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Dedicated donor funding that transforms lives in Dorset
Retired magistrate and teacher Richard Sawle is a member of our Bursary Scheme grants panel. He became involved through his friendship with our chair of trustees Tom Flood and his late partner Paul Cornes, whose legacy has contributed to the fund. Here he writes about why the Bursary Scheme is so important
Grant Robson 15th February 2022
Now, I’m a huge fan of Community Foundations. Since first receiving a grant in 1988, I have valued their simple beauty in being able to provide brokerage of donors and potential grant beneficiaries within a geographic area.
Jasmine 27th July 2020
It's bursary season here at the Foundation. In the latest blog post our Director Grant Robson reflects on how small help, in the form of bursaries, is making a big difference to local young people’s lives.
Grant Robson 26th September 2019
The iwill funding programme at Dorset Community Foundation is part of a national campaign to make Social Action part of the lives of young people in the UK; increasing their involvement in campaigning, fundraising and volunteering. For the last two years, we have been making grants to local community groups and charities who provide such opportunities for young people in Dorset.
Ellie Maguire 8th May 2019
The projects we have supported illustrate that young people want to get involved in their wider community and contribute their time and energy to the causes that matter to them.
I was very pleased that one of my first appointments as the newly declared High Sheriff of Dorset was accompanying Dorset Community Foundation (DCF), one of my chosen charities, at their ‘Seeing is Believing Visit’ to funded projects in Bournemouth.
Philip Warr 9th April 2019
To say I am a luddite is not quite fair as I was the main man when it came to the setting our family video recorder in the 1980s.
Jon Yates 9th January 2019
After working with many local Charitable Trusts and Foundations to support them to increase their impact, our Development Director Grant Robson discusses the benefits of transferring a charitable trust.
Grant Robson 11th December 2018
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