The Bishop of Winchester Visits Faithworks
Thank you to the Bishop of Winchester, Philip Mounstephen, for a hugely encouraging visit to some of our Faithworks family of projects this week. Philip, and our CEO Alistair, agreed on the ever-more pressing need to provide practical, relational AND spiritual hope to individuals and to our communities. And that we do that best when churches and Christian charities
Westbourne Rotary Club Donate to The Storehouse
Westbourne Rotary Club recently sprang into action to provide The Storehouse with mattresses for those moving on from homelessness. Lynne explained: “We had a wonderful opportunity to be able to help Faithworks. We were able to buy 12 mattresses and some gardening equipment for the gardening project. I am just really, really happy that our club has been
Poole Food Bank+ Develop Partnership with Local Tesco Stores
Always on the lookout for creative ways of partnering with local businesses, Poole Food Bank+ are developing links with local Tesco stores to expand support available to Poole Food Bank+ guests. Tesco stores at Branksome, Fleetsbridge and Tower Park are getting together to provide a free inspiring family craft morning during the half-term school holiday. The creative session will
SMILE Lone Parent Fair 2024
Good old-fashioned fun was the order of the day at the SMILE Lone Parent Fair 2024. Exactly 200 parents and children spent the afternoon away from the challenges of parenting alone to relax and be pampered! A big shout out to everyone who made it possible to put on this free annual event including: St James’ Church Poole, Poole
Wimborne Community Garden May Diary
Catch up with Jane as she shares the latest from the Wimborne Community Garden May diary: Yet again, Wimborne Community Garden would like to say a huge thank you to The Saxons of Wimborne who so generously donated £500 to the garden. This money was a totally glorious surprise but true to form, we quickly set to and spent
Blue Soul Customs Donate Trainers to the SMILE project
There were smiles all round when Bournemouth tattoo shoe company, Blue Soul Customs, donated brand new trainers to children and teenagers at the SMILE Community Meal. Business owner Harrison Alcock explained: "Years ago, I made a promise to give back to the community that shares my values if I succeeded in my business goals. Coming from a single-parent
It’s Our 20th Birthday!
Happy Birthday to us! So, how will we celebrate? In 20 fun and inspiring ways throughout 2024! All of which highlight our Values, these are: Welcoming, Alongside, Trusted, Practical and Empowering. Kicking things off and starting with our Welcoming value, Alistair, our CEO, has been delivering gorgeous birthday cakes to our amazing projects and volunteers. Alistair enthused: “I love the
Wimborne Community Garden April Diary
Catch up with Jane as she shares the latest from the Community Garden April diary: We have had such a lot of visitors at the Garden this month, which has been super! Our first visitors weren’t coming so much to see what we get up to but more to rescue us! Due to the sad demise of our first
Nourish Partner with Morrisons to Address Period Poverty
Period poverty is not just a problem for developing countries, more and more women in the UK are turning to Food Banks for free menstrual products*. Almost 140,000 girls in the UK miss school each year due to lack of access to period products**, while women can be excluded from employment opportunities. Many facing period poverty are likely to
Faithworks 20th anniversary
It’s Faithworks 20th anniversary! And we are honoured to invite you to join us in a year of celebration, reflection and forward thinking. How did Faithworks begin? Over 20 years ago a small and dedicated group of church leaders, along with Poole Borough Council, looked at root causes of key local issues and identified loneliness & isolation as large
