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Age Concern Dorchester invites you...

memCalendarThumb... to take a ‘Walk back in time’ with its nostalgic calendar for 2011.

As part of the charity’s on-line project ‘Dorset’s Living Memories’, thirteen photographs  have been selected  and perfectly illustrate Dorset of bygone age from the 1930s to the 1960’s making this a  stunning calendar to grace anyone ‘s home.

Margaret Wellspring, Project Manager says “All these wonderful photographs have come from local people’s own collections and really sum up 20th Century life in the county, from a personal point of view”.

Joyce Ray, from Dorchester who’s 1932 school photo graces October said “It’s really exciting, who’d thought I’d be a ‘Calendar Girl” at 87 years old!”

Other pictures featured include, days out in Weymouth, haymaking at Grimstone and even a wartime wedding.

The  ‘Dorset Living Memories’ calendar is available now from Age  concern Dorchester, 4 Prince of Wales Road, Dorchester DT1 1PW, priced £4.99 + £1 p & p.

All proceeds from the calendar will go to help provide services for local older people.

If you would like to see more of these interesting photographs or read some fascinating stories, please now go toour Memories section of this website.

   

The Big Knit is Back!

Two funny people with funny hats!Calling all you knitters; get your needles at the ready as I am pleased to say we will be participating in this year’s Big Knit campaign. The hats you knit are put on top of Innocent Smoothie bottles and sold in Sainsbury’s and Boots stores across the country. For every one of your hats that are sold, Age Concern receives a 25p donation. Please knit small hats only and be as colourful, creative and imaginative as you like. Please follow the link below for the patterns. Please return all by 5th OCTOBER 2010.

Download the patterns here: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and if you like a challenge - All patterns.

   

Our Newsletters

The latest newsletter from our Forums is available for reading or download.

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Please note there may be previous and other Newsletters still available on our Publications page.

   

Do you need to make or change a Will?

Need to make or change a Will? It is a good idea to take a fresh look at your Will every two or three years and certainly afterwillDocument every major life change. A valid Will is vital if you want to avoid any misunderstandings after your death. During what will be a very distressing time, you don’t want your loved ones to have the additional burden of trying to second-guess what you might have wanted.

Every few months Age Concern Dorchester and Age Concern Bridport have surgeries where individuals can come and ask an expert questions about wills, inheritance tax and enduring powers of attorney. There are more surgeries planned in West Dorset; see our Diary.

This is a FREE one-to-one surgery given by Robert Bracher, Legacy adviser with Age Concern and Help the Aged.

 

   

Lyme Regis Help Directory

Lyme Regis Forum has produced a useful directory of information and contacts. Please go the the Lyme Forum page to download this document.
   

CLAIM CASH TO HELP IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE

Older people with health or mobility problems could be missing out on £3,600 each year to help to improve the quality of their life. Here we have more details and a success story . . .

Read more about CLAIM CASH TO HELP IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE

   

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