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2007 Winners Announced
The 33 successful applicants for this year's Hall & Woodhouse Community Chest were presented with their awards at a special evening held at the brewery's Visitor Centre in Blandford in September.
 This year's Chest contains a total of £20,400 and a time bank of up to 500 hours for practical voluntary help from Hall & Woodhouse employees. Demand was higher than ever, with more than 200 applications, requesting over £300,000 of financial support and 41 requests for practical help.
The Chest has now donated over £100,000 to 140 local voluntary organisations, with Hall & Woodhouse's employees completing over 2000 hours of voluntary work assisting with practical projects in the local community.
The largest single award this year went to the Rixon Playground Co-operative in Sturminster Newton, which plans to build a play area with the £2000 award.
 This year's recipients included: Age Concern Dorchester, The Ark, Art'n'All, Blandford St Mary Play Area Action Group, Bradford Abbas History Society, Broadstone Community Concert Band, Butchers Coppice Outdoor Centre, Charlton Musgrove Village Hall, Dorset MS Therapy Centre, Fernheath Play Association, Four Leaf Clover Club, Hadspen Village Hall, Hot Rock Carnival Club, The Hub, Jigsaw Community Project, Longburton Village Hall, Lytchett Red Triangle Youth FC, Mere Town Youth Football Club, North Dorset Railway Trust, Parkstone St Peters Scout Group, Pilsdon Community, Poole Young Carers Sidekick, REMAP, Rixon Playground Co-operative, Shaftesbury Abbey Museum & Garden, Shaftesbury Arts Centre, St Catherine's Kindergarten, Stalbridge Brownies, Sturminster Newton Learning Centre, Swans Trust Ltd, Wessex Bird of Prey Rescue, William Barnes Primary School and Henstridge RDA.
2007 Community Chest Award Winners:
| Organisation |
Amount of Award |
| Rixon Playground Co-operative |
£2,000 |
| Hadspen Village Hall |
£1,500 |
| Broadstone Community Concert Band |
£1,300 |
| Four Leaf Clover Club |
£1,000 |
| Longburton Village Hall |
£1,000 |
| Shaftesbury Arts Centre |
£1,000 |
| William Barnes Primary School |
£750 |
| Butchers Coppice Outdoor Centre |
£700 |
| Hot Rock Carnival Club |
£700 |
| Wessex Bird of Prey Rescue |
£700 |
| Art'n'All |
£600 |
| Parkstone St Peters Scout Group |
£600 |
| The Ark |
£500 |
| Charlton Musgrove Village Hall |
£500 |
| Fernheath Play Association |
£500 |
| The Hub |
£500 |
| Jigsaw Community Project |
£500 |
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| Lytchett Red Triangle Youth FC |
£500 |
| Mere Town Youth Football Club |
£500 |
| Sturminster Newton Learning Centre |
£500 |
| Swans Trust Ltd |
£500 |
| Henstridge RDA |
£500 |
| Age Concern Dorchester |
£400 |
| Blandford St Mary Play Area Action Group |
£400 |
| North Dorset Railway Trust |
£400 |
| Pilsdon Community |
£400 |
| Bradford Abbas History Society |
£300 |
| Dorset MS Therapy Centre |
£300 |
| Poole Young Carers Sidekick |
£300 |
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| Shaftesbury Abbey Museum & Garden |
£300 |
| St Catherine's Kindergarten |
£300 |
| Stalbridge Brownies |
£300 |
| REMAP |
£150 |
| Total |
£20,400 |
  
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