Archive Monthly Archives: July 2012
Olympic Torch Drops In
On the day the Olympic flame passes through Poole, Parkstone and into Bournemouth we have had a visit from one of the its bearers. Nathan Blackie attends Victoria’s athletics club and carried the torch 300 yards on the Dorchester leg of its long journey around the country. The staff were impressed and commented on how […]
Read moreSparkle Ladies Christmas Shopping Evening – Royal Motor Yacht Club
Following on from the very successful event last year, we will be welcoming you to a shopping extravaganza. You can start your Christmas shopping – or for those organised people – buy your last minute gifts. More information coming soon.
Read moreThe Sparkle Charity Autumn Ball – The Italian Villa, Compton Acres
More information coming very soon on this wonderful event – tables of 10 are available. This will be a very special event as we celebrate the success of Phase 1 of the Sparkle Appeal and officially launch Phase 2.
Read moreCharity Golf Tournament – Remedy Oak
Calling all golfers – we still have places available for 4-Ball teams to take part in this wonderful charity tournament at the exclusive Remedy Oak Golf Course. £450 per team to include bacon baps and hot drink on arrival, 18 holes of golf, half-time drinks on 9th tee, celebration dinner and prize-giving, raffle and charity […]
Read moreThe Princess Royal Visits VEC
We were honoured with a visit from Livability Patron Princess Anne on a ground breaking event for our new hydrotherapy pool. The Princess toured the School along with other VIP’s Harry Redknapp, Esther Rantzen and children’s TV presenter Chris Jarvis. HRH visited an art lesson and a hydrotherapy session. Student Kieran Collins did the official ground […]
Read moreDuke of Edinburgh Expedition
On the 5th July we took 5 students to the New Forest to start their Duke of Edinburgh expedition. We dropped the students at the start and they had to navigate their way to the campsite. The students did really well working as a team and using their map and compass. When they arrived at […]
Read moreVEC Chosen For Charity Scheme
VEC has been selected to take part in the Community Matters Scheme by John Lewis Poole. Every three months each shop selects three community groups to help. Customers then become directly involved in deciding how much each nominated group receives, by using a token to vote for the organisation they’d like to support.Each shop ha3 […]
Read moreThe Black Sheep Motorcade
This Year The Black Sheep Motorcycle Club are organising a fund raising ride in aid of VEC. If you are interested please join us on the 27th October at Avon Heath Country Park at 12 noon. The ride will leave for VEC at 1pm with participating students on a bus fully escorted presidential style by […]
Read moreA Visit To The Globe
As part of Creative Arts Week we took the cast of Romeo and Juliet to Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. It was a fantastic day for all. The students got to perform a small section of their version of Romeo and Juliet actually on the stage of the Globe. This was a real delight for […]
Read moreVEC Benefits From Technology Grant
VEC now has access to state of the art adapted equipment that allows our students to make their own short films. The specially adapted filming equipment was purchased thanks to a grant by Awards for All. The grant also allowed students to take part in two training workshops where they learned how to use the […]
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