Author Archives: Vale Advertising
School Councils
The Mayor of Gillingham, Cllr Barry Von Clemens championed the initiative for local school councils to link with Gillingham Town Council. At the beginning of his Mayoral year Cllr Von Clemens had stated that “young people have a voice and … Read More
Orchard Park
Orchard Park opened its doors in 2004 and is now North Dorset’s premier garden centre. It started as a new venture developed from two small local family-owned rural businesses that came together and combined their resources. Milton Garden Plants was … Read More
Ringing the Bright Blooming Changes
When Tracy Ring got married a couple of years ago, she may have hoped for a cosy home life with a loving husband to return to each day from her part-time job as a vet’s receptionist, (a role she loved). … Read More
Effective Advertising
Effective advertising reaches potential customers and informs them of your products or services. Ideally, advertising should capture the prospective customers’ attentions and entice them to use your product. Regardless of the method, all your advertising should be clear and consistently … Read More
Community Christmas Meal
Christmas day 2016 again saw the culmination of a lot of hard work and incredible generosity of time, patience and money from Gillingham and the surrounding community. A large band of helpers served Christmas dinner to guests including children … Read More
Less Leads to More – at Shaftesbury Slimming World
In January 2016 Shaftesbury welcomed 80 brand new members to the Slimming world groups held there. 11 months on and 50 ladies and gentleman from the groups have reached their PAT; personal achievement target. PAT is chosen by the individuals … Read More
Portraying a modern canvas for commerce
Constable captured Gillingham’s history on canvas but Gillingham Chamber of Commerce & Industry criss-crossed the sands of time with their recent Meet the Neighbours event at the Olive Bowl in Gillingham. Local Businesses, local Government and local societies all joined … Read More
Get Fit With Gillingham Ladies Football
Gillingham Ladies are currently 5 games into their second season in the Dorset Women’s League. The team train on Tuesday evenings at Kington Magna from 6:30pm until 8:00pm. The club are always looking for new ladies aged 16 and over … Read More
The animals went in ….. by jigsaw!
Gordon Amery, organist at Gillingham Methodist Church, has recently completed an 18,000 piece jigsaw in aid of church funds. “I’ve always enjoyed doing jigsaws, especially at Christmas when it’s a real pleasure to do a 1,000 piece jigsaw with the … Read More
To Boldly Go
Well I don’t expect an application to join NASA to be forthcoming anytime soon, but I did survive my flying weightless experience in Chicago! There were only 12 wannabee astronauts on this flight when 36 is the usual number, so … Read More