Long-time Proserpine resident Bessie Simpson has spent the past few months hard at work knitting trauma dolls used by ambulance officers and firefighters to help keep children calm during an emergency ...

CHILDREN taken to hospital by ambulance will be given trauma teddies knitted by a group of women in Burry Port. CHILDREN taken to hospital by ambulance will be given trauma teddies knitted by a group ...

An initiative to comfort children who have been sexually assaulted has evolved into a fundraising campaign. Dorset charity STARS (Sexual Trauma and Recovery Services) put out an appeal in the summer ...

Staff and customers at Brio Retirement Living’s Landale Court in Chapelton have dedicated their time to helping vulnerable children this week, knitting ‘Trauma Teddies’ for youngsters experiencing ...

A woman has organised the creation and delivery of thousands of knitted and crocheted bears to vulnerable communities across the country to “spread the teddy love”. Jess Pearce, 64, who is based in ...

Dorset charity STARS (Sexual Trauma and Recovery Services) put out an appeal in the summer calling for people to send in knitted teddy bears. The organisation has since received almost 500 trauma ...

A fire service is looking for local knitters to create trauma teddies to give to children affected by an emergency situation. Riding on fire engines alongside crews, the woolly bears are handed to ...