{"id":765,"date":"2023-11-05T20:10:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T20:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/?p=765"},"modified":"2023-11-05T20:16:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T20:16:29","slug":"the-dorset-childrens-foundation-winter-wonderland-ball-and-enable-my-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/?p=765","title":{"rendered":"The Dorset Children&#8217;s Foundation Winter Wonderland Ball and &#8220;Enable my Trip&#8221;."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Friday night, my husband and I were fortunate enough to attend the DCF&#8217;s winter wonderland charity ball. This  amazing event was created to raise vital funds to continue the phenomenal work that the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedcf.org\" target=\"_blank\">DCF<\/a> do to  support disabled children in Dorset. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231103_194917428-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231103_194917428-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231103_194917428-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231103_194917428-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231103_194917428-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231103_194917428-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The ball was held at the Marsham Court Hotel in Bournemouth and guests were treated to champagne on entry, a delicious three course meal and amazing service in a stunningly decorated room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231103_190925869-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"768\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231103_190925869-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/?attachment_id=768\" class=\"wp-image-768\" 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https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231103_212411645-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231103_212411645-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> The ball was filled with charity fundraisers, supporting corporate companies and parent\/carers who were all bidding on fantastic auction prizes and raffle tickets, all in aid of the DCF and &#8220;Enable my Trip&#8221;.  It was also hosted by the BRILLIANTLY funny Adrienne Coles, host of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coastalcomedy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Coastal Comedy.<\/a> It was a really amazing night! We were even treated to some live singing by the fantastic  Gemma Cardona. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dorset Children&#8217;s Foundation do so much to support the community. They offer families a wide range of events and activities from football to dancing, they have a dedicated mental health team and offer affordable counselling to parents and primary carers. They source and fundraise for wheelchairs, walkers, and other such disability aids as well as helping fundraise towards medical expenses not covered by Statutory Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Needless to say, all of this takes a huge amount of time and money.  Thankyou DCF!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Enable my Trip&#8221;, who partnered in the ball are an amazing team that help organise trips for holiday makers with disabled family members, ensuring that they have a safe and fully accessible holiday\/trip. Please click on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enablemytrip.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link<\/a> to visit their website and see their amazing work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am not permitted to share the cash total of the night however, I will say that the funds raised were well into the thousands and that EVERY PENNY of the amazing total raised will go directly to help disabled children in and around the local community. THANKYOU AND WELL DONE TO ALL&#8230;roll on next year \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To see the ball in action simply click on this link below \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-tiktok wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@awesomearchie_\/video\/7297539718852513057\" data-video-id=\"7297539718852513057\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" > <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@awesomearchie_\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@awesomearchie_?refer=embed\">@awesomearchie_<\/a> <p><a title=\"dorsetchildrensfoundation\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/dorsetchildrensfoundation?refer=embed\">#dorsetchildrensfoundation<\/a> <a title=\"awesomearchienonprofit\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/awesomearchienonprofit?refer=embed\">#awesomearchienonprofit<\/a> <a title=\"winterwonderland\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/winterwonderland?refer=embed\">#winterwonderland<\/a> <a title=\"disabledchildren\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/disabledchildren?refer=embed\">#disabledchildren<\/a> <a title=\"charity\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/charity?refer=embed\">#charity<\/a> <a title=\"autism\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/autism?refer=embed\">#autism<\/a> <a title=\"adhd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/adhd?refer=embed\">#adhd<\/a> <a title=\"thankyou\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/thankyou?refer=embed\">#thankyou<\/a> <\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c These Are the Special Times - C\u00e9line Dion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/These-Are-the-Special-Times-6889459136392628225?refer=embed\">\u266c These Are the Special Times &#8211; C\u00e9line Dion<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday night, my husband and I were fortunate enough to attend the DCF&#8217;s winter wonderland charity ball. This amazing event was created to raise vital funds to continue the phenomenal work that the DCF do to support disabled children in Dorset. The ball was held at the Marsham Court Hotel in Bournemouth and guests &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/?p=765\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Dorset Children&#8217;s Foundation Winter Wonderland Ball and &#8220;Enable my Trip&#8221;.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=765"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":774,"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765\/revisions\/774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}