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10th June 2022

£35,000 boost for grass roots groups helping tackle NHS post-pandemic backlog .

DORSET Community Foundation has worked with Dorset County Hospital Charity to award £35,000 in grants to grass roots charities and community groups for projects to boost the county’s health.

 
1st June 2022

Lets Create Platinum Jubilee events taking place across Dorset .

FUNDING from Arts Council England and corporate supporter Superior Seals has provided £112,000 for groups in Dorset to mark the Platinum Jubilee with arts events to create lasting meemories and a creative legacy. Music, dance, artwork, theatre and poetry will bring communities together all through the month to make lasting memories and provide a creative […]

 
31st May 2022

£355,000 funding for Dorset groups from NHS Charities Together .

DORSET will receive £355,000 project funding from NHS Charities Together's Community Partnerships grant programme after a funding bid from Dorset County Hospital Charity, in partnership with Dorset Community Foundation.

 
18th May 2022

BCP Food Support Fund will help groups feed people struggling with cost of living crisis .

DORSET Community Foundation is working with BPC Council to distribute grants of up to £10,000 to groups helping to feed hungry families and individuals who are struggling with the cost of living crisis.

 
12th May 2022

High Sheriff excited to be working with Dorset Community Foundation .

DORSET’S new High Sheriff says she is proud to be working with Dorset Community Foundation during her shrieval year on a fund that champions the healing power of nature.

 
4th May 2022

Young sportsmen and women boosted by Young and Talented Fund grants .

FOURTEEN promising young sportsmen and women have been given a career boost with £1,000 grants from Dorset Community Foundation’s Young and Talented Fund.

 
29th April 2022

Wessex Water Environment Fund open for applications to green projects .

GRASS roots charities or community groups who are planning projects to protect or improve the environment can apply for grants of up to £1,500 from a Wessex Water fund being run by Dorset Community Foundation.