Our Stories

Find out more about some of the groups and individuals we have funded.

 

Travel Cost Bursary for a Talented Media Student .

Student F. sought the bursary support to help with the cost of travel to and from Brockenhurst College from Bournemouth for her Level 3 Media course.

 

Shaftesbury Food Aid Support Service .

The group has been set up by Shaftesbury Town Council, The Blackmore Vale Partnership, Open House and the Civic Society in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to support Shaftesbury community.

 

Bursary Grant for a Floristry Student .

Lauren lives with her partner and works part time in a pharmacy as well as doing a Floristry Level 2 Technical Diploma at Kingston Maurward College.

 

Dorchester Town Council – Masks4All .

Dorchester Town Council also received a grant of £1,000 from the Dorset Coronavirus Community Fund towards their Masks4All project.

 

The Dorset Mental Health Forum .

The charity runs a Sports and Social programme for people experiencing and recovering from mental health issues.

 

Grounded Community .

Grounded Community is one of the projects we have recently supported from the Dorset Coronavirus Community Fund.

 

Townsend Community Fridge .

The supported Community Fridge project uses volunteers to deliver food parcels and to cook and deliver hot meals to older people who are self-isolating and families in hardship during the Coronavirus crisis.

 

Portland Foodbank .

Portland Foodbank received a grant of £5,000 to support food purchases and fuel costs for deliveries being made by volunteers.