Charities In Dorset

To advance, improve and maintain public education in and appreciation of the arts, in particular the art of music, in the Isle of Purbeck and the surrounding Dorset area by holding an annual festival of chamber music to include concerts, master classes, and workshops.

Providing food donated by the community for those in crisis such as benefit delay, benefit changes or debt, to help them over the crisis and signpost them to receive further help.

Church runs Stay & Play during school holidays. This encourages parents to engage in play & craft with their children. Contributed to overseas crisis relief. Contributed toward Health & Hope - ministry to the poor. Contributed towards In Roads - Children's ministry.Church members volunteer and donate to the local Food Bank & the Bournemouth Health Bus. (Homeless) Weekly Church/Prayer meetings.

For young people in the rural community to gain skills and confidence in a variety of events, with the opportunity to represent their County in competitions.

Provide professional development opportunities to artists and makers in Dorset.To form close ties with schools and colleges and provide grants for educational and training purposes in the field of visual arts and crafts.To support and encourage emerging artists.

Plan &Organise an Annual Festival of Arts, Music, Literature & Plays in the Dorset Town of Beaminster for the Education & Benefit of people & children in West Dorset and the surrounding area.

Training for young people

Charitable activities in Radipole Weymouth.Maintenance Cox Grave and of the Churchyard of St Ann.Church Halls in RadipoleIndividual grants to residents in need.Trustees discretion is applied and grants may be given where the purpose is to benefit the Radipole community

Organization Of An Annual Festival & Carnival In The Interests Of Social Welfare With The Object Of Improving The Condition Of Life For The Community Of Weymouth & Portland

Dorset Scrapstore provides resources for educational purposes to those having need of them throughout the county of Dorset including Bournemouth and Poole by operating a scrapstore containing donated surplus, reject or otherwise unwanted materials donated by businesses.

Provision of a village hall for use of the inhabitants of the Parish of St Leonards and St Ives.

ELM Wildlife rescue and rehabilitates British wildlife, primarily hedgehogs but we do take other wildlife when space allows; we medicate and house all casualties. Our capacity at the moment is 220 animals, we are supported by a team of over 100 volunteers and we are open 365 days a year. Our centres address is:Unit 5,Hayter Hames building,Seale Hayne,Newton Abbot,DevonTQ12 6NQ

provision of almshouse accomodation

- Promote the rehabilitation of offenders and ex-offenders; - Prevent or relieve poverty or financial hardship among offenders and ex-offenders, in particular but not exclusively by, the provision of equipment and training in the arts; and - The provision of a mentoring programme, with the aim of helping offenders and ex-offenders to realise their creative talent.

Opera and music theatre, commissions, productions and performanceEducation and community work in Dorset and the South West and other parts of the UK also in the EU region and Central and Eastern EuropeMixed art form projectsPartnership collaboration and development

Activities to improve services provided to cancer patients in Dorset, mainly though the Dorset County Hospital eg funding training and further education for staff treating cancer patients, supporting cancer related research projects through financial contributions, purchasing additional equipment used to treat cancer patients, providing a reflexology service to cancer patients.

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CLUB AND HOLIDAY CLUB PROVIDING CHILDCARE FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN AT SANDFORD ST MARTINS PRIMARY SCHOOL

GENERAL FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF DESIGNATED ROTARY CHARITIES AND LOCAL CHARITIES

The relief of food poverty

ASCape is the only charity of its kind dedicated to improving the lives of autistic children and young adults (4-25) in West Dorset. We support children and their families through a range of family-based activities, offering a successful program of social groups and family activities free or at low-cost for all age ranges, from the very youngest children through to young people over the age of 18.

The charity considers grants to individuals living in the Southwest of England and organisations with projects in the Southwest of England for general charitable purposes but in particular the encouragement of local life through education, the arts and social sciences.

To work towards the elimination of racial discrimination and promote equality of opportunity and good relations between persons of different racial groups throughout Dorset including the towns of Dorchester, Weymouth, Poole, and Bournemouth and the areas of north, west, south and east Dorset.

The Thomas Hardye Foundation serves to assist the Thomas Hardye School by the provision and mainenance of school buildings, and by assistance to students in need, within the terms of the Charity Commission's principal and subsidiary schemes by which the Foundation is regulated.

The management of Weymouth Museum

The charity provides grants to local charitable bodies and assists in the day to day operation of the Chapel at East Lulworth.