Window remembers Dad’s Army enthusiast

A Ferndown business has dedicated its window to the late leader of the Real Dad’s Army re-enactment group, along with all those who have fallen in conflicts and wars. AE Jolliffe & Son funeral directors arranged the funeral of well-known townsman Dale Johnson who died recently ago aged 85.

Douch finds summit to do

The leader of a Dorset business is to climb the highest peak in the country to raise money for charities his later father supported. Nick Douch is also taking wife Donna and daughters Lakeisha and Tamika to the summit of Scafell Pike in the Lake District.

Blandford CC is presented with trophy for its community work

The Jack Douch award for cricket in the community has been presented to the Blandford Cricket Club chairman Dave Abbott. The trophy is given in memory of the late Jack Douch whose family company sponsored cricket in the county for more than a decade through its Dorset Funeral Plan.

New funeral venue with stunning views

Funerals can now be held in a stunning location among Dorset’s Purbeck Hills thanks to an exclusive partnership. Kingston Country Courtyard has partnered with Douch Family Funeral Directors to offer its 16th century barn for services.

Boost for special needs students

An independent specialist college at Holton Lee near Sandford, Dorset, has been given nearly £900 by Albert Marsh Funeral Directors in Wareham. The branch of Douch Family Funeral Directors raised the money last year and nominated Livability Millie College to receive the cheque.

A boost for veterans from a Dorset business

A Bournemouth-based charity that was launched a decade ago to help military veterans has been presented with a cheque for £400 from AE Jolliffe & Sons funeral directors which is part of the Douch Family Funeral Directors group.

Funeral business raises funds for Dorset breast cancer unit

Staff at a Wimborne business have raised more than £1,000 for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity – and every penny raised will go towards the Ladybird Breast Unit at Poole Hospital. Funeral Director Amy Turvey and colleagues at Douch & Small funeral directors carried out a number of events to raise the money.

Blandford CC wins community award

The Jack Douch award for cricket in the community was presented to winners Blandford CC at the Dorset Cricket Board annual ceremony.