local freelance artist and curator, Julie Herring. Julie will teach observational drawing skills, inspired by...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is disappointed to hear that applications have been submitted to Natural England to carry out badger culls in Dorset later this year. DWT supports and promotes alternative solutions to help control the spread ofthe devastating disease Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB). To demonstrate alternatives tobadger culling, the...
Bridport Electric Palace is launching its new Film Wednesdays evening next week with Paddington (PG) on Wednesday 5 August. Future films include the Kenneth Branagh directed film, Cinderella (U) and Shaun the Sheep Movie. Tickets are just £4 to see a family film. Doors open at 6pm and the...
Saturday 1st August 2015 – 11-6pm – FREE Borough Gardens, Dorchester Final preparations are being made to the Dorset One World Festival, a celebration of the diversity of cultures in Dorset through world music, dance, food, sport and activities. The programme of live music, dance and cultural activities spans...
A successful bid has led to the towns of Lyme Regis and Charmouth being awarded £10,000 of Coastal Community Funding. The Government-led initiative, which awards funding to coastal areas in need of economic development, has awarded Lyme Regis £10,000 to help establish a Coastal Communities Team. The successful application...
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT’s) Big Wild Chesil event will be returning to the Fine Foundation Chesil Beach Centre on Sunday 2nd August, with its biggest line-up of events and activities to date. Throughout the day, visitors and families will be invited to enjoy various events, from exploring the wonders...
Bridport and West Bay have been chosen as one of the coastal areas to benefit from funding under the Government’s Coastal Communities Team initiative. This means that the area will receive £10,000 funding to help establish a Coastal Communities Team. Bridport Town Council, the Bridport Chamber of Trade and...
Dorset MEP Ashley Fox is questioning the rules regarding the importation of puppies into the UK. It follows Devon based charity the Dogs Trust’s investigation into vets and breeders in Lithuania and Romania, and the worrying ease in which commercial transporters can bring puppies into Great Britain under a scheme designed...
To celebrate the theme of ‘record breakers’ in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge, Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is launching a new family trail on Brownsea Island and a new challenge for children to complete whilst spending some wild time in Dorset. Super Squirrel’s record-breakers trail is being launched at...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is delighted to welcome its newest patron, local resident and life-long member, Professor James Lovelock. Amongst many things, Professor Lovelock is the inventor of the first device to detect CFCs in the atmosphere, originator of ‘The Gaia Theory’, author of seven books, and a Dorset...
