Charity helps cancer patient return to the sea

A Dorset cancer patient says she feels “reborn” after a charity helped her return to her love of sea swimming. Jackie Ingram hasn’t swum for seven years, since her first breast cancer diagnosis. Lumpectomies and the removal of lymph nodes led her whole body to swell and her confidence to plummet. But this week, Jackie strode proudly across Bournemouth beach … Read More

Vicki pounds the pavements to repay local cancer charity

Vicki Piper is preparing to ‘pound’ the pavements of Bournemouth to thank the charity which threw her a cash lifeline when she was fighting cancer. The mum-of-two from Wimborne, will run in the Bournemouth Marathon Festival (October 6-7), to raise funds for Dorset Cancer Care Foundation (DCCF)  which stepped up and paid her rent when she was too ill to … Read More

Dorset cancer charity seeks ‘ambassadors’

A charity which helps local people through the financial pressures of cancer is inviting people to become its ‘ambassadors’. Dorset Cancer Care Foundation (DCCF) celebrates its fifth anniversary this month (June) and plans to recruit a network of voluntary ambassadors so it can help even more people in the county. Co-Founder Eve Went, explained: “DCCF set out with the aim … Read More

Choirs and dance groups to share a stage for unique charity show

Ballet dancers will share a stage with ‘Michael Jackson’ when choirs and dance groups team up for a unique charity show. Dancing with Choirs takes place at Lighthouse Theatre, Poole on March 10, 2018 and will feature a host of dance schools and local choirs performing together on stage for the first time. The show will be directed by Marie … Read More

AFC Business saddles up for charity bike ride

AFC Bournemouth Commercial Director Rob Mitchell is looking to form a new ‘B’ team. Rob has signed up to ride in the Heartbeat Cycle Ride 2017 through the Test Valley on September 10 – and he’s looking for ‘Bike-Mad Business People’ to join him. Rob said: “I’ll be tackling the 40-mile route to raise funds for one of the club’s … Read More

Charity golfers stay chipper from Dawn til Dusk

Two members of Moors Valley Golf Club will go head to head, from Dawn til Dusk, to raise funds for Dorset Cancer Care Foundation (DCCF). Club member Charmaine Croad and the club professional Chris Tyrell, will tee off at 4am on Friday (June 9) and hope to play at least 150 holes before the sun sets again that day. Lesley … Read More

First UK beach netball tournament was a ball

Following the success of the UK’s first ever beach netball tournament in June, the event will return to Bournemouth in 2017. Netball teams from across the country battled it out on Boscombe Beach on June 18. The tournament was eventually won by Shore Thing from Bournemouth who beat Pick n Mix from Basingstoke in the final. All proceeds from the … Read More

Cancer charity inundated with calendar entries

DORSET Cancer Care Foundation (DCCF) has been inundated with stunning photographs for its first charity calendar. The DCCF is producing a 2017 calendar to fund its work in helping local cancer sufferers. In January it invited people to send in their favourite shots of Dorset. Since then it has received over 200 submissions, including a beautiful sunset scene taken at … Read More