Children at a Colehill school will be hitting the road thanks to a generous charity donation.
Children’s charity Variety has presented two coaches to the Beaucroft Foundation School, near Wimborne.

Funding of £100,000 for the coaches was handed to Variety by the BC Club, a group of business people who raise money for good causes in the area.
Another bus was donated to a Bournemouth school.

Diane Makariou, co-head of Beaucroft School, said: “This will make a huge difference to the school and will enable us to offer much more to the children.
“We’d love to send a big thank-you to Variety and the BC Club.”
Emblazoned with the Variety logo, the coaches will enable staff to take children out and on trips that they would otherwise be unable to experience.

Frances Cornelius, from the charity, said: “On behalf of the schools and Variety I’d like to thank the BC Club for funding these Sunshine Coaches.
“They will provide children with amazing memories that they will take forward for the rest of their lives.
“We believe every child has a right to live their best life and reach their full potential, whoever they are.
“We fund and deliver life-changing programmes that give children and young people across the UK a better future – and we couldn’t do our work without donations.”

Shan Seewooruthun, chairman of the BC Club that has raised more than £500,000 since its inception in 2008, said: “We have worked with Variety before and they were able to advise where we could spend the money.
“It was raised during a campaign in which members drove an old London cab for a week, each raising as much as they could.
“In the end ,more than £150,000 was raised by our members through the taxi and it was fitting that most of it went on some rather more modern modes of transport.”