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Bollywood Beats presenter Anjali A GROUP brought together by its love of Bollywood music has grown into a full-blown radio show, thanks to a grant from Dorset Community Foundation. Bollywood Music Lovers began meeting at the Russell Court Hotel in Bournemouth two years ago to share their enjoyment of the music but, when the 100-strong group was forced to stay at home in the lockdown, chairman Ramesh Lal looked for other ways of staying in touch. With a community of some 10,000 Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani families in Dorset, he hoped there would be an audience for a radio show. “It’s a link to our audience’s cultural heritage,” said Mr Lal.
THE Dorset Community Foundation has used funding from Barclays to support groups who are helping their communities cope with the fallout from the pandemic. The bank awarded the community foundation more than £12,000 as part of a wider Community Aid Package to UK community foundations to support charities nationwide that are helping people and communities most impacted by Covid-19. The community foundation’s own Dorset Coronavirus Community Appeal has already distributed £800,000 through more than 200 grants to groups across the county. Counselling Together in Wimborne was awarded £1,000 to help subsidise sessions for people who have been pulled into poverty by the virus. Service manager Katherine Strickland said the grant will be used in the Christchurch area.