Poverty group so grateful for help

Dorchester Poverty Action is giving its thanks to everyone who supports the charity.

Toilet twinning school is flushed with £3k fund

West Dorset MP Chris Loder praised pupils from St Osmund’s C of E Middle School in Dorchester for raising almost £3,000 for the Toilet Twinning charity which helps provide safe toilets, clean water, and hygiene training for impoverished communities.

Mr Loder said: “Pupils at St Osmund’s have managed to ‘twin’ 49 of their school’s toilets, and I am honoured to ‘twin’ the 50th for them – a loo in the Houses of Parliament!”

Mr Loder was presented with a Toilet Twinning certificate to be displayed at a Westminster loo.

A spokesperson for the group said it has been an ‘incredibly busy’ year, with the number of grants for people in the DT1 and DT2 postcode areas rising by almost 50 per cent in just 12 months.

This year 208 grants were given to families and individuals compared to 141 last year. This included washing machines, nursery equipment, furniture for a family escaping an abusive situation and a young care leaver, car repairs to get to work, flooring for a family with a toddler, a cooker, a double bed and mattress. Between April 2022 and March 2023, £63,000 was donated to the charity and £63,000 was distributed in a variety of ways across DT1 and DT2 to those in financial difficulties. Only one per cent of the funds were spent on administrative costs, mainly printing and insurance, as everyone at DPA is a volunteer. DPA’s next fundraising event is a coffee morning on Saturday, July 1 at the United Church Dorchester, South Street.

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Cerne Abbas First School choir and Mr Baker’s Dozen Morris Men will be performing at this year’s Cerne Abbas village fete. Funds from the fete –taking place from 1.30pm to 4.30pm on Saturday, July 1 in the vicarage gardens in Back Lane will go to St Mary’s Church and the first school. Admission is £3, children free.