Latest News - Dorset Community Foundation

13th March 2023

Devoted couple leave enduring legacy through Hamptons Fund .

AN antiques expert who formed one half of a formidable business duo has left an estate worth more than £1 million to Dorset Community Foundation.

3rd March 2023

13th Surviving Winter appeal smashes its £100,000 target .

DORSET Community Foundation’s Surviving Winter campaign has broken its 2022/23 target by raising more than £100,000 to keep the county’s elderly and vulnerable warm and safe.

14th February 2023

Hospital’s geriatrics expert backs Surviving Winter appeal .

AN expert in the care of older people has backed Dorset Community Foundation’s Surviving Winter appeal.

3rd February 2023

Newspapers launch Put In A Pound appeal for Surviving Winter funds .

DORSET Community Foundation has partnered with the Dorset Echo and Daily Echo to launch a Put In A Pound appeal in support of its Surviving Winter appeal.

31st January 2023

Three new trustees add more expertise to Dorset Community Foundation .

THREE new trustees have joined Dorset Community Foundation to add even more expertise and experience to its board. Lee Hardy OBE was born and went to school in Dorset and has had a family home in the county all his life. As a trustee he brings wide range of experience and a broad business perspective […]

21st November 2022

BCP Warmth Support Fund will help keep people fed and warm this winter .

BCP COUNCIL has again chosen Dorset Community Foundation to distribute funding from its Household Support Fund scheme to help people on low incomes stay warm and fed this winter.

19th December 2022

Need for Surviving Winter fuel grants spikes as cost of living crisis bites .

CITIZENS Advice advisors have seen successful applications for Dorset Community Foundation Surviving Winter energy grants increase by four-and-a-half times over the same period last year.