News from Dorchester Poverty Action

Poundbury Rotary donate £523

Dorchester Poverty Action Poundbury Rotary donate £523...

Published on: 21st August 2025

Cream tea in Martinstown raises £777

Dorchester Poverty Action Cream tea in Martinstown...

Published on: 21st August 2025

Dorchester Poverty Action Coffee Morning

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Published on: 8th July 2025

Thank you Yorkshire Building Society

Dorchester Poverty Action receive £1,500 award from Yorkshire Building Society...

Published on: 8th July 2025

A big thank you to Dorchester Market Car Boot Fund

Dorchester Market Car Boot fund donation...

Published on: 27th May 2025

DPA newsletter May 2025

Dorchester Poverty Action news May 2025...

Published on: 9th May 2025

Dorchester Poverty Action Trustee retires

Dorchester Poverty Action Trustee retires...

Published on: 14th February 2025

Martinstown Circle Suppers present £7,350 cheque to Dorchester Poverty Action

Martinstown Circle Suppers £7,350 cheque presented...

Published on: 21st January 2025

A very big THANK YOU to the Occasional Singers

Thank you to the Occasional Singers...

Published on: 26th November 2024

Open Meeting - 1 October 2024

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Published on: 14th November 2024

Dorchester Poverty Action says a big Thank you to Donors

Dorchester Poverty Action Thank you...

Published on: 15th January 2024

Heating, Eating or Health - do you have to make the choice?

Dorchester Poverty Action - Heating, Eating or Health - do you have to make the choice?...

Published on: 6th November 2023

Open Meeting 10 October 2023

Dorchester Poverty Action - Open Meeting 10 October 2023...

Published on: 18th October 2023

Grants for School Uniform

Dorchester Poverty Action grants for School Uniform...

Published on: 14th October 2023

Dorchester Poverty Action thanks two Mayors

Dorchester Poverty Action coffee morning 1 July 2023...

Published on: 4th July 2023

Volunteer Finance Assistant wanted

Volunteer Finance Assistant position - information for applicants...

Published on: 21st February 2023

DPA Open Meeting - Tuesday 4 October 2022

DPA Open Meeting 4 October 2022 CAP course talk...

Published on: 12th October 2022

Heating or Eating - Do you have to make the choice?

Heating or Eating - a call for donations to help families in need...

Published on: 11th October 2022

Coffee morning - Saturday 2 July 2022

DPA coffee morning - Saturday 2 July 2022...

Published on: 7th July 2022

DPA Chairman Dr Margaret Barker retires after 32 years

Dorchester Poverty Action Chairman retires after 32 years...

Published on: 11th April 2022

New DT2 fund launched

New DT2 fund...

Published on: 24th February 2022

DPA Open Meeting - Monday 11 October 2021

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Published on: 14th October 2021

Cream Tea 2021

Dorchester Poverty Action Cream Tea at Puddletown...

Published on: 12th September 2021

Summer newsletter, July 2021

DPA Summer newsletter, July 2021...

Published on: 23rd July 2021

Lenten Newsletter, February 2021

Lenten Newsletter, February 2021...

Published on: 16th February 2021

Dorchester Poverty Action - Additional fuel grants to help local people in need

Dorchester Poverty Action - Additional fuel grants to help local people in need...

Published on: 14th January 2021

Newsletter from the second lockdown - November 2020

DPA newsletter - November 2020...

Published on: 21st November 2020

Dorchester Poverty Action Half Year Report 2020-2021

In the six months to 30th September 2020, income was £22,669.21 and expenditure £10,054.33. Expenditure was reflected in 49 awards, including contributions to the CAB fund and purchase of Coop food...

Published on: 1st November 2020

Newsletter while we are unable to meet - October 2020

DPA newsletter - October 2020...

Published on: 6th October 2020

Newsletter while we are unable to meet - August 2020

DPA newsletter - August 2020...

Published on: 17th August 2020

Newsletter while we are unable to meet - July 2020

DPA newsletter - July 2020...

Published on: 19th July 2020

Newsletter while we are unable to meet - May 2020

DPA newsletter - May 2020...

Published on: 25th May 2020

Open meeting held on 7 October at Dorford Centre

Dorchester Poverty Action Open Meeting Monday 7 October 2019 'From Homeless - to Housing'...

Published on: 9th October 2019

Cream Tea held at Puddletown

Dorchester Poverty Action held another very successful Cream Tea on Sunday 15th September...

Published on: 17th September 2019

Successful coffee morning held

Dorchester Poverty Action held a coffee morning on Saturday 7 July 2019...

Published on: 10th July 2019

Distribution of Christmas Hampers to local families in need - 2018

68 hampers for local families were either collected or delivered on the weekend before Christmas....

Published on: 31st December 2018

Raffle on 14th December 2018 raised £250

This was arranged by Anita Harries's team of fundraisers....

Published on: 16th December 2018

Open Meeting 2018

After a short period of silent reflection Margaret gave a brief summary of the DPA annual report, picking out the fact that, since its financial records began in 1997, £100,000 had been given out in ...

Published on: 17th October 2018

Cream Tea in Puddletown

Dorchester Poverty Action held a very successful Cream Tea on Sunday 16th September in the beautiful garden of The Old Vicarage in Puddletown – a big thank you to Jeremy and Mandy Barnes for letting...

Published on: 27th September 2018

Coffee Morning in the United Church hall

The annual coffee morning took place on Saturday July 8th and was amazing! We had more people than ever before and more stalls and such a buzz of conversation and laughter. The Mayor, Councillor Susie...

Published on: 8th July 2018

Something to Celebrate!

This year sees us reaching the milestone of having given out £100,000 in grants! Since the charity started over 25 years ago it has made a real difference to local people in DT1 and DT2 at times of ...

Published on: 25th June 2018

Christmas Hampers For 51 Families Needed

The Food Bank who provided the contents for the remainder and the venue for families to come, have coffee and collect their hamper...

Published on: 1st February 2018

Open Meeting 2017

This was a great success, with 50 people present and it opened with the launch, by the Mayor of Dorchester, Councillor Susie Hosford, of the new website: http://whoistheretohelp.org/. There were two s...

Published on: 24th October 2017

Cream Tea in Puddletown!

DPAG held its first ever cream tea on Sunday September 10th 2017. The weather forecast was not good so it was decided to move it from the lovely Old Vicarage garden in Puddletown into the church hall,...

Published on: 2nd October 2017

Recent Fundraising Efforts

How do you raise £474 in one Sunday afternoon? By selling tickets in advance for a garden BBQ, enrolling a team of helpers, setting up the BBQ, preparing all the food – puddings as well as meats an...

Published on: 20th June 2017

Survey of voluntary organisations that help people in Dorset

This was a new project started in 2016 and it has led to the creation of an online database of local helping voluntary organisations, called ‘Who Is There To Help?’ So far it has only 30 West Dors...

Published on: 17th May 2017

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