Safer Neighbourhood Fund
Dorset Reclaim is one of 14 organisations across the south that has received funding from Southern Co-op’s Safer Neighbourhood Fund chosen to help our work in reducing the causes of crime. We will be running a programme later this year for a small number of ex-offenders to work with the charity to gain new skills, have certificated training, and gain from the experience of volunteering with a local community based charity. Previous...
We Are Open
We are very pleased to be re-opening our retail depots to the public from Tuesday 16th June. We are ready to welcome you back & in line with other stores, you will find that we have introduced measures to reduce the risks relating to covid-19 to our customers and staff with social distancing, sanitizer stations and other measures you now will be used to seeing. If you want to contact us, please use the usual telephone numbers for...
Lockdown Delivery Service Launched
We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in securing funding to help us deliver an emergency service during this health pandemic. We are very grateful to the Talbot Village Trust for an award to allow us continue with part of our services to the community in this time of great need. The monies have come from their COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund and will be used to ensure we can continue with deliveries of essential...
COVID-19 Update
We have been following government advice and our depots and services have been closed since 20th March. We knew it would have a major impact on us and the local community and at present none of us have any idea how long this will be for. However, we have secured some funding to enable us to run an emergency service across the whole of our usual areas of Dorset and west Hampshire. This is available to those of you who need essential...
Now open Saturdays at Poole!
Come and visit us at our Poole store for a treasure trove of second hand furniture, clothing, electrics and much more. We are open to everyone! So please pay us a visit and shop with Dorset Reclaim. See you on Saturday! Find us as 3 Didcot Road, Nuffield Industrial Estate, Poole, BH17...
New Chairman for Reclaim
Ray Tovey was appointed as the new Chairman of Dorset Reclaim on the 10th February. Ray brings a wealth of experience having been the Project Manager from the outset in 1998 to when he retired in 2018 and is well known by staff and volunteers. He started by giving his thanks to the outgoing Chairman, Roy Osborough, for all the work he had done over the previous 4 years and to his staying on the management committee to help in the...
MP visit to Poole
Local MP, Michael Tomlinson, who represents Mid Dorset & North Poole, called in to our Poole depot on Friday 24th January to learn more about the work we do. He was given a tour around the various work areas and discussions were had about the positives of volunteering, the benefits to the environment of reuse and what the future may hold. It was a very enjoyable visit for everyone. Michael Tomlinson is pictured inside the Poole...
Dorchester Improvements
After many years of very dark and dingy skylights, and the odd leak, a plan was hatched to replace the cracked panels and improve Dorchester for our staff and customers alike. After a cautious start replacing panels over the mezzanine floor, ensuring everything worked as planned, more materials were ordered for the assault for the rest of the roof. On Sunday 21st July, a crack Reclaim team made a ridiculously early start and managed...
Junior Trophy 2019
On midsummer’s day, the second annual karting event took place near Blandford for the Junior Top Gear Trophy, an event in memory of Paul Tovey, assistant manager in Poole who was killed in 2017. It was every man (and woman) for themselves as the racing took place over 3 sessions on a very hot afternoon. The winner was never in doubt as Dean from Christchurch hurtled around the course with his usual efficiency and it was Julian from...
Volunteers Week BBQ 2019
We celebrated Volunteers Week on 7th June with a BBQ in each depot for the teams that work so hard for us over the year. On average, our depots have 4 or 5 staff but volunteers can number up to 25 – we could not manage without them! The depots were shut for the afternoon with food and drinks being provided on site, together with certificate and other presentations. The pictures show the team at Poole on the back of one of our...