BASICS Dorset

30/05/2026

Great day at Dorchester Fire Station Open Day teaching CPR alongside South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. Hundreds of people now know how to do effective chest compressions and can help save a life!

30/05/2026

Come see us today at Dorchester Fire Station Open Day, here til 4pm. Beautiful day for it!

10/05/2026

It was an honour to see the Weymouth Jubilee Clock lit up in our colours, green and yellow this evening for us.

Thank you Weymouth Town Council for choosing us as one of this year’s charities!

It will be in our colours until next Friday - please send us any photos you get of the clock!

08/05/2026

💚 We are delighted to share that the Jubilee Clock will be lit up in green and yellow until next Friday 15th May in support of BASICS Dorset, a charity that provides an enhanced care service to help critically-ill patients in Dorset.

🩺 The medics are all volunteers, and work together with the Ambulance Service to help treat patients in the community, wherever and whenever they need help. BASICS responders give their time to treat patients in hospitals, in GP practices and can also be 'on-call' to use their skills and knowledge to provide interventions to people when they need it most, any time of day or night.

We are proud to shine a light on the fantastic work of this charity, and are pleased to represent BASICS Dorset in our 2026 Jubilee Clock Light Up Scheme. To find out more about the charity, please see link in comments below 👇

06/05/2026

Two of the BASICS Dorset team were involved with an exercise at Bovington last night involving The British Army, South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, DWFireRescue, Bluestone Medical plus students from Bournemouth University. It was a great evening, thanks for inviting us along!

02/05/2026

Great, albeit wet day supporting DorsetNines even though the score wasn’t quite in green’s favour! 😬 Well done to those playing and organising for a great day.

29/12/2025

29/11/2025

Last week we were delighted to receive a cheque from Wareham Wednesdays who chose us to be one of their charities this year. These funds will go towards some much needed uniform and kit to enable our responders to stay safe and warm when responding this winter. Thank you so much!

07/08/2025

Great evening last night attended by EB01 and the soon to be responding EB03 as Charity of the Week at Wareham Wednesdays. Thanks for inviting us and the warm welcome from Wareham!

05/08/2025

Come say hello to the team tomorrow night and learn about our life saving work! Remember to bring any spare change for the buckets!

Since its inception has donated thousands of pounds from our events to local charities and community projects, thanks to your generosity.

This year the Wareham Wednesdays Chairman Ant Pack, has chosen BASICS Dorset as his chosen charity*

Founded in 1977, the charity relies on volunteer medical professionals to provide healthcare assistance in support to the emergency services.

You can donate now by visiting our Crowdfunding page https://bit.ly/3UAffBk or bring some coins to throw in to our collection buckets on the night 😊

*All profits from our summer event evenings will be given to our 2025 chosen charities.