2017: Redliffe Riverside Path wins award for the
third time...read
more here
During the summer of 2017 the streets
and buildings of our Saxon walled town of Wareham were awash with
floral colour for months on end, as they are every year...Wareham
in Bloom...read
more here
2015: Wareham's Tree of Life and
Laughter Community Garden
Currently, to the rear of Wareham Library,
there is a large walled garden with some flower beds, a few bushes
and a couple of benches, plus Wareham’s ‘Tree of Life and
Laughter’, and remains of a 200AD Roman villa threshold. Although
the garden is accessible to the general public it’s lack of appeal
means that it is only used by a handful of people each week,
whereas the Library itself, and the Discover Purbeck Information
Centre who share the building, have a combined footfall of over
100,000 people per year....read
more here
2014: Redcliffe Riverside Path Information
Boards
One of Wareham’s most popular riverside walks,
until recently nothing but a muddy track, was completely
redeveloped in early 2013 by the Trust and is already proving a
great success in creating a better and safer route between the two
communities of Wareham and Ridge, and also a greatly enhanced
stretch of the ever popular Purbeck Way.....read
more here
2013: WAREHAM TOWN POUND given a new
lease of life
For hundreds of years the medieval Town Pound
was the place where any stray farm animal would be brought and
held until reclaimed by its owner who in return would pay a small
fine to the Lord of the Manor....read
more here
2013: SAXON WALLS
PROJECT: Info boards
unveiled at site of Wareham’s ancient Saxon walls
THE Lord Lieutenant
of Dorset has officially unveiled a series of information boards
at the site of Wareham’s ancient Saxon walls. Mrs Anthony
Pitt-Rivers was joined by other dignitaries for the ceremony,
which marked a milestone in the project to tell the story of the
town’s 9th century earth walls....
read more here
2013: REDCLIFFE PATH: New Riverside Path Opens
One of Wareham’s most popular
riverside walks, until recently nothing but a muddy track, has now
been completely redeveloped and is already proving a great success
in creating a better and safer route between the two communities
of Wareham and Ridge, and also a greatly enhanced stretch of the ever popular Purbeck Way.
...read more
2012: THE WAREHAM BEARS
The Wareham Bears and are now
living in Furzebrook, in the deepest heart of Dorset. What better
place could there be for a large family of miniature bears to be
living? They are so lucky; given a lovely place to live where
there is afternoon tea everyday and a lovely lake called The Blue
Pool, to have a stroll around.
Read more about our history
here.
PRIORY MEADOW
We have turned an unused area of Wareham's Water
Meadow into an accessible-to-all community space of natural
environment and much improved wildlife habitat, alongside the south
bank of the River Frome and directly opposite the Town Quay.
As this is a 25 year project we need all the
help and support that we can get, and in so doing have not only
formed 'partnerships' with The Purbeck Centre and Kingston Maurward,
but have continued to raise funds to enable us to further improve
the meadow. In 2008 alone we received a £10,000 grant from the BBC
Breathing Places Lottery Project to fund extended paths, tree
planting, pond creation and the purchase of a box-van trailer in
which to store and transport £500 of equipment kindly donated by B&Q
through their Good Neighbourhood community support programme.
We already have help, but we always need more,
and so if you would like to join our 'green gym', enjoy fresh air
and sunshine in a wonderful location, then please get in touch.
Read more here
LIFEWHEELS MOBILITY CENTRE
Based in St Johns Hill, Wareham, the Centre, in
2009, completed 5 years of supporting the community of Purbeck. In
so doing it became a successful business in its own right, and as
such has now been sold to the long-serving manager, Mr.
Bob Richardson.
It was set up
by WDDT to offer a variety of services to assist in the transport
needs of both able-bodied and disabled people, a combination which
proved both innovative and much needed in the Purbeck area. All that
hard work by WDDT will continue under the new ownership.
SOUTH BANK PERFORMANCE
AREA
We created an area between on the south bank of
the Frome, between the river and Priory Meadow, which can be used
for performances by anyone to entertain the public. The area, paved
with locally quarried Purbeck stone, can be 'booked' through
Farwells Mace Market in North Street, Wareham.
Read more here
HAUSES FIELD OF
DREAMS
2008 saw the completion of a 2 year, £100,000
'vision' of converting 5 acres of overgrown wilderness within the
Northmoor Park Estate, Wareham, into a 'Field of Dreams' including
replacing the dilapidated children's play park, installing a family
picnic area, building a BMX Bike Arena, creating a sensory garden,
and providing extra seating, litter and dog bins around the whole
field. Read more here
WOOL BMX & SKATEBOARD PARK
A 'partnership' of WDDT, Wool Parish Council and
the young people of the village created a BMX and Skateboard Park
based on the success of Hauses Field.
WATER MEADOW WAY
During the spring of 2013 we completely
redeveloped the Redcliffe Path between Wareham South Bridge
and Redclyffe Yacht Club.
It is our
intention, maybe not in 2014 or 2015, but in the not too distant
future, with the appropriate permissions and planning, to continue
the path along the southern most extremity of the Water Meadows to
Stoborough.
It is intended that this will be an
accessible-to-all path to be enjoyed by locals and visitors alike,
and will serve as a better link between Ridge and its caravan and
camping sites, and both Wareham and Stoborough.
YOUR IDEAS & VISIONS
WDDT is a Charitable Trust set up to develop
projects suggested by, and for the benefit of, the local community,
and so if you have any ideas at all that you might want our help
with, then we need to hear from you. You will find contact details
on the 'Contact & Link' page.
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