Waggy Tails Rescue launches 2017 calendar thanks to Dolphin Shopping Centre

With support from Poole’s Dolphin Shopping Centre, local charity Waggy Tails Rescue has launched its first ever calendar.

The shopping centre nominated the Dorset and Hampshire animal rehoming organisation as its charity of the year for 2016 and donated the funds required to produce the calendar. The calendars, which include professional images of their rescues, are available to buy at Calendar Club and other outlets at the Dolphin Shopping Centre, as well as directly from the charity. 

The calendars are £5 each, with all profits going directly back to the charity.

John Grinnell, centre manager of the Dolphin Shopping Centre, adds: “We’ve enjoyed working with the team at Waggy Tails Rescue. We are really pleased that the calendar is now here for the public to enjoy, and visitors to the centre can also get involved with helping the charity by donating pet food and making donations at outlets throughout the centre.”

Waggy Tails fundraiser, Paul Chapman, says: “We’re delighted with the support that the Dolphin Shopping Centre has given Waggy Tails Rescue this year, and with the launch of the 2017 calendar we hope to continue to see further donations come in. We have always wanted to retail our own calendar, but with all our money going to towards the care of our rescues, it has not previously been possible.”

“Waggy Tails perform a crucial role in saving the lives of abandoned and unwanted dogs and fundraising is therefore critical to enable Waggy Tails Rescue to maintain its proud record.”

Volunteers from Waggy Tails will be joined by members of Wessex Entertainers to form a Choir which will be performing Christmas carols at the centre on the Thursday December 8 and Sunday December 18.

Poole Harbour Boat Show to feature on The Apprentice

Poole Harbour Boat Show is to be showcased on national TV this coming Thursday November 17, when an episode of The Apprentice features teams going head to head to achieve the highest sales of boats and equipment.

The 2016 show held on Poole Quay and Poole Quay Boat Haven enjoyed a visit from the Apprentice contestants for one of the event days, who were then given tasks to sell from exhibitors’ stands. Despite wet weather, the teams battled it out in the marina, chatted to show visitors and secured deals on marine-related products.

Jim Stewart, chief executive of Poole Harbour Commissioners, who organise the annual Poole Harbour Boat Show, says: “We knew for many months beforehand that The Apprentice was due to film at the show, but of course it was all kept under wraps. It is going to be exciting to see the results of their time with us aired on Thursday and for the UK to see what a fantastic boat show Poole has now established.

“It will help highlight the forthcoming 2017 show which has many opportunities for sponsors and exhibitors to get involved.”

For information surrounding Poole Harbour Boat Show go towww.pooleharbourboatshow.co.uk  (Wed 16 Nov 16)

Inside Out Dorset festival

A spectacular celebration of the autumn equinox took place in rural Dorset. The event was part of Inside Out Dorset festival which takes spectacular performances to extraordinary outdoor locations across the county. The event was the culmination of Wayfaring which took place in the stunning ceremonial landscape of the South Dorset Ridgeway. Audiences were invited along pathways ancient and modern, to discover the unexpected and to make their own contributions to the growing installation. The performance included movement, sounds, smells and the transformative power of fire.

Don't miss out! Other events taking place:

 

Hengistbury Headlines

Hengistbury Head – Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 September 

Eight artists and companies are creating installations and performances along a trail through the nature reserve at Hengistbury Head, exploring the effects of climate change. Visitors will be able to immerse themselves in soundscapes, delve into the secret love life of plants, follow a digital quest and indulge in some cloud gazing.  Over the four days, visitors will be able to wander through the landscape of the nature reserve, including areas normally closed to the public, and discover these new artworks one by one.

 

The Soaring Sky – a coastal walk through a sung performance of birdsong created by local singers, responding to the calls of migratory and endangered birds on the site. 

By Arbonauts – Helen Galliano and Dimitri Launder

 

Remnant Ecologies is a series of sound installations playing fragments of British bird song, triggered by the wind and sun, and birds themselves.

By Jony Easterby and co-commissioned by the RSPB

 

Hides –  two animated bird hides alone on a cliff to explore themes of migration, refuge and the need of shelter. 

By Ferdinando Bradridge Byrne

 

Cloudscapes provides a place to cloud gaze and explore the parallel between the ever-changing sky and humanity’s future.

By Gobbledegook Theatre, director Lorna Rees

 

Overture is a sound installation outside the former coastguard hut. The building is re-imagined as a lookout post on the frontier of changing weather patterns, a place to scan the horizon for approaching storms. 

By Kate Paxman

 

Romantic Botanic is an eccentric promenade theatre piece for small groups. Poetry and science are used to delve into the secret love life of plants. 

By The Miraculous Theatre Company – Barnaby Gibbons, Paschale Straiton and Roger Hartley

 

You’re Getting Warmer is a digital treasure hunt-style adventure for 7 to 11-year-olds and their families. The children are cast as agents for change, hunting down clues, on a mission to save the Marsh Warbler.

By Pebble Gorge

 

Tree

Tree is a thought-provoking dance work set in woodland. Four dancers lead us from the comfort of our gardens to where the wilderness lies and ask, deep down, do we really need nature?

By Sweetshop Revolution, director Sally Marie

 

During Hengistbury Headlines, there will be a chance to take part in the
RSPB's Big Wild Sleepouts on the nights of 22, 23 and 24 September. There will be campfire cooking, nocturnal adventures and a memorable dawn experience as sounds of the harbour, sea and wind combine with the song of migrant birds.

 

 

Up in the Air

Harbourside Park, Poole – Saturday 24 September 

A feast of outdoor contemporary circus performance against a dramatic background of sea and sky.  Acrobatics, high wires, a boat with its own mobile storm and an illuminating finale.  

Co-presented with Lighthouse, Poole and the Borough of Poole.

 All Inside Out Dorset events are free (there is a charge for the RSPB's Big Wild Sleepout). For more information and to book, call 01305 260954 or visit www.insideoutdorset.co.uk.