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New trustees will add financial know-how to board
TWO new trustees will bring decades of financial know-how and charity experience to Dorset Community Foundation. After more than 35 years in banking Rupert Blake has been using his skills in the voluntary sector, setting up a school charitable foundation at Bishops Wordsworth Grammar School in Salisbury and being a governor at The Sheiling, a
Green fund saves school’s gardening club and boosts eight other projects
A grant from our Wessex Water Environment Fund has saved a school’s gardening club, as well as helping eight other green projects. The fund, which supports projects that improve local biodiversity or have a positive impact on the environment in Dorset communities, has awarded more than £16,000 to fund a range of initiatives including rainwater
More than £84,000 in small grants boosts grass roots groups
Small grants totalling more than £84,000 will make a big impact for 23 grass roots community groups and charities thanks to donors who have supported Dorset Community Foundation’s Neighbourhood Fund. This is the second round of the fund, which supports groups across Dorset with less than £250,000 revenue, this year. A previous round awarded more
DCF Chair launches Green Futures Fund
Dorset Community Foundation Chair Tom Flood CBE is aiming to inspire the next generation of environmentalists with the launch of the Green Futures Fund – a grant programme designed to empower young people’s passion for tackling climate change. The fund was launched at Knoll Beach in Studland by DCF Chair and fundholder Tom and Dorset
New trustee aims to bring global experience to local giving
New Dorset Community Foundation trustee Jennie Paterson has worked all over world but she has come full circle by settling in the county where she had her first job. Her career in senior financial asset management roles for companies including HSBC and AXA has taken her to the US, Europe, Middle East, Japan and Asia,
Almost £1 million committed to groups helping people out of crisis and into resilience
Almost £1 million has been committed to 42 grass roots groups and charities in the BCP area over the next three years from Dorset Community Foundation’s BCP Crisis and Resilience Fund. A total of £991,899 from the programme, awarded in a mix of one and three year grants, will help the recipients support people in
Our commitment to open and trustworthy grant making with IVAR
For more than 25 years we have been a trusted and respected funder in Dorset – but we want to ensure out grant-making remains as clear and open as possible. That’s why we’ve committed to the Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR)’s principles of Open and Trusting Grant-making – and aligning with its eight commitments to
Lottery-funded project to strengthen diverse community groups set for second phase
A project to help charities and voluntary groups in ethnically diverse communities build more resilience and longevity has reached a crucial stage as it plots a way forward beyond its initial three-year funding. The Ethnically Diverse Communities Project in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole is being run by a partnership led by Community Action Network (CAN)
Stories of Change event celebrates impact of £1.7m funding to alleviate cost of living crisis
WORKERS and volunteers from grass roots charities all over the BCP area came together to celebrate the impact of a grant programme that has helped thousands of people cope with the cost of living crisis. More than 100 people from dozens of groups were at the Henry Brown Centre in Bournemouth for the Stories of
Seach for new trustees who want to give back to the community
We are looking younger and more diverse members who want to give back to Dorset to join our board of trustees. We are looking for people with lived experience of working with grass roots charities and voluntary groups, or being helped by them, to bring a greater appreciation of what they need. “We are fortunate
Couple’s caring legacy lives on, ten years after daughters start fund in their memory
Three sisters who set up a charitable fund with Dorset Community Foundation in memory of their parents are celebrating ten years of giving. Bridie Collier, Anne Burge and Janet Hart set up the Joy and Lance Collier Fund after the Bournemouth couple’s deaths to honour Joy’s support for charities around the area. Bridie said the